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Kiva -- Small Loans Alleviate Poverty Worldwide

Bruce wrote 1 week ago: Loans that Change Lives I just made a loan to someone in the developing world using a revolutionary … more »

Tags: Life, Love, Money

Swipes at a sacred cow4 comments

Nonprofiteer wrote 2 weeks ago: It used to be said–may still be said on the fringes of the Right–that foreign aid was a … more »

Tags: INTERNATIONAL, Investment, Marketing, Philanthropy and Taxation, poverty, private philanthropy, Women's Issues

Microcredit: Lending to Entrepreneurs1 comment

digitaleconomy wrote 2 weeks ago: U.S. banks have been quietly considering getting into the microcredit market in the effort to be mor … more »

Tags: Banking, Investment

Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs

Josh Kutticherry wrote 2 weeks ago: “The Kiva B4B Project is based on the principle that the simple actions of few can change the … more »

Tags: New Business Model, Non-profit, New Strategic Partnership

Is Credit a Human Right?3 comments

digitaleconomy wrote 3 weeks ago: U.S. banks have been quietly considering getting into the microcredit market in the effort to be mor … more »

Tags: Banking, Government, Money, Investment, credit, microcredit

New York Times, April 5 2008 - Microfinance’s Success Sets Off a Debate with Dr Yunus disagreeing

lilashana wrote 1 month ago: Microfinance’s Success Sets Off a Debate in Mexico - New York Times By ELISABETH MALKIN Published: … more »

Tags: Dr. Yunus, micro-credit, Microfinance, News, Philanthropy, social entrepreneur

what microloans miss, the business in the middle

Lucy wrote 1 month ago: From the New Yorker “The cult of the entrepreneur that the microfinance boom has helped foster … more »

Tags: Microfinance, Philanthropy

Fynanzing Education

Josh Kutticherry wrote 3 months ago: The world of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending keeps getting better. The latest entrant: Fynanz, a site d … more »

Tags: financial services, New Business Model, New Customer Segment

Kiva humanizes microlending to third-world entrepreneurs

mjsmith79 wrote 3 months ago: For $25, you can get four collector’s stamps, 25 moving boxes, or a Care Bear cuddle pillow on … more »

Tags: News, Site Reviews

Change.org & iGive.com1 comment

ifly4kiva wrote 3 months ago: Today, I invested some time on KivaFriends.org and located a couple of great programs for marketing … more »

Tags: kiva, Microfinance, MFIs, Loans, fundraising

Field Partner Risk Rating

ifly4kiva wrote 3 months ago: Kiva’s Field Partners, also known as micro-finance institutions (MFI’s), all receive a  … more »

Tags: kiva, Africa, Uganda, Microfinance, MFIs, Loans

Matt & Jessica Flannery - I Love This Interview!

ifly4kiva wrote 3 months ago: … more »

Tags: Africa, Charity, kiva, Microfinance, NGOs

Wanna Help Buy a Goat? 2 comments

Kim S. Clune wrote 3 months ago: Last week, I visited Kiva.org in search of a Kenyan business to support. If you haven’t yet he … more »

Tags: Consumer Support, Financial Aid, Humanitarian Effort, Micro-Lending, technology, Volunteer to Volunteer

Fully Funded!

ifly4kiva wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday, I made two separate $25 loans to groups of women in Uganda.  One group is starting a p … more »

Tags: kiva, Corporate Flight Attendants, Africa, Uganda, Flight Attendants, Aviation, NGOs, Air Force, Aviation Professionals

Prosper Update2 comments

Monica wrote 4 months ago: In an earlier post, Be the Bank, I was fascinated by Prosper.com. It took a while but I finally got … more »

Tags: Investments, prosper

Checkout Promotions to Raise Money for Causes: Whole Foods and the Whole Planet Foundation

Susan Hyatt wrote 4 months ago: When standing in the checkout line at Whole Foods, I periodically see a display with tear off tags ( … more »

Tags: Best Practices, Take Action

Changing the Face of Money

Josh Kutticherry wrote 4 months ago: Virgin Money officially launched in the US recently with its acquisition of Massachusetts-based Circ … more »

Tags: financial services, New Business Model, New Product or Service

Kiva growth - check the metrics

blueprintrd wrote 8 months ago: As they say, a picture is worth a lot of words - 11 million in this case. The graph shows Kiva … more »

Tags: Philanthropy, kiva

Kiva's $10 Million Giveaway

Kim S. Clune wrote 8 months ago: Newlyweds Matt and Jessica Flannery mesh different life desires into a workable solution - for th … more »

Tags: Financial Aid


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