Help someone living in poverty get ahead in life.
Match a first-time saver's deposits for housing, microbusiness or education.
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 | Age: 45
El Zapote, Veracruz, MEXICO
Leonila is a widowed homemaker and mother of three. She used to hide money in her house to save, but now she's saving formally in order to lay cement on the dirt floor and install glass windows to keep the wind and cold out during the rainy season.
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| Age: 82
Nuevo Jacal, Veracruz, MEXICO
Felipe is using his matched savings to expand his farming business - he currently makes about US$235 month selling his crop, but he wants to start raising sheep to make some extra money. |  |
|  | Age: 22
Zacatla, Veracruz, MEXICO
Money is tight for María Angelina, her husband and child. The family lives on her husband's monthly salary of just US$125. With the savings she is building and the help she'll receive from the matching funds, María plans to buy wood and corrugated sheet metal to construct a new house for her family. |
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Sparking a savings revolution
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Save for Change
Why savings? The poor are more likely to have access to credit than to a basic savings account. Yet it's the opportunity to save—not loans or charity—that really helps people break the chains of poverty to make it on their own.
Your match provides more lasting value than a handout or a loan. It helps the poor establish their first savings accounts and become their own interest-free lender. Your commitment empowers people to build their own foundations for a brighter future.
Everyone can save. Some just need a boost—and access to a trusted financial institution, like a credit union. In helping people save for change, you provide critical support in a dignified, meaningful way. And in doing so, you help people save for change in their lives.
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