TRAVEL to Oaxaca.
LEARN about microfinance.
FIGHT POVERTY by taking a tour.
Fundación En Vía combines tourism and micro-finance to fight poverty in Oaxaca, Mexico. By providing interest-free micro-loans to help women in Oaxaca start or expand their small businesses, we facilitate social change, and generate real impacts and authentic cultural experiences.
We lead weekly tours into Oaxacan communities to meet our borrowers, learn about their loans and project plans, and offer support for their success. Our tours provide a special glimpse of life in Oaxaca; you will learn about different artisanal trades, traditional foods, and local economies, and support the local community.
We use 100% of our tour fees to provide interest-free micro-loans to our borrowers, and once the loan is paid back, to provide English and business classes, and other support for the community. We put your money to work by directing it to the communities that need it most.
Join us on a tour and learn about the power of microfinance.
The town of Teotitlán del Valle is known for the beautiful tapetes (wool rugs)
they weave by hand on wooden looms.
Julieta has used her first 4 loans to invest
in her rug-weaving business.
Juana makes corn tortillas by hand, and sells them in the local market and to her neighbors.
Her loans have helped her to buy more raw ingredients than she could before so that she can fill more orders.
The church in Teotitlán is a central part
of life in the town.- Julieta has used her first 4 loans to invest
in her rug-weaving business. 
At our Tuesday evening meeting in Teotitlán del Valle.