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: 44
Xocotla, Veracruz, MEXICO
Juana supports her five children, just two of whom are in school, with income she earns as a domestic worker and help she receives for basic needs from a government program. She is saving a portion of the 600 pesos (about $50) she earns weekly to replace the family's cardboard sheet roof with one made of corrugated metal, which will better withstand heavy rains common to the area. |
| Age: 53
Zacatla, Veracruz, MEXICO
Juana is a widowed mother of two. She owns a small grocery store and is saving to buy products for her business.
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|  | Age: 36
Ixcatla, Veracruz, MEXICO
Josefina owns a microbusiness in town where she sells bread from a local baker. She is saving to pay school fees and to buy shoes and school uniforms for her three children.
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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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