About Us
Our History
Learning about the inequalities in Bangladesh due to his Bengali background from a young age, Anish Chowdhury, a junior at the time in Palos Verdes High School, founded Blossom Funds with the goal of uplifting women in Bangladesh and providing them opportunities that they would not have received otherwise. Through Blossom Funds' extensive work and research in microfinance, they were selected to join the 2024 Youth ECOSOC Forum. Blossom Funds has had the honor of partnering and working with BRAC and other NGOs, including LearningPlanet and Forum of the Future, allowing them to uplift dozens of women in microfinance. The team plans to expand to help other countries outside of Bangladesh.
Global Mission
Blossom Funds is a youth-led investment organization which aims to advocate and empower women in developing countries.
The objective is through the administering of microfinance services, to empower them to create their own crafts, find their financial independence and build up their personal dignity.
Global Frame Work
Understand
Raise Awareness of the dire situation that impoverished people, especially women, face in their everyday life
Preparation
Conduct the required research and analyze the data to map out a plan to help theseistruggling people be uplifted
Leverage
Maximize the utility of each dollar to its fullest extent, and ensure each is properly distributed to those who need help in the most efficient way possible.
Inclusion
Ensure that all interested women are properly assessed and offered microloans regardless of their religion or position in life
Flexibility
Transformation
Design the most suitable repayment scheme possible for these women and align the financial interests of both parties to boost success
Create system-level change in their lives by helping them blossom both professionally and personally and regaining their dignity
Key Activities
Community
Ensure that all interested women are properly assessed and offered microloans regardless of their religion or position in life
Advocacy
To bolster enthusiaism for the learning and application of microloans, through a videocast series and social media campaigns
Resilience
To give women the opportunity to fund their own ventures, defy the status quo, and restore their dignity
Education
To advance peer-to-peer engagements and experiences in the areas of microfinance and social entrepreneurship
