Kiva

Good people doing good things

Something that is small for you could be huge for someone else.

For example, with only $25, you could empower someone with a micro-loan made through Kiva.

Kiva, you may know, is a non-profit organization that facilitates micro-loans to people worldwide. Currently, over 796,000 people have made over $330 million dollars worth of loans.

Pay back averages over 98.9%, which is incredibly high considering that the borrowers live in poverty. This means you can expect to recover the money that you loan.

As you scan through the loan requests, you will find a parade of touching stories. Someone in Ecuador wants to borrow $700 to buy fish for resale, someone in Bolivia wants to borrow $750 to buy materials to manufacture jackets, someone in the Philippines wants to borrow $500 to buy seed for a farm, and so on.

Notice that each of these requests comes from someone who will use the money to earn an income.

I encourage you to join Kiva. It's one small action that produces a huge benefit for someone else.