The Whole Planet Foundation alleviates poverty worldwide where Whole Foods Market sources products by providing microcredit loans focusing on the developing world.  Microcredit is small loans - the average first loan in the developing world is $162 - requiring no collateral of contract. Providing impoverished women with access to credit through microloans opens the door for their own efforts and creativity to generate income.

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