WHOLE FOODS MARKET®
TEAM MEMBER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM2014 INDIA SUMMARY & IMPACT REPORT
Whole Planet Foundation® (WPF) funds microlending
programs in India where ORGANIC INDIA and
Traditional Medicinals source ingredients for their teas,
which are sold in Whole Foods Market® (WFM) stores.
WPF is a WFM non-profit whose mission is to alleviate
poverty by funding microlending programs where WFM
sources products as a way to alleviate poverty and
give back to our global communities.
Through the Whole Foods Market Team Member
Volunteer Program, WFM gives Team Members the
unique opportunity to travel abroad with WPF to learn
about WPF, see where and how WFM products are
grown, provide community service, experience and
learn from other cultures,and challenge themselves by
exploring exciting countries around the globe.
WHOLE FOODS MARKET®TEAM MEMBER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
WFM TEAM MEMBER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TRAVEL IN INDIA
Trip 2
Trip 1
Community service at Cornerstone children's home in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Community service at Anwesha children's home
in Agartala, Tripura
Optional trip to Taj Mahal in Agra
Optional trip to Taj Mahal in Agra
WFM supplier partner ORGANIC INDIA
in Lucknow
Arrive in Mumbai
Depart from Delhi
WFM supplier partner Traditional Medicinals in the Thar Desert
Arrive and Depart Delhi
WPF microlending partner CASHPOR in Varanasi
WPF microlending partner CASHPOR in Varanasi
25 WFM Team Member Volunteers traveled to India to volunteer in two children's homes supported by The Miracle Foundation. The f irst group of 12 Team Members built a playground at Cornerstone
Children's home in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. They visited with microcredit clients of WPF’s microlending partner CASHPOR in Varanasi, and learned about the tulsi leaves that ORGANIC INDIA sources for
their tea for sale in WFM stores. Team Members learned about India culture, food, traditions and dance.
TEAM - TRIP 1- 2 WEEKS August 29 - September 12, 2014
Brandi Diehl (Global Office)
Roger Rojas (Mid-Atlantic, Georgetown store)
Renee DeMan (Midwest, Lincoln store)
Arnoldo Elisea (Northern California, Walnut Creek store)
Edgardo De La Rosa (Northern California, Walnut Creek store)
Rebecca Darnall (Pacific Northwest, Interbay store)
Amy K. Wright (Rocky Mountain, Tamarac store)
Emmy Dunbar (Rocky Mountain, Academy store)
Luan Roberts (Rocky Mountain, Fort Collins store)
Bianca Kurian (Southern Pacific, Arroyo store)
Peg Cancienne (Southern Pacific Regional Office)
Brigitte Fleshman (Southern Pacific, Jamboree store)
2014 INDIA SUMMARY TRIP 1
GROUP COORDINATOR
Barbara Joubert
INDIA GUIDES
Barbara Joubert
Saravana Kumar
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Barbara Joubert
WFM TEAM MEMBER
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
MANAGER
Genie Bolduc
TRIP 1 ITINERARY- 2 WEEKS
August 29 - Depart USA
August 30 - Land Mumbai, India
August 31 - Fly to Trichy, Tamil Nadu
September 1 - Cornerstone children’s home
September 2 - Cornerstone children’s home
September 3 - Cornerstone children’s home
September 4 - Cornerstone children’s home
September 5 - Cornerstone children’s home
September 6 - Cornerstone children’s home
September 7 - Fly to Lucknow
September 8 - Day with WFM supplier partner ORGANIC INDIA
September 9 - Train to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
September 10 - Day with WPF microlending partner CASHPOR clients
September 11 - Free day in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
September 12 - Fly to Delhi
September 12-14 Optional trip to Agra for the Taj Mahal
2014 INDIA TRIP 1 ITINERARY AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 12
13 WFM Team Member Volunteers traveled to India to volunteer in an children's home supported by The Miracle Foundation in Agartala and the Thar Desert. This team built a playground at Anwesha children's home. They visited with microcredit clients of WPF’s microlending partner CASHPOR in
Varanasi and learned about senna, which is the herb in Smooth Move tea that Traditional Medicinals sources in the Thar Desert that is for sale in WFM stores. Team Members learned about Indian culture,
food, traditions and dance.
