Kiva. Lend someone some money. They use that money to better themselves and you get the money back. I’ve made over 70 loans and haven’t lost a penny. And now you get to give out $25 to someone, you get to see how big a change lots of $25 makes. This sounds like an ad – and it is but it’s from me and I really want you to try this. What’s the cost? Time – as long as it takes to decide who to give the money to – that’s all. So click and try it: http://kiva.org/invitedby/markx2
There are now some prettier images at kiva for the what where and why of loaning. My loaning more to females is deliberate as is loaning to the Phillipines / Cambodia and other countries there.
You should loan at kiva.
I’m sitting in a english village and yet I can lend directly to someone halfway around the world. I – and every other Kiva lender – can help people to help themselves, to improve their life and those of those around them.
I think that is amazing.
I just passed the 50 loan mark at Kiva hence this post and I look forward to my 100th.
Kiva’s mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.