UPDATE: After two years and nearly 600 first-time savers, we've made the difficult decision to close the MatchSavings.org program. Thank you to all who made the program possible for so many people.
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Maricruz Galvez shares with us here how her husband’s savings and match will improve their family’s home and keep water out during the rainy season. Our matchers have helped nearly 600 people like Maricruz open their first savings accounts, improve their living situations and become credit union members.

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Continuing to change lives through savings...

In two years, MatchSavings.org has brought a world of new opportunities to hundreds of people living in poverty — beginning with a simple savings account.

Though MatchSavings.org is coming to an end, we at World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) continue to work with financial cooperatives to bring much-needed financial access to 6 million people in places like Afghanistan, Haiti and Kenya.

Learn how you can support these programs.

At a glance...

2 years
30 communities
543 first-time savers
99% continue to save

Sparking a savings revolution

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Chris B

St. Mary's City, Maryland
USA

Promoting savings is one of the most effective ways of demonstrating to people that self-help works.