• Microfinance making the difference between poverty and prosperity. Learn more.

  • Growing fair trade coffee is enabling Cesar to continue farming and send his children to college. Learn more.

  • Economic empowerment programs are helping Elsa send her daughters to school. Learn more.

A nonprofit creating economic opportunities for micro-entrepreneurs and farmers in Latin America.

Photos © by Michael Kienitz

Working Capital for Community Needs

Working Capital for Community Needs (WCCN), a nonprofit organization,  empowers low-income Latin American entrepreneurs and small-scale farmers through microcredit, fair trade, housing projects and women's empowerment initiatives.

The people who receive our support have the abilities, the work ethic and the hope for a better lifer.  What they don’t have is access to financial resources and training. 

As an investor and/or donor of WCCN, you can personally partner with us to make this important work happen.  You become and integral part of our “people to people” approach – a proven method for providing the financial resources to help others work their way out of poverty and toward self-reliance. 

Five years ago Gladys ran a small store out of her house in the rural mountain community of San Pablo, Ecuador. The store did not provide much income and she wanted to be a farmer. She first borrowed $1,000 from WCCN's partner agency INSOTEC to purchase 2.5 acres of farmland and raise guinea pigs to sell at the local market. She soon learned... (Read More)