TEAM TRIP 2 - 3 WEEKS August 29 - September 12, 2014
Lucia Villanueva (Florida, Bayhill store)
Darren Melonson (Global Office)
Tim Pope (Global Remote)
Andrea Kaliss (Mid-Atlantic, Marlton store)
Jenna Murry (Mid-Atlantic, Rockville store)
Danita Vanhoose (Northeast, Yonkers store)
Paul Jarvis (Rocky Mountain Regional Office)
Linda Labelle (South, Asheville store)
Monet Baden-Nuttall (South, Merchant’s Walk store)
Joey Sommerfield (Southwest, Lamar store)
Laura Reichel (Southwest ,Bee Caves store)
Viviana Ayala (Southwest, Kirby store)
Truett Turner Tidwell (Southwest, Fairview store)
2014 INDIA SUMMARY TRIP 2
GROUP COORDINATOR
Barbara Joubert
INDIA GUIDES
Barbara Joubert
Snigdha Raha
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Barbara Joubert
WFM TEAM MEMBER
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
MANAGER
Genie Bolduc
TRIP 2 ITINERARY- 3 WEEKS
September 26 - Depart USA
September 27 - Land Delhi, India
September 28 - Fly to Agratala, Tripura, India
September 29 - Anwesha children's home
September 30 - Anwesha children's home
October 1 - Anwesha children's home
October 2 - Anwesha children's home
October 3 - Anwesha children's home
October 4 - Anwesha children's home
October 5 - Fly to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
October 6 - Varanasi
October 7 - Varanasi
October 8 - Visit with CASHPOR Microcredit clients
October 9 - Fly to Delhi
October 10 - Fly to Jodhpur, Rajasthan
October 11 - Traditional Medicinals
October 12 - Traditional Medicinals
October 13 - Jodhpur
October 14 - Jodhpur
October 15-17 - Optional trip to Agra for the Taj Mahal
2014 INDIA TRIP 2 ITINERARY SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 15, 2014
THE EXPERIENCEMeeting microcredit clients
Building playgroundsSeeing different parts of India Teaching music
Experiencing everyday life in IndiaPlaying games with childrenGetting their photo in the local paper
No country offers the
variety of food and spices
like India and the
volunteers are always
adventurous and willing to
try it all. They even
shopped in the local
markets and cooked.
From getting around in
auto rickshaws, shopping
for Indian clothes,
enjoying morning chai
with the locals and temple
visits, this trip offered new
experiences every day.
Both teams were
introduced to religious
festivals across India and
participated in special
rituals associated with
each.
FOOD
CULTURE
LOCAL TRADITION
WHOLE PLANET FOUNDATION MICROLENDING PARTNER
CASHPOR MICROCREDIT
FEMALE CLIENTS
100% 99.92%
REPAYMENT RATE
1 M
CASHPOR CLIENTS BY 2017
History:
CASHPOR began operations in 1996 and CASHPOR
Microcredit was started in 2002 as a poverty focused, Not-
For-Profit, Section 25 Company, with the undiluted
commitment to alleviating poverty through a model which is
operationally scalable, financially sustainable and yet socially
responsible to clients. The mission of the company is “To
identify and motivate Below-Poverty-Line (BPL) women in
rural areas and to deliver financial and other vital credit plus
services to them in an honest, timely and efficient manner, so
that the vision is realized and CASHPOR itself remains a
financially sustainable micro finance institution for the poor.”
WPF Partnership:
Whole Planet Foundation began funding CASPOR in 2012
with a 0% interest loan of $1,000,000. In August 2014 WPF
extended an additional sub-debt loan equivalent to USD
$3.61M to be directed towards the “Income Generating
Loan” (IGL) loan pool, establishing 10 new branches, and
disbursing a total of 754,816,000 INR to 29,880 new BPL
borrowers over the course of three years to help CASHPOR
reach their goal of 1,000,000 clients by 2017.
Funding is designated as subordinated debt. As subordinated
debt, WPF funds will be counted as equity of the company
and able to be leveraged 6.7 times in accessing commercial
bank loans.
CASHPOR’s Approach:
Effective targeting methods are used to ensure that only BPL
women enter into the program. For this, clients are first
selected using CASHPOR Housing Index, which has been
specifically tailored to suit the economic conditions in India.
The clients are further filtered based on Progress out of
Poverty scores wherein only those with a score less than 30
are selected for financial assistance. CASHPOR currently
operates in states in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Chattisgarh.
