Sep 07, 2023
Posted by: Shikha Tandon
Graham Macmillan,
NY,
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Graham: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! As Visa’s corporate foundation, Visa Foundation believes in uplifting everyone, everywhere through the power of economic mobility. Utilizing our expertise, resources, and global reach, we strive to enable equitable access to capital through grants, support broader community needs through employee volunteering, and provide disaster response in times of crises through strategic partnerships such as our partnership with the American Red Cross.
Madhav: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Ethel Chamba, 35, is a single mother of three living in Mwango, a village in rural Malawi. She depends on piecework jobs and subsistence farming to earn a livelihood. Last year, while she was struggling to make ends meet after her recent divorce, cyclone Gombe hit her village, completely destroying her home and changing her life overnight. Being a mother of a child with a chronic illness and living below the poverty line meant that it was impossible for her to find funds to reconstruct her home. Since then, Ethel and her children have been forced to live in their grandmother’s house.
Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Good quality fresh food is expensive, and if you live in a city, it can be very hard to find. A lot of our climate and human health problems come down to one thing: we separated how we live from nature. FULL is putting nature back into our lives. We put gardens into and onto our rooftops, walls, and lawns, and we keep them running with technology that basically makes Animal Crossing real. We're aiming to give everyone the opportunity to be FULL with fresh, quality food, a place to make friends, and a future on this planet. What's extra awesome? Our approach also makes it easier and cheaper to heat and cool your homes and schools, which means we've got the boring checkmark adults need to say yes to something that's good for everybody.
