by Bill | Nov 11, 2020 | charity, Climate Change, Podcast
In this episode, I interview Diana Chaplin from One Tree Planted. We discuss how this non-profit organization focuses on global reforestation and fighting climate change. How did One Tree Planted start? One Tree Planted started in 2014 – Our founder, Matt Hill,...
by Bill | Jul 29, 2020 | charity, Mexico
Background Where are you from? I am originally from a little town in Minnesota – St. Michael, Minnesota. I left that community when I was around 19 and lived in different parts of the country. I grew up on a farm. How long have you been in Tucson? I am going on my...
by Bill | Aug 24, 2015 | charity, microfinance
ProMex Group is part of Amazon Smile. When you buy on Amazon, if you go through this link 0.5% of your purchases will be helping ProMex Group: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-4225729 ProMex Group is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit that support microfinance organizations in...
by Bill | Aug 21, 2015 | charity, Mexico, microcredit, microfinance
In addition to supporting Cimarron and EnComun, ProMex Group is now supporting FinReg. All three are microfinance (microcredit) organizations work to support small business development in the northern Mexican state of Sonora (bordering with the US). We are glad to...
by Bill | Jan 16, 2015 | charity, microcredit
I watched the movie ‘Living on One Dollar’ (which is on Netflix) this weekend. It follows four college kids as they live on an average of $1 a day for two months in rural Guatemala. They learn first hand about the struggles with getting enough calories,...
by Bill | Nov 28, 2014 | charity, Mexico, microcredit, microfinance
The results of a randomized impact study done in Nogales, Agua Prieta and Caborca are in and they can help us determine how to best serve our clients. Win Some Lose Some? Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco Manuela...
