APW Executive Director Kerry Hammond, Author at The Alliance of Professional Women

Alliance Foundation Helps 15 Women in Guatemala

Village BankBy APW Executive Director Kerry Hammond October 31, 2018

Our most recent Village Bank in Guatemala helped fund microloans for 15 women in two Village Banks – Artesanas San Pablo and Panajachelense located in Solola, Guatemala. With an average age of 31-1/2, the women who received Alliance Foundation funded microloans are using the funds (average of $250 each) to expand their businesses, which range from selling jewelry to…

Michaela Dexter, our Regis University graduate

ScholarshipsBy APW Executive Director Kerry Hammond October 26, 2018

We caught up with Michaela to ask her a few questions about herself, her studies, and what’s next on her agenda. Here’s what she had to say: What did you study? I studied Nursing while at Regis University in the traditional four-year program. I received my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing on May 7, 2017.…

Christy Coggins, our Metropolitan State University Scholar

ScholarshipsBy APW Executive Director Kerry Hammond October 26, 2018

Hello, my name is Christy Coggins. I am a senior at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. I am currently in the Didactic Program of Dietetics, pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Human Nutrition. I hope to be matched to a dietetic internship at either Children’s Health Colorado or at the Tri-County Health Department so…

Alliance Foundation Helps Mexico Village Banks in partnership with ACCEDDE

Village BankBy APW Executive Director Kerry Hammond August 31, 2018

A borrower at one of Alliance Foundation’s Mexico Village Banksin partnership with ACCEDDE: Citizen Auction for Education, Democracy and Development near Guadalajara Mexico. She is using her loan to purchase supplies to make and sell tamales.

Alliance Foundation Helps India Village Banks in partnership with SKS Microfinance (SKS)

Village BankBy APW Executive Director Kerry Hammond July 31, 2018

This borrower is from our bank in India in partnership with SKS Microfinance (SKS). SKS was launched in 1998 and currently has 325 microfinance branches in India. To date SKS has provided over $205 million in loans to over 700,000 women in India’s poorest regions. The Alliance Foundation Village Bank is located in the Village of Etkyala in…

Alliance Foundation Helps Philippines Village Banks in partnership with the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD)

Village BankBy APW Executive Director Kerry Hammond May 31, 2018

This woman is from our Philippines Village Bank in partnership with the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD). CARD was created in 1998 to establish a bank to serve and to be owned and managed by landless rural women in the Philippines. She is using her Village Bank loan to help her with her sari-sari store (grocery store).