Joint liability groups form Centers of 15-25 members, and
installments of both interest and capital are paid weekly at
center meetings in rural communities. CASHPOR has
recently adopted a very innovative mobile technology. The
mobile technology is designed to integrate all the
microfinance operations into a compact and easy to use
interface. Data generated in the field is then immediately sent
to the centralized database server at the Varanasi head
office.
Besides microfinance activities, the organization also
provides clients credit plus services including health and
education services. In recognition of his work, Professor
David Gibbons has won the Contribution to the Sector by an
Individual award at the Access Microfinance Conference
2011. CASHPOR was awarded the Best MFI of the Year in
large category in 2012 at the Microfinance India Awards.
CASHPOR Micro Credit
COMMUNITY Team Members got to learn about village life by walking
through the village to client homes, engaging with client
families and community members.
VISITING MICROENTREPRENEURS Team Members visited individual microcredit clients at
their businesses where they got to ask questions and
learn about the clients’ successes and challenges.
TIME WITH CASHPOR STAFF Team Member volunteers spent time with CASHPOR
staff learning about microfinance methodology and how
they recruit new members and administer loans.
CENTER MEETINGS They attended center meetings to learn about solidarity
groups, the procedure of a center meeting and the
process of securing and repaying a loan.
PAYMENT BOOKS Team Member volunteers learned about payment
books that microcredit clients keep and how they are
maintained in the process of getting a microloan.
LEARNING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESSES Volunteers met several different clients with various
businesses to better understand the diversity of
microentrepreneurial activities.
THE MIRACLE FOUNDATION HAS HOSTED WFM TEAM MEMBER
VOLUNTEERS SINCE 2011
EVERY child deserves to experience a sense of
belonging and childhood by having a home, a family and
love. The Miracle Foundation developed a method that
transforms the way children's homes are run, funded
and managed. The Miracle Foundation is an
established, secular, multinational nonprofit
organization, implementing a world-changing idea for
orphans everywhere. They are dedicated to orphaned
children, and are looking for like-minded people to join
them as they make childhood a reality for orphaned
children.
The Miracle Foundation partners with small, struggling
children's homes with a lot of heart, but not enough
resources to feed, clothe, nourish and educate children.
Through years of experience, they have found that the
most sustainable way to help people help themselves is
to strengthen existing children's homes and transform
them into loving homes where children can thrive.
Caroline Boudreaux
Founder
The Miracle Foundation
The Miracle Foundation
It is a child’s right to play, and Team
Member volunteers bring hours of fun
to the children in the Anwesha and
Cornerstone children's homes during
their visits. Crafts, dancing, sports,
games, painting and reading are all part
of a typical day with the kids of a
Miracle Foundation-supported
children's home. Play is important for
the development of the children and the
creativity and variety of play that Team
Members bring to that play is
invaluable.
The volunteers are always eager and
ready to learn about local culture and
India brings opportunity at every turn.
Team 1 was lucky enough to visit
Trichy on the auspicious day of the
Lord Ganesh, one of over 3 million
gods worshipped by Hindus. They
joined a procession of worshipers
walking the deity to the river for
submersion, a very holy offering in this
part of India.
Team 2 visited Agartala during one of
the biggest festival days of the year,
Durga Puja (Festival of Durga). Not
only did the team visit with locals while
viewing the many pandals, a structure
built to hold the deities, but they also
helped the children at the children's
home to decorate their own pandal and
build a replica of the demon Ravan,
which was then burned. This
opportunity allowed the children
another important right, the right to
religious expression of their choice.
PLAY LEARN SHARE
When Team Member volunteers visit one of The Miracle
Foundation children’s homes, they become Ambassadors, able
to speak on behalf of not only the children, but also the work of
The Miracle Foundation. The children have a chance to host
visitors in their own home and the quality time spent together
daily gives our children memories they will never forget. The
Team Member volunteers leave India with strong bonds to the
children and an entirely new perspective on life.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
Volunteers spent time at Miracle Foundation-
sponsored children's homes where they:
Cleared playground areas of bricks, rocks and weeds.
Built two large playgrounds.
Mixed and poured a truckload of cement.
Dug hole after hole, by hand.
Directed a craft hour daily, with fun, individualized
projects.
Painted 4 classrooms with creative murals and
educational designs.
Decorated a 40 foot effigy of Ravan for burning on the
holy day.
Decorated a pandal to celebrate Durga Puja.
