fund free professional webpages for independent businesses and nonprofits across africa, latin america, the caribbean, and the diaspora.
pages without borders by softerbread financial coop, a 501(c)(3) initiative of the birthright project.
600 million SMEs operate in emerging markets. fewer than 30% have any web presence. that gap is not a skills gap — it's an access gap.
a professional page lets a business be found, trusted, and paid by customers they could never reach through word of mouth alone.
no builder to learn. no templates. pages without borders meets each business exactly where they are — on whatsapp or in a browser.
every funded page comes with a booking link, a payment gateway, a qr code, and a directory listing — the full stack, free.
each page costs $40 to create, host, and support for one year. half of every contribution goes to direct impact — the business gets the page for free.
200+ free pages. ideal for foundations, bilateral funders, and institutional partners. includes reporting, named acknowledgement, and custom impact scope.
your contribution goes through stripe. 50% covers build and hosting; 50% funds direct impact — the business never pays.
each business works with laaila, pages without borders' ai designer, through a short conversation on whatsapp or the web.
the business gets a professional webpage with bookings, payments, a qr code, and a directory listing — all free, forever.
softerbread is a 501(c)(3) economic dignity cooperative — a venture studio that builds, proves, and hands financial tools to founders across africa, latin america, the caribbean, and the diaspora.
pages without borders is softerbread's first hypothesis: that a professional web presence, built through conversation, can expand digital opportunity for the businesses that need it most.
all contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by u.s. law.
pages without borders by softerbread financial coop, a 501(c)(3) economic dignity initiative of the birthright project, expands digital opportunity for smes and independent businesses across africa, latin america, the caribbean, and the diaspora.