Source: Ecorazzi - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is on a mission to show more than 2 billion of the world’s poorest people how to save their pennies for a rainy day.
Their plan to achieve this is through the Global Savings Forum event, where the foundation is bringing together financial leaders from 38 countries in order to offer people who live on about $2 a day (what we might spend on a latte) the means to take control of their own futures.
Set for this Tuesday and Wednesday in Seattle, the forum will include a speech by Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations’ special advocate for inclusive finance for development, and Melinda Gates, who is expected to make a major grant pledge that represents their biggest financial services commitment to date.