Adorned 23 small girls for the day of Durga ceremony.
Took over 160 kids on excursions to temples and parks.
Created and decorated 200 Christmas ornaments.
Painted 300 small clay lamps for Diwali.
Planted 150 plants.
Erected 2 large soccer goal posts.
Taught 160 kids the importance of hand washing and
composed a new hand washing song.
Learned how to roll chapati.
Learned how to make coconut chutney.
Participated in countless hours of dancing, sports, play
and music with the children.
THE MIRACLE FOUNDATION
PLAYGROUND AFTER Team Member volunteers built and replaced a swing set, added a slide and a volleyball net
while involving the children in the construction and playing with them.
CLASSROOM AFTER Team Member volunteers painted murals, taught hand washing by creating songs with the
children, made Christmas ornaments, taught music with 55 flutes donated by a volunteer to
create a music program and more.
PLAYGROUND BEFORE
GARDEN BEING PLANTED GARDEN BEFORE
CLASSROOM BEFORE
IMPACT: BEFORE AND AFTER
IMPACT: THE CHILDREN
ORGANIC INDIA HAS BEEN A WHOLE FOODS MARKET SUPPLIER PARTNER SINCE 2005
Information from ORGANIC INDIA :
ORGANIC INDIA works with small and marginal
farmers in India to cultivate thousands of acres of
sustainable, organic and biodynamic farmland. Our
farmers are paid premium prices for their work and
crops so that they all make a living wage. We finance
the organic and biodynamic certifications for each farm
and provide ongoing training and support to the
farmers throughout the seasons. ORGANIC INDIA
gives back to the communities that we work with
through our nonprofit foundation. We run two
healthcare centers in Uttar Pradesh that provide free
access to healthcare for the communities we work in.
We sponsor programs to empower women, to teach
them marketable skills such as stitchery so they can
support their families, fund educational scholarships for
girls, and run programs to teach gender sensitization.
We employ widows as farmers and workers, and pay
all women the same wages as men.
ORGANIC INDIA sells consumer products that support
health and wellness, including Organic Tulsi Tea, True
Wellness Herbal Supplements, Organic Psyllium Husk
and Organic Ghee. Our Vision is to be a Vehicle of
Consciousness in the global market by creating a
holistic sustainable business modality, which inspires,
promotes and supports True Wellness and respect for
all Beings and for Mother Nature. Each product is one
link in a chain of love, respect and connectedness
between Mother Nature, our farmers, our company and
the consumer.
ORGANIC INDIA
DINE AND LEARN At dinner on the Brindavan Farm with ORGANIC INDIA
staff, the volunteers learned about their vision,
methodology and culture.
HENNA TATTOOS As an expression of local culture, Team Members got to
have beautiful henna tattoos painted on them.
FARM BLESSING In keeping with tradition, an Agni Hotra farm blessing
was performed at sunrise and sunset in which the Team
Members participated.
SINGING Team Members got to know and sing with the women
who live and work on the farm.
FACTORY TOUR Team Member volunteers toured the ORGANIC INDIA
factory to learn more about the process of producing
ORGANIC INDIA teas.
MEDITATION Volunteers had the opportunity to meditate at the temple
that ORGANIC INDIA has on their farm for the staff,
workers and visitors.
TRADITIONAL MEDICINALS HAS BEEN A WHOLE FOODS MARKET SUPPLIER PARTNER SINCE 1980
Traditional Medicinals
Information from Traditional Medicinals:
For nearly forty years, we've been passionate about
connecting people with the power of plants.
What makes us different? The quality of our herbs, our
trained herbalists, and our values.
We’re committed to using high quality pharmacopoeial
grade herbs and embracing ingredient purity,
sustainability, and social and environmental activism. We
were and are pioneers in the wellness tea categories
and will continue to lead the way.
We don’t just make formulas because they sound good.
We’re passionate about passing along the centuries-old
wisdom of how to use plants for wellness. Every tea and
herbal product that we make must have sufficient
evidence of safety, quality and efficacy in support of our
claim statements and formulation rationale.
We’re serious about sustainability. From our certified
organic and non-GMO ingredients to our commitment to
renewable energy, we represent the vanguard of
environmental and social responsibility. In all we do, we
strive to uphold the three pillars of sustainability:
environmental protection, social equity, and economic
viability.
