A chance too big to miss

The One December 06, 2016

Help women and families feed the world with twice the impact.

Dear Friend,

When women like Ruth are given a chance... the world changes.

This holiday season, you have a chance too... a chance to give more women like Ruth the self-help support to achieve a better life through our $275K matching gift challenge! Thanks to Jane Pauley and our Board of Directors, every dollar you give today will be matched dollar-for-dollar.

No matter how hard Ruth worked, her wages as a farmhand were barely enough to feed her family – until she gained access to a small loan and got the chance she desperately needed.

Your holiday gift will double to end chronic hunger and poverty.

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Ruth used her first loans on the most urgent need: her daughter's health and school fees. Then, she took out a loan from a Grameen Foundation partner to buy a dairy cow and received training on how to care for it. Since becoming a dairy farmer, her income has increased dramatically, and she has been able to move her family out of their one-bedroom house and into a more comfortable home.

Connected to the right resources, women like Ruth don't just lift themselves up, they lift up their families and their communities too. Little by little, they change the world. That is the power of your support this holiday – with a gift that goes twice as far to help break the cycle of poverty.

I hope you will help us maximize this matching gift opportunity – we can't afford to leave one dollar of the match on the table as long as there are entrepreneurial women like Ruth awaiting their big chance.

Thank you,

Steve Hollingworth
President & CEO

P.S. . There are millions of women like Ruth ready to work hard and break the cycle of poverty for their families – they just need the opportunity to do so. Your commitment today will provide that opportunity two times over. Make a gift that doubles this holiday.

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Grameen Foundation helps the world's poorest people reach their full potential, connecting their determination and skills with the resources they need by providing access to essential financial services and information on agriculture and health.