New investment with a strong social mission

So far, Fundacion Paraguaya has helped over 24,000 families to escape poverty. ‘The Poverty Stoplight’ makes poverty visible by dividing the model into 6 dimensions with 50 indicators, by means of photographs, illustrations, maps, etc. That way, poor people can visualize in what way poverty affects their family. This self-diagnosis helps them understand their poverty, and personalized strategies are developed to try to help those families escape poverty once and for all.

The ultimate goal of Fundacion Paraguaya is that microfinance institutions all over the world apply ‘The Poverty Stoplight’ method. The institution has received various international awards and their business model has already been reproduced in other countries such as China and Tanzania.

Apart from financial products, the institution also provides financial and economic education to children and young people. Fundacion Paraguaya has a self-supporting agricultural school for the children of their customers, mostly poor farmers. The model of this innovative school has already been copied in more than 50 countries.

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