As in the field of health, it is an established fact that the fight against poverty helps in the development of education and that, reciprocally, it is in the interest of the Banks for the Poor to ensure that their clients receive the best possible training. The Banks for the Poor sometimes set up programs to assist in the education of the beneficiary families.
A South American microfinance support organization, FREEDOM FROM HUNGER, has established a system combining lending with an educational program targeting the poorest. It has, in fact, become apparent that mere financial services are insufficient to fight malnutrition in rural households. Thus FREEDOM FROM HUNGER offers these very same people group credit and savings services, so that they can set up an activity, and ensure sustainable revenues well as information sessions on nutrition, health and enterprise, so as to spread healthy practices.