Kiva- Loans that change lives

If you don’t know about it already, you really need to check out kiva.org.

Their mission is: To connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.

I discovered Kiva a while back and have been impressed with their vision, and even more impressed with the way they carry that vision out. Their website is easy to use, and is probably the best use of the Internet for combating real world problems that I’ve found.

Not only can you lend money yourself, but you can give gift certificates so that others can discover Kiva and use the gift certificate to make their own contribution. I’ve done it several times and it makes a great gift.

So check out Kiva and make a loan! What seems like a little money can go a long way.

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