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.
CITI BANK AND RED DE INSTITUCIONES DE MICROFINANZAS DE GUATEMALA PRIZE WINNER 2014!
Competing with over 47 microfinance organizations in Guatemala, we are excited to announce that Fundación Namaste Guatemaya has won $4,000 prize from Citi Bank and Redimif!
QLIKVIEW CELEBRATES 5 YEARS OF WORK
The leading business intelligence software system worldwide called QlikView celebrates 5 Years of Work. As a foundation that monitors and evaluates its clients and staff performance we are honored to be featured in the recent article from QlikView.
NAMASTÉ CELEBRA SU 10º ANIVERSARIO
El miércoles 11 de noviembre, la Fundación Namasté Guatemaya celebrará su 10º aniversario con el evento “Empresas Apoyando Microempresas” que contará con la participación de más de 40 negocios locales.
La Antigua Resident Bob Graham’s Commitment to Economic Justice
In 1973 Bob Graham visited Guatemala on a Kellogg Foundation Fellowship. He was struck by the tragic circumstances endured by so many Guatemalans, especially rural Mayas.
Namaste is a global leader in women’s economic empowerment.
Namaste is proud to be featured in the September 2020 issue of Rotarian Magazine as a global leader in women’s economic empowerment. Click on “read more” to see the complete article.
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...
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...
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?...
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?...
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?”