NamasteDirect ~ Ending Poverty One Loan at a Time

NamasteDirect Giving Circles

NamasteDirect giving circles are designed for raising funds in a group format. Individuals work together, creating their

own community of donors to work toward a self-defined goal. These giving circles are a fun way to include your community

in the giving process and the fulfillment of fully supporting a group of women in Central America who are working

to lift their families out of poverty.

These NamasteDirect Giving Circles are currently raising funds for microcredit in their communities and over the web:

Esperanza Giving Circle

Adoptive families honor the birth country of their children by supporting the women of Guatemala. While the Esperanza Giving Circle begins with two families' stories, the goal is for it to grow to include the stories and hopes of many.

Women's Leadership Seminar Class 100 - PSI Seminars

77 women who met in August of 2008, grew as leaders, and as such, committed to making their world better. They believe in gathering support from as many resources as possible to make the biggest impact imaginable!

The Hillsdale Effect

Students from Hillsdale High in San Mateo, CA who aim to educate our community and ourselves on the importance of ending poverty and building a bridge between the privileged and the impoverished.

The Lillian Jordan Joy Luck Group
The L. J. - J. L. group was formed to honor the memory and spirit of Lillian Jordan and to continue enjoying the long-standing friendships of the Joy Luck group.

Alamance Women's Giving Circle

The Holy Comforter women voted on this project in answer to the National Church's challenge to adopt some of the Millennium Development Goals, established by United Nations in 2002. Parallel to this, the Episcopal Churchwomen of North Carolina Diocese voted on the goals of ending world poverty and educating women. NamasteDirect fits these goals for us.

Melissa's Village

Melissa's Village funding circle was founded by Melissa Faith Klar. Together with her friends and family, Melissa is supporting many of the women she met while visiting Chiapas, Mexico.

The Timshel Group

Founded by Kim and Pat Smith, the Timshel group is an organic expression of the power of the collective will and characterized by compassion and freedom, and directed to all those who believe in the positve application of our choices and actions.

The Valley Giving Girls Group

The Valley Giving Girls are mothers, teachers, daughters, and friends who live in California's Central Valley. Touched by the stories and dreams of Guatemalan women they have started this group to raise money for them.

Women Celebrating Women

On September 30, 2007, a group of Los Angeles executive and professional women met to celebrate a milestone – a 40th Birthday. But what made this celebration different was the request for gifts.

Rocky Mountain Giving Group

We are a group of mothers in the Park City/Salt Lake City, Utah and Boise, Idaho areas who use our influence and abilities to help other families out of the depths of poverty.

The Calaveras Group

Members of Calaveras County, a rural California community in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have come together to sponsor a village bank in the region of Santa Cruz del Quiche in the Guatemalan highlands.