Want to LEND money to the World's Poorest?

Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe. 

Since its birth Kiva has grown from a small personal project to one of the world's largest microfinance facilitators, connecting entrepreneurs with millions of dollars in loans from hundreds of thousands of lenders around the world. 

PLEASE take the time to watch this video and see how easy it really is to change someone's life.

A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.org Loan from Kieran Ball on Vimeo.



Now let us explain what microfinance is.

"Microfinance is the supply of loans, savings, and other basic financial services to the poor." (CGAP)

A microfinance institution (MFI) is:

an organization that provides microfinance services, ranging from small non-profit organizations to large commercial banks. "The World Bank estimates that there are now over 7000 microfinance institutions, serving some 16 million poor people in developing countries. The total cash turnover of MFIs world-wide is estimated at US$2.5 billion and the potential for new growth is outstanding." - Data Snapshots on Microfinance - The Virtual Library on Microcredit

Please check out the KIVA website.