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April 2008: Newsletter

  • 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


March 2008: Press Release

“World Economic Forum Announces Root Capital Founder and President William Foote as a 2008 Young Global Leader”


Febuary 2008: Newsletter

  • 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: Newsletter

  • 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


December 2007: Press Release

“Root Capital Selected as 2008 Social Capitalist Award Winner”


November 2007: Newsletter

  • 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: Newsletter

  • 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: Newsletter

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