MARCH 2014 IMPACT GIFTS THAT GIVE BACK You or your spouse may receive a tax deduction and annual income for your lifetime with a charitable gift annuity. Check out our insert for more information. MEET MERCEDES, 75, FROM BOLIVIA MOTHERS KNOW BEST I magine walking past a bank every day wanting to go inside, but knowing it represents a part of your society where you are not welcome. Many of our Unbound families in communi- ties around the world know this reality all too well. With Unbound, families can gain access to opportuni- ties once denied them. We provide finan- cial literacy training and the chance for mothers to manage a bank account for the first time. These women feel empowered as they see their signature or thumbprint in ink on a withdrawal slip in their name. “Many of these women have never even been inside a bank,” said Dan Pear- son, director of international programs for Unbound. “It makes their world Bank accounts offer independence, opportunity to families EMPOWERMENT (continued) Kishtamma withdraws funds for sponsorship benefits with her son, Suresh. Mercedes, an Unbound sponsored elderly friend, used to work long hours in a factory making alpaca (llama) wool sweaters. She now works as a kitchen assistant at a catering business. “Thanks to Unbound I no longer feel oppressed,” Mercedes said. “I know I can overcome. I have learned that it is never too late.” Read more of Mercedes’ story at blog.unbound.org “The vast majority of these women have never even been inside a bank.”
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MARCH 2014
IMPACT
GIFTS THAT GIVE BACK You or your spouse may receive a tax deduction and annual income for your lifetime with a charitable gift annuity. Check out our insert for more information.
MEET MERCEDES, 75, FROM BOLIVIA
MOTHERS KNOW BEST
Imagine walking past a bank every day
wanting to go inside, but knowing it
represents a part of your society where
you are not welcome.
Many of our Unbound
families in communi-
ties around the world
know this reality all
too well.
With Unbound,
families can gain access to opportuni-
ties once denied them. We provide finan-
cial literacy training and the chance
for mothers to manage a bank account
for the first time. These women feel
empowered as they see their signature
or thumbprint in ink
on a withdrawal slip
in their name.
“Many of these
women have never
even been inside a
bank,” said Dan Pear-
son, director of international programs
for Unbound. “It makes their world
Bank accounts offer independence, opportunity to families
EMPOWERMENT
(continued)Kishtamma withdraws funds for
sponsorship benefits with her son, Suresh.
Mercedes, an Unbound sponsored elderly friend, used to work long hours in a factory making alpaca (llama) wool sweaters. She now works as a kitchen assistant at a catering business.
“Thanks to Unbound I no longer feel oppressed,” Mercedes said. “I know I can overcome. I have learned that it is never too late.” Read more of Mercedes’ story at blog.unbound.org
“The vast majority of these women have never even been