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Bar Mitzvah Gift Helps Transform Lives

A portrait of Richard Wright by Steve Musgrave
A generous young man from Illinois recently wrote us that his grandfather told him, “whatever I gave, he would match it plus add 50% more. I really like how you help people that can’t help themselves.

To the left is the card we received from our young donor.

 

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A 13-Year Old Pays It Forward for FINCA

A couple of weeks ago, we received a letter from an obviously proud father in Minnesota, who told us about his son Paul, a seventh grader at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights. His letter said, “Paul received a $100 grant of seed money from the Pay It Forward Foundation with the general mandate to do something good that would keep doing good.”

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Seventh Grader’s Basketball Tournament Scores for Village Banking Campaign

Seventh Grader Raises Money for FINCA
While opening the mail recently, we were startled when—along with a check for $3,335.50—out tumbled a photograph of one of our most amazing new supporters: a seventh grader from New Jersey named Daniel, cradling a basketball in one hand and a Village Banking Campaign brochure in the other. 

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Jewelry Sales Support FINCA Jordan Village Bank

Alyson D., mother, and daughter
Alyson D., mother and daugther

"Enclosed please find checks totaling $5,000 (plus a few cents) for a Village Bank in Jordan," started a wonderful letter we received from Alyson D. of Bedford, PA. Alyson joined with her mother and daughter to create and sell jewelry to support FINCA Jordan...

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