pk-sd
09-05-2007, 11:06 AM
http://kiva.org/
http://waywardwaif.typepad.com/waywardwaif/2007/09/oprah-kiva-maki.html
"A simple idea to help the working poor obtain a small loan to start a business that can change the economic life of the small business owner and the lives of family members who depend on them.
Using the internet, anyone can make a small business loan (as little as $25 dollars) to someone as far away as the other side of the world. Where a larger lending institution might not be interested in making the kind of small loans available through Kiva.org, Kiva is designed to fill the needed void of making these micro-loans. In the process, every day people are helping each other reach the potential of greater economic security."
http://waywardwaif.typepad.com/waywardwaif/2007/09/oprah-kiva-maki.html
"A simple idea to help the working poor obtain a small loan to start a business that can change the economic life of the small business owner and the lives of family members who depend on them.
Using the internet, anyone can make a small business loan (as little as $25 dollars) to someone as far away as the other side of the world. Where a larger lending institution might not be interested in making the kind of small loans available through Kiva.org, Kiva is designed to fill the needed void of making these micro-loans. In the process, every day people are helping each other reach the potential of greater economic security."