The Perpetual Education Fund (PEF) loan program helps members of the Church of all ages get an education that leads to a self-reliant job. Since 2001 this program has touched the lives of more than 80,000 individuals around the world. Through loan repayments and generous donations, this fund will continue to lift individuals and families out of poverty and into self-reliance for decades to come.

https://www.lds.org/topics/pef-self-reliance/perpetual-education-fund?lang=eng&old=true 

The Perpetual Education Fund – President Gordon B. Hinckley

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2001/05/the-perpetual-education-fund?lang=eng