“Microcredit is about giving hope. When you’re talking about making loans to women whose income is less than $1 a day, you can easily make the leap to see what a microloan can make possible. The women I’ve met in Uganda and Guatemala are so resourceful, and it’s just amazing to see how, with their courage and diligence, they create small businesses with such tiny amounts of money. These women work so hard, and they manage to pay off their loans, and the first thing they do is educate and feed their kids. It’s amazing that the world is not investing more in this resource.”

Natalie Portman
Actress
FINCA International Ambassador of Hope
Spokesperson for the International Year of Microcredit 2005

Agents For Change

We are social change catalysts. We support sustainable solutions to global poverty and inspire youth to create a better world.

At Global Agents for Change we believe that no dream is too big and nothing is impossible, that inspired and motivated young people can truly change the world.

• Our Agents organize innovative and sustainable projects such as our Riding to Break the Cycle bicycle tours, university based Microcredit Challenge, and The Catalyst, a youth run magazine on social change.

• We provide funding and mentorship for young social entrepreneurs (12-18) with projects capable of meaningful impact, and work with teachers and schools to speak with young people about the power of youth to shape their world.

• We are building the world’s largest youth run microcredit fund, supporting hundreds of developing world entrepreneurs in their struggle to escape poverty and tangibly connecting young people to global issues.