2005-09-30 | Salt Lake City | Initially funded on little more than an explanation and a request, an educational loan program for impoverished young people looks to be transforming the lives of tens of thousands around the globe.
By the end of this year, the program, known to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Perpetual Education Fund, will have made 24,000 loans at an average of $860 each to disadvantaged Latter-day Saints, using only the interest earnings from the fund. ...
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