Gyani Ventures and it’s partners have collectively fund-raised and donated over $200,000 to three food banks (see below) in NYC with a small portion to Wofford College’s Micro Credit Loan Program in Cap-Haitien, Haiti (since 2009).
Our current project is converting many of our failing newsstands to COVID-19 Rapid Testing Sites (below).
Help NYC
In New York City, and around the world, the need for COVID-19 tests is in high demand. Wouldn’t it be great to have readily available, walk-up sites in prominent Manhattan areas? Areas that are already in place but unable to be utilized due to the pandemic? The fact of the matter is, we already have those spaces available to us in the form of underutilized newsstands.
These spaces can easily be transformed into walk-up testing sites. With the support of Mayor de Blasio and the right partners, we can expand the necessary testing sites and help our beloved city get through this pandemic.
Please read my letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio and lend your support to this cause!
Micro-Credit Loans
May 2019 - Present: Personally visited Cap-Haiten, Haiti with head of the program to originate 50+ micro-credit loans to local men/women/peanut farmers under-served by financial services. Current goal is to gather content and bring exposure to program in an effort to scale up charitable contributions.
Historical program highlights include over 700 retail/agricultural loans made (totaling ~$96,000) in Haiti and Dominican Republic (blended 99% repayment rate).
Cap-Haitien, Haiti
NYC Food Banks
Led the effort, applications, and processing of 25+ corporate grants and personal/private fund raising for three food banks in NYC since 2009.
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen: https://holyapostlesnyc.org/divi_mega_pro/soup-kitchen
New York Common Pantry: https://nycommonpantry.org/
Food Bank for NYC: https://www.foodbanknyc.org/
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, NYC
NY Common Pantry, NYC