It's always exciting when we receive a field report on one of the women that we have invested in through the "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" project. This one is especially cool because it comes from the entrepreneur... Read more
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Today would have been my mother's 76th birthday. She was the original "Adventure Diva" and the inspiration behind the "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" project. She loved to garden. When we celebrated her life on the... Read more
God is involved in the business of selling first-hand clothes. No, really. And the Estrogen Army invested in him today. A young man in Hoima, Uganda raises his younger siblings with the help of his older... Read more
Sajida is our April "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. This is a particularly special investment. We tend to fund female entrepreneurs who are working to lift themselves out of poverty in developing countries where it... Read more
Rita is our March "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. This 51-year-old mother of 2 lives in Tarija, Bolivia, and has been making costume jewelry for a year now. She dreams of opening her own shop, and we're... Read more
Natividad is our February "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. This 63-year-old widow and mother of 4 children lives in La Paz, Bolivia, and is rebooting her life after cataract surgery. She lives near a school and wants... Read more
Edith Beatriz is our January "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. This 60-year-old retired teacher from Tarija, Bolivia has a dream, and we're helping her make it happen! Ever since she was very young she has wanted to... Read more
Karen is our November "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. We're helping her with her internet & game café in Bolivia, because gaming is an empowering springboard for big girls too! (More on the truth of this on... Read more
This month we celebrated Thanksgiving in Canada so we're sponsoring a second Kiva entrepreneur. Our "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" team is helping Siliviah put food on her own family's table by expanding her dairy operation in Kitale, Kenya.... Read more
Yolanda is our October "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. She's 53 years old, and we're helping her make a dream come true. She wants to open her own restaurant, and she still needs a little help. Read more