Some time ago, I was introduced to Kiva (www.kiva.org), a web based micro loan service. According to their website “Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.” For as little as $25.00 you can help individual or groups of entrepreneurs from third world countries grow their small businesses and become self sufficient. “Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.”
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