WAYMAKER CAMPAIGN
On our journey, the destination is a world free from extreme poverty. The road is unpaved, littered with injustice, and marred by potholes of uncertainty.
A waymaker looks out and envisions where a road could be cleared, where opportunities can be created. They see a chance to go where no one else is going to help their brothers and sisters—to help clear the way, so they can make their way. A waymaker listens, works, builds. The gravity of inaction is too much to bear; the waymaker must fight for the people who every day face—and overcome—crushing challenges that have been deemed “too hard to fix.” The waymaker was built for these moments, for roads less traveled and people left behind. They are problem solvers, action takers, go-first-get-thejob-done-makers. They know we are divided by our circumstances but united by our humanity. A waymaker not only dreams of a world without devastating poverty, they know they will make it so. The risk is certain— and they’re going anyway. Thank you for coming with us.
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WAYMAKER CAMPAIGN
Traditional microfinance is not serving those in extreme poverty
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Africa’s small-scale farmers are growing only 20-30% of their capacity
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The Economist projects that if the damage the pandemic has done to education is not reversed, none of the sustainable development goals will be achievable.
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“The learner who is the last beneficiary of this Opportunity loan must be able to excel. We want that child to be transformed and achieve his or her dreams…that is why we are all doing this work: we are all looking at that child at the end of it all. We are the foot soldiers on the ground.”
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
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