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KIVA ARTICLE

KIVA ARTICLE

“Since 2011 we are partners with Kiva, and our clients receive loans from individual lenders via the Kiva website. In order to grow and serve more clients annually, what we need is to raise more money directly for Fundación Namasté Guatemaya.

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The Spectrum of Women’s Empowerment

As International Women’s Day approaches on March 8th, I have been thinking about the term “Women’s Empowerment” and how subjective it is to privilege, culture, and individual circumstances. For example, one of my girlfriends in San Francisco considers Cross-Fit...

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THE HILLSDALE EFFECT 

The Hillsdale Effect  Earlier this month, ten teenage global citizens from Bay Area high schools traveled to Guatemala where Namaste’s local staff provided an immersive overview of our Creating Prosperity program and introduced them to the hardworking Guatemalan...

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HOW HIGH IS UP – PART TWO

Tell Me Why . . . A Monthly Blog by Founder Bob Graham  I write about helping low-income businesswomen in Guatemala to make more money and create prosperity. Join me as I explore topics about leveling the playing field for women in business. What works? What doesn’t?...

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HOW HIGH IS UP – PART ONE

Tell Me Why . . . A Monthly Blog by Founder Bob Graham  I write about helping low-income businesswomen in Guatemala to make more money and create prosperity. Join me as I explore topics about leveling the playing field for women in business. What works? What doesn’t?...

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WHY ONLY WOMEN?

In the midst of all the “W” questions (who, what, where, when, and why) about Namaste’s business training work with low-income micro-entrepreneurs in Guatemala, someone inevitably asks: “Why do you only work with women?”

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