WorldWise Microfinance

08/18/2026

We have a little more than a week before our in person gathering. There are still tickets available.

Enjoy a fabulous night out in downtown Madison, on the rooftop of The Lyric Building (1010 E Washington Ave), for “An Evening Around the World”. WorldWise Microfinance will be hosting a fundraiser on Thursday, August 27, from 5:30-8:30pm.
The Madison Club’s Executive Chef, Adam Struebing has created unique dishes and drinks that symbolize and represent the various countries in which we make loans. Come join us for a once in a lifetime menu of international food and drink, and enjoy the company of people that care about how development, even far away, reaches all the way to Madison.
Nyama Chama Chicken Skewers from Uganda
Charcoal Roasted Bannann with Pikliz from Haiti
Charred Anchovies with Sweet Yams from Ghana
You’ll enjoy these dishesand a whole lot more! Great food, great views, a chance to support great work being done to lift people out of poverty. The catch? The rooftop gallery has a limited capacity, so act now to be sure you’re included.
Tickets are $100 or 4 for $350. Find some friends and attend together!
Buy your tickets today!

We look forward to welcoming you to “An Evening Around the World”, on August 27 at The Lyric in downtown Madison. It will be a summer evening you’ll never forget!

08/16/2026

The Evening Around the World special event is coming up fast. August 27, 5:30pm,
the Lyric, 1010 East Washington.

If you haven't booked your tickets yet, now's the time.
https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/about-us/events/

If you've been looking for a great evening out with friends,
now's the time,
Get four tickets for $350 (ordinarily $100 per person)

If you've been thinking about how to support WMF this summer, now's the time, and if you can't make it, the gift of a ticket might allow someone to attend who otherwise could not. We have had a donated ticket already.

If you've wanted to taste something out of the ordinary, and delicious, now's the time. Chef Adam Struebing is serving unique dishes from each of our countries.

Hope to see you on August 27. We still have spots available.

Thank you to our event sponsors!

08/13/2026

An Evening Around the World is coming up in two weeks, and you can still buy tickets!

https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/about-us/events/

We are grateful to Chef Adam Struebing for designing such a thoughtful menu, featuring a dish inspired by each country where we have programs. You’ll get a taste of many different cultures while investing in the futures of the women and families who call those cultures home.

08/11/2026

Greetings to all of you! We hope to see you on August 27 at our yearly in person gala. We have 4 special African dishes for you to sample at "An Evening Around the World". Chef Adam Struebing has created special dishes from each country where we have microfinance programs. We are in four African countries and the food choices look great. Adam is preparing Charred anchovies and sweet yams from Ghana, Coffee rubbed smoked pork with peanuts from Malawi, Kachumbari salad with white fish from Kenya and Nyami chicken skewers from Uganda. What a treat! Which one do you hope to sample first? I know which one I want. I love coffee!

Oh, and Chef Adam has also put his spin on special signature drinks from each country as well. We would love to see you!

Please attend if you are free. Registration is here. $100 a person.

https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/about-us/events/

All our programs worldwide are expanding. More loans are going out and the need keeps growing. Every $100 means starter loan for a deserving entrepreneur. See you for some delicious treats on August 27.

One small organization. Committed to big change. Improving lives one by one.

08/07/2026

Spend the evening with WorldWise Microfinance on August 27th on the rooftop of the Lyric Apartments (1010 E Washington Ave in downtown Madison). We’ll be celebrating another year of lifting families out of poverty in Africa, the Caribbean and South-east Asia.

We’ve enlisted the culinary talents of the Madison Club’s Executive Chef, Adam Struebing, to create unique dishes and drinks representing the countries of our partners.

You’ll learn about our new programs, and hear updates from the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. You’ll be joined by folks with a passion for international development, women’s empowerment, poverty alleviation and providing a “hand up” instead of a “hand out”.

Celebrate the end of the summer on the rooftop of one of Madison’s newest iconic buildings, overlooking Breese Stevens Field and downtown Madison.

08/06/2026

Greeting Facebook friends. As many you know, I'm a board member of WorldWise Microfinance. We are holding our annual in person fundraising event on Thursday, August 27. See the information below. Pre-registration is required and tickets are $100 a piece.

We always look forward to our annual Gala and are excited to share with you our many accomplishments and news about the new countries that we are currently having programs in. I just returned from the Philippines, where I spent four days with our partners on the island of Panay. I met many beneficiaries and saw first-hand the impact of micro-loans.

Our event is called, "An Evening Around the World". The venue, Lyric Rooftop Gallery at 1010 East Washington Ave in Madison has great views of the Madison skyline and we will be tasting some delicious foods. We have secured the Executive Chef, Adam Struebling, from the Madison Club, and he is preparing signature drinks and Hors D'Oeuvres from the countries we currently work with. The food looks fabulous.

Please register here:

https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/about-us/events/

Whether you have supported us in the past or just getting to know about us we are excited to meet you. Please join us for a memorable night of good food, inspiring stories and a shared commitment to creating opportunities that change lives.

See you at "An Evening Around the World"

One small organization. Committed to big change. Improving lives one by one.

08/04/2026

Greetings my name is Paul Ohlrogge and I am a board member of WorldWise Microfinance. We are so excited to see you at our yearly fund raiser event, "An Evening Around the World". Join us as we will be enjoying the views of the Madison skyline and tasting some delicious foods from the Lyric Rooftop Gallery at 1010 East Washington Ave in Madison on Thursday night August 27. Please register here:

https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/about-us/events/
Tickets are $100.

We have the Executive Chef, Adam Struebling, from the Madison Club, preparing signature drinks and Hors D'Oeuvres from the countries we currently have programs in. We are really thrilled to have a chef so well-known, so famous and accomplished and he is excited too. As a former Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines, I am most curious to sample the Tocilog Deviled Eggs!! Adam will also have tasty food to sample from Uganda, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Chef Adam said, "I've enjoyed working with the WorldWise Microfinance team and understanding more about each of the countries they make loans in. I'm really excited with the dishes and drinks that reflect each of those countries, and can't wait for people to sample these creations at the "Evening Around the World" fundraiser on August 27th. This will be the grand launch of these creations and they will only be available for the public to taste on the 27th."

Whether you have supported us in the past or just getting to know about us we are excited to meet you. We will be celebrating with you and sharing with you, our accomplishments. Please join us for a memorable night of good food, inspiring stories and a shared commitment to creating opportunities that change lives.
An Evening Around the World!

One small organization. Committed to big change. Improving lives one by one.

07/27/2026

An Evening Around The World

07/23/2026

Eat your way around the world this summer by sampling unique dishes from the 7 countries that WorldWise Microfinance has programs in. Discover the flavors of the communities we serve while investing in their futures. Dishes and drinks will be crafted by chef Adam Struebing of the Madison Club.

Mark your calendars for August 27th, 5:30pm, and register here, for a night of both culinary exploration and meaningful impact.

Register: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/FsMAlGBPHBq4fiiuCg8fZw

More Information: https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/about-us/events/

07/05/2026

We are honored to have received a grant from the Madison Breakfast Rotary Club Foundation. The grant will support our new program in Malawi, funding loans that will empower women, create opportunity, and grow livelihoods in one of the world's poorest countries.

Thank you to Madison Breakfast Rotary - #23836 for investing in entrepreneurs and their families in Malawi.

https://worldwisemicrofinance.org/press_release/rotary-steps-up-to-support-development-in-poorest-country/