Welcome to the WFM Team Member Volunteer Program blog where you will able to hear about TMs' activities on the community education project, meetings with micro-financing borrowers, as well as supporting the Whole Planet Foundation's overall mission and objectives.
The Community
We work with the small mountain community of Pena Blanca perched 2200 meters above Lake Atitlan. The people in the community are all descended from the Maya and speak Kaqchiquel. There are 175 children in the school that come from 55 different families. The community is a half-hour drive from of our base town of Panajachel.
The mission of the Whole Planet Foundation, a Whole Foods Market foundation, is to create economic partnerships with the poor in the developing-world communities that supply our stores with product. Whole Planet Foundation funds microcredit loans in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
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