Tzedakah (Charity) in Israel
Addressing the causes, helping those in need. Is Tzedakah Enough?
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Savings for the Poor? What a great idea!
Posted by admin under Getting By In Israel, Self Improvement, Social Justice, Solutions to Poverty, Unemployment, What can "I" do, What can THEY do
Matched Savings
What a great idea! Under a very intuitive program that EVERY state in the USA has, low-wage workers can have a matched deposit made to savings accounts set up for such things such as educational savings, savings towards starting a business, buying a new home and more. What a great idea! (sorry for being repetitive…) Here’s more, all made possible by this program:
A San Francisco healthcare worker decided to break the cycle of poverty. Now the 38-year-old is a college graduate on the cusp of opening her own business. She is also raising a high-achieving teenager who is in position to win merit-based college scholarships.
She attributes her life’s 180-degree turn to two things: a new attitude and a savings account with matching funds provided to low-income participants. Read the rest here.
