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December 2011

  • Raymisa: Preserving Culture through Access to Markets Video
  • Make Your Tax-Deductible Gift by Midnight on December 31st
  • David Bornstein looks at steady advances made by organizations, like Root Capital, in achieving social change
  • November 2011

    • How Freshco Grows Food Security in Kenya video
    • Forbes has named William Foote as one of its "Impact 30"
    • Your Vote on Twitter Counts

    October 2011

    • Access to Credit in Rwanda video
    • A Special Tribute to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Women of Liberia
    • Join the Team: Accounting Internship in Cambridge

    September 2011

    • Promoting Gender Inclusion in Rural Ecuador: The Quinoa Farmers of Sumaklife
    • Join the Team in Costa Rica: Project Manager - Capital Mobilization

    August 2011

    • Featured Video: Growing Food Security in Kenya with Improved Seed
    • Notes from the Field: Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Uganda
    • Join the Team: Regional Risk Manager, Latin America

    July 2011

    • Notes from the Field: Fresh Vegetables in Kenya and Coffee in Rwanda
    • Featured Story: Building Better Futures for Women in Rwanda
    • Join the Team: Portfolio Associate

    June 2011

    • Notes from the Field: Mangoes and Coffee in Haiti
    • Featured Story: Creating Stable Employment in Swaziland
    • Join the Team: Director of Fundraising Operations

    May 2011

    • Notes from the Field: Burkina Faso
    • Video Spotlight: CECOCAFEN
    • Staff Profile: Patty Devaney, Director of Knowledge & Impact

    April 2011

    • Video Spotlight: Organic Blooming
    • What We're Reading
    • Staff Profile: Luis Miguel Ormeño, Loan Officer

    March 2011

    • Video Spotlight: Empowering Women
    • New and Noteworthy
    • Root Capital by the Numbers in 2010

    Winter 2010

    • Root In The News
    • New Additions to the Team
    • Follow Root Capital
    • Meet One of Our Clients: UCPCO

    Summer 2010

    • 4-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
    • PorFin's Success
    • $200 Million Milestone

    Spring 2010

    • Postcards from the Field
    • Welcoming New Board Members
    • Meet One of Our Borrowers: Laguna Baja Aric, Ecotourism, Mexico

    Summer 2009

    • Root Capital Wins Financial Times Award
    • Charity Navigator’s 4-Star Rating Awarded to Root Capital
    • Starbucks, Root Capital, and You

    Spring 2009

    • Uncommon Heroes Film Premieres
    • Growth Capital Campaign Launched

    January 2009

    • A Message From the Founder
    • The story behind your morning coffee...

    September 2008

    • President Clinton Recognizes Root Capital - Root Capital is featured at the Clinton Global Initiative
    • Clinton Global Initiative Highlights Innovative Coffee Partnership
    • A Big Apple Welcome - New York philanthropists Veronique and Bob Pittman host party in honor of Root Capital

    Summer 2008

    • Root Hits Major Milestone - Root Capital celebrates $100 million in disbursements
    • Suma Pacha

    June 2008

    • Root Capital featured in Financial Times and LA Times
    • Root Capital officially launches fellowship program
    • Investment Officer and former Root Fellow reflects on his Root experience

    May 2008

    Root Capital is delighted to share with you a short documentary film highlighting the important work of our partners and clients in Guatemala and Nicaragua.

    April 2008

    • Our Role in Mitigating Climate Change
    • Co-op Provides Alternative to Coca Production in Peru
    • Root Capital Earns Charity Navigator's Highest Rating
    • Recent Press: Miami Herald Features Root Capital
    • Personal Perspectives: PorFin Update

    Febuary 2008

    • William Foote Inducted into Ashoka Fellowship
    • Supporting Organic Vanilla in Indonesia
    • Catalyzing Economic Recovery in Aceh Through Coffee
    • Welcoming New Staff to the Root Capital Team
    • Personal Perspectives: Update from Kenya in Aftermath of Election Violence

    January 2008

    • Looking Back on 2007: A Year of Growth at Root Capital
    • Root Capital Supports Heirloom Rice Cultivation in the Philippines
    • Root Capital's Financial Education Program
    • 2008 Social Capitalist Award Winner
    • Partner Profile: Esperanza Dionisio Castillo

    November 2007

    • Fair Trade Chocolate Benefits Growers in Ivory Coast
    • Supporting An Indigenous Permaculture in Ethiopia
    • Helping Farmers in Tanzania While Protecting Chimpanzees
    • NuWire Investor Ranks Root Capital #3 in Top Charities
    • Personal Perspectives: Passion and Creativity in Philanthropy

    October 2007

    • Founder Honored with Ashoka Fellowship
    • Traditional Chilean Cookware Piques Whole Foods' Interest
    • Chilean Winemakers Move from Commodity to Specialty
    • Opening of South America Regional Office in Peru
    • Root Capital Featured in Microfinance Insights
    • Root Capital Highlighted for Innovation
    • Dispatch from the Field

    September 2007

    • Female Empowerment through Ghanaian Shea Butter
    • Organic Bananas: Saving Water, Improving Livelihoods
    • Our New VP of Finance & Administration
    • Dispatch from the Field