We are committed to annual sustainability reporting,
which allows assessment and rating by independent
sustainability organizations. Our sustainability
performance is being measured using metrics and
standards developed by B Lab, the California Green
Business Program, the Green America Green Business
Network, and the Sustainable Food Trade Association.
While sourcing more than 100 botanicals from more than
25 countries around the globe, our company works to
support social justice and environmental health – from
collection to cultivation to consumption. Our ultimate goal
is to help transform the commerce of herbs by supporting
ethical and sustainable trade at every point of the value
chain. Progress to date moves us toward a long-term
goal of achieving full ingredient sustainability by our 50th
anniversary in 2024, if not sooner. That includes the goal
of 100 percent certified organic, fair trade, FairWild® and
Non-GMO Project verified ingredients, as well as
biodegradable, compostable and recyclable packaging.
Trip 2 Team Members visited Traditional Medicinals
Revive! Project in the Thar Desert where they:
Experienced firsthand how the for-profit partnership
between Whole Foods Market and Traditional Medicinals
demonstrates the value and potential for similar
sustainable social business models to be replicated in
impoverished raw materials sourcing communities around
the world.
Visited several Revive! Project villages seeing agricultural
activities/trainings, water and food security interventions,
educational/training projects, school construction, use of
constructed Community Resource Centers and women’s
empowerment initiatives.
Helped children at the new Dr. John Elstrott Middle School
paint their classrooms with alphabets and images for
learning.
Planted 30 trees at rural elementary schools.
Served lunch to 350 children at the John Elstrott school.
Handed out bicycles to 22 bicycle scholarship recipients.
Inspected senna cultivation trials and harvested one acre
for a rural farming family.
Visited the homes of water storage tank beneficiaries to
discuss water security and the changes that occur in the
lives of household members after receiving the asset.
Participated in the inauguration of a new school in the
desert village of Sodadada and the John Elstrott Middle
School in Dayakaur.
Played games and danced with children from the
communities during visits to Revive! village schools.
Participated in a bicycle repair and maintenance
workshop and Bishnoi community cultural events which
promote the beginning of the environmental movement
worldwide.
TRADITIONAL MEDICINALS
Planting shade tress at Revive! Project schools
350 kids at the John Elstrott School received hot lunches School inauguration
Village children happy to learn and play
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT Team Members visited Village Development Committee
meetings to discuss and plan for a school construction
project in Khidrat and other community projects.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING Team Members participated in a women’s Self Help
Group vocational training where they sat alongside
community members learning how to make papadum,
a food item made out of lentils that village women will
make at home as well as sell to generate an income.
ACCESS TO WATER Team Members visited women and their families in their
homes to see the direct impact that a new water system
called a taanka makes in their lives and learned about
rainwater collection ponds.
TRANSPORTATION TO SCHOOL Team Members distributed 22 bicycles to girls donated
by a WFM in-store campaign. These girls are now able
to safely ride to school everyday instead of walking the
many kilometers from their village.
THE JOHN ELSTROTT SCHOOL Volunteers painted murals for two classrooms in the
John Elstrott Middle School in Dayakur which was built
with support from John Elstrott, Chairman of the Board
of Whole Foods Market.
CULTURAL EXPERIENCES Local school children put on a short play to tell the
story of the Bishnoi tribe of Rajasthan who believe in
preserving and defending all living things.
SCHOOLS Traditional Medicinals supports local schools giving
access to education in the communities where they
source ingredients for their tea.
CULTURE Team Members learned about the local culture
including the history of the Bishnoi and were introduced
to traditional dress.
SENNA Traditional Medicinals sources senna for their Smooth
Move tea from the Thar Desert.
THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES Team Members who participated in the trip to India
which included the visit with Traditional Medicinals said
that they thought the time with The Miracle Foundation
and the children was the best part of the trip …. until
they went to the Thar Desert.
THE THAR DESERT Volunteers loved learning about daily life in the Thar
Desert.
COMMUNITY SERVICE Team Member volunteers planted 30 trees on local
school grounds.
“I think this is a wonderful program that everyone who works at Whole Foods
should go on. It was an amazing experience.”
REBECCA
“That week with the kids was the most intense, a beautiful part of the trip, the whole
group united for a goal of making laughs and smiles everywhere, you forget about
yourself, you are a little hard worker or I invented this word heartworker because you
are working with the heart.”
