Kiva: Empowering Dreams, One Loan At A Time

Kiva is a pioneering nonprofit that lets you lend as little as twenty-five dollars to entrepreneurs and people in need around the world, then be repaid so you can lend again. You browse real borrowers, a farmer expanding her fields, a student paying tuition, a shop owner buying inventory, choose who to support, and watch as your loan helps them build a better future. Kiva charges lenders no interest, so this is about opportunity rather than profit: your money becomes a revolving fund for good, recycled into new loans as each one is repaid. Working through a global network of field partners, Kiva reaches people in dozens of countries, including many the traditional banking system ignores. Repayment rates are remarkably high. For anyone who wants to fight poverty in a way that empowers rather than pities, and to make the same dollars help person after person, Kiva is one of the most beloved platforms on the internet. Start lending at kiva.org.
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