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Monday, February 11th, 2008
The set up of Kiva reminds me of child sponsorship in that a donor is matched up with someone who is in need. Organizations such as Compassion International and World Vision have set up child sponsorship programs so that you can communicate through letters and see progress on how the child is doing. Similar, Kiva offers [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Kiva helps entreprenuers in developing countries. Through Kiva, an individual can loan money to these entreprenuers and help poor individuals through their work make economic strides. An individual can also email the person they loaned money to and receive updates on their progress that they are making. An individual can also pick the business they [...]
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
From what I've been able to gather, Jessica Flannery (a co-founder of Kiva) experienced the power of "micro-loans" to help impoverished people create their own business startups and in a way take their lives into their own hands when she was doing various philanthropic projects. Inspired, she parterned with her husband Matt Flannery (a [...]
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Clearly we all see a need for new creative ways to fight poverty, not only in our own communities but across the world. Most of us have seen the starving children on TV, feel sorry, but don’t give a second thought. Or we support one child in Africa, claiming this to justify that [...]
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Kiva is basically an organization that helps people lend money to small businesses via the internet. The cool aspect about Kiva is that they are helping the entrepreneur in poor countries to develop their ideas.
With Kiva you can make a direct loan to someone in the developing world to help them get on their feet [...]
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Kiva is a nonprofit, p2p microloan company designed to promote entrepreneurship in developing countries. Founded in October of 2005, Kiva has financed US$21 million worth of loans coming from 242,000 lenders. You can be a lender.
The Kiva team initially focused its funding on the country of Uganda but has since opened up the offering nationwide. [...]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
This week as we explore www.kiva.org, remember to pursue our two primary goals:
1. Learn as much as you can about the story of the founders, Matt and Jessica Flannery. What drives them? What is unique about their values, skills, vision, and passion for what they do? What entrepreneurial characteristics do you observe [...]
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