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Join Us in Oaxaca

Our Tours

Fundación En Vía runs half-day tours to villages near the capital city of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, to meet women applying for our interest-free microloans and to learn about their lives and businesses. Our tours provide a first-hand look at microfinance in action and connect tourists to the culture, development and daily life in Oaxaca.

  • "It was a fascinating experience…It gives real-life demonstration of the difference between 'give a man a fish' and 'teach a man to fish.'"
    —Tami, Washington, USA
  • "It was great! Probably the highlight of my month in Oaxaca."—George, Minnesota, USA
  • "Excellent way to encourage meaningful donations and provide a very special glimpse into the lives of these wonderful people…I believe we received at least as much out of this as they did."
    —Jennifer, British Columbia, Canada
  • "I´ve been a banker, a realtor, a business broker and I´ve owned a dozen businesses. To see micro-businesses at the grassroots level was very rewarding and time well spent."
    —Mike, Colorado, USA
  • "I am so glad that my stay in Oaxaca included an opportunity to see what is really going on and that I was able to help."
    —Claudia, Oregon, USA
  • "Overall a great program—culturally rich and extremely informative, and no doubt a great service to the community."
    —Aram, New York, USA
  • "This was one of the best things I've done in Mexico!"—Emily, Minnesota, USA

Experience a Different Oaxaca

On an En Vía tour, you will experience a much more personal view of local life than ordinary tourism permits. You’ll be gaining not only a better understanding of the challenges of life here in the next-to-poorest state in Mexico, but helping to provide a viable path out of poverty. Our borrowers are an inspiring group of hard-working, optimistic problem-solvers who create their own success through their perseverance and skills with these modest loans.

Give Back

Most people living in poverty do not have access to traditional financial services and cannot capitalize on the resources they do have: ideas, skills and determination. By participating in an En Vía tour, you will be giving 100% of your tour fee as an interest-free microloan to women who can then use it to expand their businesses and improve their lives. When the loan is repaid, we use the funds to provide English and business classes, among other services to support the community, maximizing your donation's impact on the community as whole. 

See Microfinance in Action

Microfinance is a tool that has been used very effectively around the world to help people without access to traditional financial services to lift themselves out of poverty. With En Vía microfinance tours, you will get to see first-hand how microfinance works – its potential, benefits, and some challenges.

Tour Fee

$650 MXN or $50 US/person. Lunch and transportation are included.

To Learn More . . .

Please contact uswith any questions you may have about our program, our borrowers or our tours. And also let us know if you are interested in volunteering for En Vía in teaching English, business classes or leading tours!