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Kiva Loans to Help Small Business Entrepreneurs in United States

Kiva, the innovative microloans organization, launched a pilot expansion in the United States on Thursday, June 11. The website Kiva.org, presided over by Premal Shah, is a peer-to-peer (P2P) microlending platform that aids aspiring small business owners and low-income...

created by cyn.khoo | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
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Breast Cancer Fund

Alternative Gift Giving and Plastic Avoidance

With holiday season in full swing – even with the staggering economy – people are in the middle of gift hunting. Although the stores are not as full as in past years, come Christmas morning or...

opinion by polylogue | 49 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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Blogger raises funds for micro-projects in Africa through comments.

tjanssen

Blogger raises funds for micro-projects in Africa through comments.

"I am an aid worker. Like many of my colleagues, I often feel inadequate, unfulfilled as I don't "do enough". Enough to make a difference. Enough to make a real change in the world.But talk is not enough. Now is...

opinion by tjanssen | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Jarrett Martineau

Crowd-Powered Music Gets Microfinanced

New business models for the music industry seem to springing up all over. Here's the latest: Calabash is banking on their ability to crowdsource the financing of world music artists. Could this work for other...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Jordan Yerman

Developing Tech for Developing Biz in Developing Nations

Kiva isn't really a new company (they started in 2005), but their success is noteworthy. Using a peer-to-peer networking model, microlenders can get in touch with those starting small business, and work out small...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Kiva.org: give to charity and it may cost you nothing!

http://www.kiva.org/ FINALLY A GREAT IDEA AND SOMETHING POSITIVE TO CELBRATE! Maybe you guys have heard of this website? On KQED Forum and PBS Frontline they are raving about Kiva.org, a new web-based lending service that combines Nobel-winning microfinance principles...