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#23 Kiva
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Kiva
3180 18th Street
Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94110
Description:
Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can 'sponsor a business' and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the business you've sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back. Kiva partners with existing microfinance institutions. In doing so, we gain access to outstanding entrepreneurs from impoverished communities world-wide. Our partners are experts in choosing qualified borrowers. That said, they are usually short on funds. Through Kiva.org, our partners upload their borrower profiles directly to the site so you can lend to them.
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Recent Blog Entries
Kiva Calendar 2009
Posted on November 19, 2008
Managing Your Repayment Emails
Posted on November 18, 2008
Seth Godin has built a beard for Kiva.
Posted on November 17, 2008
More of the blog: Kiva Blog
Volunteer Information
Volunteer Opportunities Include: Kiva Translator, Kiva Fellows Program, and occasionally additional volunteer or internship opportunities are posted. Kiva Field Partners upload many business descriptions in their local language, and Kiva Translators translate these short texts into English. Kiva Fellows travel to and live in the host country of one of our partner microfinance institutions (MFI) for a minimum of 10 weeks. By journaling on the behalf of our MFI partner, Kiva Fellows are able to to convey the impact on the entrepreneur of a Kiva loan. And of course everyone can help spread the word!
For more information: Kiva Volunteer Page
User Submitted Links
About Microfinance (Official Website)
Posted on March 16, 2008
Kiva Help Center
Posted on March 2, 2008
What We Do
Posted on March 2, 2008
How Kiva Works
Posted on March 2, 2008
Kiva Press Center
Posted on January 28, 2008
by: Larkia
Kiva is up for a 1.5 million grant in the American Express Members Project. They're currently ranked #2...1st place gets $1.5M, 2nd place gets $500K, 3rd place gets $300K, and 4th & 5th places get $100K each!

If you have an American Express card, please go to http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/P6KQEI and vote for it!
September 22, 2008
by: michele
Stopping in to say hello to kiva and kiva friends,but looks like no one is here this round.
Peace and bright blessings,
Michele (Magick)
April 11, 2008
by: Larkia
Kiva made it to the final round...and is running in 2nd place as of my vote this morning. So everyone get to www.searchkindly.org and vote for Kiva!
March 25, 2008
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