EDGARDO
“Every time someone asks me how
was my trip - my reply is “two thumbs
up” and I would recommend that they
apply. I am terribly impressed by all
the thought, detail and work that went
into our trip and all the others. It really
was "The Trip of a Lifetime!”
LINDA
“The trip surpassed any expectations
I had prior to coming to India.”
RENEE
REBECCA
“Being in India definitely put me outside of
my comfort zone… spending time with
the children at Cornerstone and meeting
the microcredit women in Varanasi
made it all worth it. Their optimism,
perseverance in the face of difficulty,
ingenuity and integrity was inspiring.
While this trip was difficult, I know I
come out of it with a better
understanding of myself as well as India.
I think this is a wonderful program that
everyone who works at Whole Foods
should go on. It was an amazing
experience.”
“It all amounted to one of the best trips that I have ever taken! Thank you!”
AMY
LINDA
“This trip honestly exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend all
team members apply because I think it is one of the coolest things the
company has to offer their employees. Truly an unforgettable experience.”
BIANCA
“Loved all the cultural forays into India, the 6:00 AM walks where we saw
temples and marketplaces, all the experiences with eating Indian food, all the
shopping trips to purchase clothes so that we could fit in, being able to spend
quality time with the children, being inspired by the women who had
benefitted from the microloans and seeing their pride in what they had
accomplished - the list could go on and on…”
PEG
ROGER
“It was a dream come true. Everything
was organized, well scheduled, fun,
and most importantly effectively
captured the country's culture &
people. The project was wonderful
executed and made us all work as a
unit. Really amazing.”
LUANN
“My favorite part was visiting the microcredit women and doing project work.
They both were eye opening experiences that changed my perspective on
the world.”
“I've traveled a lot, but this was the most unforgettable trip I have ever had. It
touched my heart on so many levels and changed me to my core. I long to
return to India.”
TRUETTE
“This trip was an absolute life changer. the things we did, the people we met,
everything I saw and ate...... I came back a different person for the better. Thank you
so much for this opportunity.”
DANITA
“The Miracle Foundation really wowed
us all. Miracle Foundation really used
us to make a difference! We really felt
a sense of ownership in the program
and fully immersed in India. It was an
amazing experience that gave me the
opportunity to see firsthand the work
of WPF. Together we can contribute to
alleviate poverty. It was very nice to
be able to experience India to the
fullest.”
LINDA
“This program speak very loudly of our core values. It allows Team
Members to face the issues humanity and our planet are going through. At
the same time it grants us the opportunity to make a difference by our
service and interaction with these communities, and by spreading the word
and educating others. I have always being very passionate about WPF.
But now I am committed to continue on some way or another to plant the
seed.”
ANONYMOUS
VIVIANA
“Loved every moment of it.
It was an amazing experience that
gave me the opportunity to see
firsthand the work of WPF. How
important it is to keep spreading the
message, so together we can
contribute to alleviate poverty.”
“We toured a temple and school that had a sign that read "knowledge is never
lost.” I am grateful for the opportunity to acquire the knowledge that I will
have with me for the rest of my walk. This was incredible. We had access
and experience unlike a regular tourist would ever receive.”
LAURA
PAUL
“I love the children and the difference
that they made in my life. I learned
about humility and taking pleasure
from the smallest of things. Thank you
for the opportunity to grow and learn.”
ANONYMOUS
VIVIANA
“This was incredible and one of the
smoothest trips I have ever been on.
We had access and experience unlike
a regular tourist could ever receive.”
ANDREA
“I love that I work for a company that encourages volunteerism and makes
it possible for those who want to help access to programs to fulfill that
need. I leaned so much about a new culture and it puts many things into
perspective.
Meeting with CASHPOR was very informative and then to meet the loan
recipients. They are so proud and enjoyed telling their stories to us. We
learned much about their past and how far they’ve come so far and their
plans for the future, including being able to send their daughters to
college! I think that this is exactly the information our stores want to hear
so they can relay this to our customers.”
2014 INDIA WFM TMVP IMPACT
26 TEAM MEMBERS
2 PLAYGROUNDS
BUILT
150 PLANTS AND 30 TREES
PLANTED
2 SOCCER GOALS AND 1 VOLLEYBALL NET SET UP
22 BICYCLES DISTRIBUTED
510 LUNCHES SERVED TO CHILDREN
90 MICROCREDIT CLIENTS MET
1 SCHOOL DEDICATED