ItoLina Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I just wanted to share this link: Www.kiva.org A friend of mine has been doing it for a while with his daughter and I am thinking of making it a summer project for my kids to save up some money to participate in it. It seems like a pretty cool way to help some people out. I love that you can search by country and see the people's stories and what they plan to do with the loan. Also, it's great that you don't have to have much $$ to be a part of it :-) makes it more feasible for kids to participate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I really like what this organization does, and they have a great rating on Charity Navigator, too. Thanks for sharing the link! :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 My husband has us donate to charities for part of his Christmas present--so we are supporting someone from the West Bank on KIVA. Micro loans are really neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItoLina Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 I love that you can keep reloading it over and over once your $25 is paid back too. The girl I know who has been doing it for a while now only put in $25 at the start, but she keeps relending it out once it's paid back and not she has loaned over $500 just by lending out that original sum over and over. It's so cool. My son came up with the idea this afternoon to have a garage sale to get together some money to put into KIVA. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganCupcake Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I really love Kiva. I reloan my funds when I have some money in my Kiva account and add the rest from PayPal--it's a painless way to make a charitable contribution. The International Bank of Bob is a really great book about Kiva's history and operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItoLina Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 I really love Kiva. I reloan my funds when I have some money in my Kiva account and add the rest from PayPal--it's a painless way to make a charitable contribution. The International Bank of Bob is a really great book about Kiva's history and operations. I hadn't heard of that book! Thanks for sharing that link :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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