5 hours ago by Julia

I was off at another science conference this week. Too many scheduled in the fall... Made loans to Julia's today.

How I changed the world today. - bjancy.blogspot.com · 24 references

1 day ago by Bruce Lowry

Kiva, led by 2008 Skoll social entrepreneurs Matt Flannery and Premal Shah, just had its 4th birthday. They celebrated with a pretty cool accomplishment - surpassing the $100 million level in loans. As of today, Kiva has raised $100,786,510, enjoys a 98 percent repayment rate, has funded 251,001 ent ...

Skoll Foundation Latest News - skollonline.com/blog · Rank: 139,732 · 20 references

1 day ago by Jeremy

This will likely be my last post before I leave. I just wanted to say thanks for all of the help and support. I was able to raise over 3/4 of my goal of $2000 before my departure. If you feel like you want to contribute a bit more to help me reach the last bit, that’d be much appreciated. Thanks so ...

Jeremy's Kiva Journey - jeremyskivajourney.com

2 days ago by fime

Microcredit is the extension of very small loans ( microloans) to those in poverty designed to spur entrepreneurship. These individuals lack collateral, steady employment and a verifiable credit history and therefore cannot meet even the most minimal qualifications to gain access to traditional cred ...

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2 days ago by fredr1c

Winifred comes to us from Herndon, and says this about her Kiva.org lending: “I hope to make a difference.” Winifred joins Team Virginia in fine style, dedicating a loan to the team on the same day she joined us in fine Team Virginia Twofer fashion. Thanks for being here, Winifred. — [...]

Team Virginia - a Kiva.org ... - teamvirginia.wordpress.com · 1 reference

2 days ago by fredr1c

Nanci is a small business owner from Norfolk. She became a Kiva.org lender, joined Team Virginia, and dedicated a loan to the team November 4th, thereby earning the Kiva.org/Team Virginia Threefer award for making the very most out of Kiva and community on her very first day as a Kivan. Thanks for [ ...

Team Virginia - a Kiva.org ... - teamvirginia.wordpress.com · 1 reference

3 days ago by jmcgrath

I wanted to let you know about Kiva ( www.kiva.org), a non-profit that allows you to lend as little as $25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur across the globe. You choose who to lend to – whether a baker in Afghanistan, a goat herder in Uganda, a farmer in Peru, a restaurateur in Cambodia, or a t ...

J's Website - jeremymcgrath.ca

3 days ago by socialenterprisegal

by Anis Salvesen Kiva’s 4th birthday was really, really fun! So what was so great about this party? I mean besides the fact that it was for Kiva, of course. If you’ve read previous blog posts, you know that attending Kiva events and meeting Kiva’s president, Premal, is like a tween going to Disneyla ...

PhilanthroPost - philanthropost.wordpress.com · 2 references

3 days ago by KYQ

A toy pic that took *only* 2 years in the making!!! (no joke...)

The QnA Journal - kyq.livejournal.com · 6 references

3 days ago by saika

Kalaidevi in front of her grocery shop. The 5000 Rs. loan enabled by Rang De helped her expand her shop and nearly doubled her earnings. Image Credit http://www.rangde.org/rangdeImages/p/345-276x182.gif Sometime back, I celebrated completing a few years of my first (and my current) job. This day is ...

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