Advancing economic opportunity, Early childhood, Gender equity, Investors, News

AdvanceHER: Unlocking Opportunities for Women and Girls in San Diego and Abroad

Posted by Tyana Smith
On March 3, 2020

In our quest to increase economic opportunity for underestimated groups, we knew we’d want to emphasize supporting women and girls. With a diverse and largely female team, empowering more women has always felt natural to us. We’ve long wanted to connect the resources and needs of our community in new intentional ways that make a real impact on gender inequality.

Advancing economic opportunity, Borrowers, Gender equity, Racial equity, Sustainable systems

Supporting African Artisans at Work and Beyond

Posted by Tyana Smith
On May 16, 2019

In honor of the one-year anniversary of our official launch party, we’re catching up with one of our very first borrowers, All Across Africa. Since our investment in late 2017, All Across Africa has: Employed 400 new artisans. Provided solar lights to their artisans in Rwanda on a lease-to-own model, 37% below market price. This…

Borrowers

Borrower Spotlight: All Across Africa

Posted by Lauren Grattan
On January 31, 2018

All Across Africa’s mission is to create jobs and markets to alleviate poverty in Africa. All Across Africa (AAA) is a social enterprise accelerating artisan integration into the global economy by facilitating access to foreign markets. AAA’s unique supply chain model includes training and employing over 3,000 artisans in five countries in Africa, primarily women. A…