Kiva

Kiva™ is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe. Kiva™ connects individuals who would like to lend with entrepreneurs around the globe in a mission to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva™ partners with existing microfinance institutions to gain access to communities worldwide. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6–36 months), you can browse entrepreneur profiles before selecting, receive email journal updates and track repayments. When you get your loan money back, you can relend to someone else. Utilizing the instant, inexpensive nature of internet delivery, Kiva™ creates connections that previously were prohibitively expensive. Kiva is continuously working to make the system more transparent to show how money flows throughout the entire cycle and to illuminate what effect it has on the people and institutions lending it, borrowing it, and managing it along the way.

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