# WorldWise Microfinance: One small organization\. Committed to big change\. Improving lives one by one\.

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## Pages
- [Blogs](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/news/blogs/)
- [Events](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/about-us/events/)
- [Other Ways to Support Us](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/take-action/other-ways-to-support-us/)
- [WorldWise Microfinance](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/)
- [Legacy Giving](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/take-action/legacy-giving/)

## Posts
- [Our Response to Paul Niehaus Article](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/our-response-to-paul-niehaus-article/): This blog response reflects on the shared belief behind GiveDirectly’s cash\-transfer model and WorldWise Microfinance’s lending approach: people living in poverty often understand their own needs and opportunities best\. By trusting individuals with access to resources, both models challenge outdated assumptions about poverty and highlight the creativity, discipline, and determination of entrepreneurs working to improve their families’ futures\.
- [Happy Birthday Muhammad Yunus](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/happy-birthday-muhammad-yunus/): In June, we celebrate the birthday of a man who has devoted his life to addressing poverty for poor people around the world\.

Muhammad Yunus — founder of microfinance and Nobel Peace Prize laureate — was born in late June in Bangladesh\. His Grameen Bank model, built on extending very small loans to very poor people, became the standard for modern microlending and the inspiration for WorldWise Microfinance\.
- [The Seeds We Plant: April’s “Month of Microfinance”](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/the-seeds-we-plant-aprils-month-of-microfinance/): An economics professor, Shawn Humphrey at the University of Mary Washington, came up with the “Month of Microfinance” idea in 2012\. He challenged students to live on $2 a day, and the challenge spread to many other schools\. Dr\. Humphrey showcased the work of Muhammad Yunus and Grameen, much as WorldWise Microfinance founder Tom Eggert was doing at the same time\.
- [How Do We Actually Decide Where Donations Go?](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/how-do-we-actually-decide-where-donations-go/): Not every microfinance organization operates the same way\. At WorldWise, we have a specific, deliberate process for choosing where your donations go\. Here's how it works\.

We start with people we know\. We only enter communities where we already have a real, personal connection — through the University of Wisconsin or through relationships with our board members\. These communities are located in the Global South, where microfinance has the greatest potential to expand economic opportunity\.
- [WorldWise in Kenya](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/worldwise-in-kenya/): In the lush highlands north of Nairobi, where rows of tea and coffee stretch toward the slopes of Mt\. Kenya, WorldWise Microfinance is changing the equation for rural entrepreneurs\. In the communities of Embu and Nanyuki, families have long sustained themselves through agriculture—growing crops like coffee, tea, and macadamia nuts, and running small businesses from food stalls to farm supply shops\. But ambition has often outpaced access to capital\. That’s where WorldWise steps in\. Through our partnership with Tenakata, a Kenyan organization dedicated to rural economic development, entrepreneurs receive more than just a loan\. They gain financial education, mobile tools to track income and manage expenses, and the guidance to build lasting credit\. Tenakata’s hands\-on coaching, paired with WorldWise loan capital, equips business owners with everything they need to grow—and to keep growing\.

## Press releases
- [Rotary Steps Up to Support Development in Poorest Country](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/press_release/rotary-steps-up-to-support-development-in-poorest-country/)
- [Local Microfinance Group Reaches Out to Malawi](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/press_release/local-microfinance-group-reaches-out-to-malawi/)
- [Dane County Church Extends Helping Hand 8,000 Miles to The Philippines](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/press_release/dane-county-church-extends-helping-hand-8000-miles-to-the-philippines/)
- [Grow Healthy, Help People: Tom Eggert on the Surprising Impact of Microloans: How $100 Changes Lives](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/press_release/grow-healthy-help-people-tom-eggert-on-the-surprising-impact-of-microloans-how-100-changes-lives/)
- [WorldWise Microfinance Celebrates Women's History Month by Championing Women's Economic Empowerment Across Three Continents](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/press_release/worldwise-microfinance-celebrates-womens-history-month-by-championing-womens-economic-empowerment-across-three-continents/)

## Podcasts
- [Grow Healthy, Help People](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/podcast/grow-healthy-help-people/)
- [Africa at Noon](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/podcast/africa-at-noon/)
- [Frame of Reference\-20221201](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/podcast/frame-of-reference-20221201/)
- [Mission Matters\-20240331](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/podcast/mission-matters-20240331/)
- [Capitol Code\-20250910](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/podcast/capitol-code/)

## Newsletters
- [Spring 2026 Newsletter](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/newsletter/spring-2026-newsletter/)
- [January 2026 Newsletter](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/newsletter/january-2026-newsletter/)
- [November 2025 Newsletter](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/newsletter/november-2025-newsletter/)
- [April 2024 Newsletter](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/newsletter/april-2024-newsletter/)
- [May 2024 Newsletter](https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/newsletter/may-2024-newsletter/)

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