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"Kiva is the path-breaking, fast-growing person-to-person microlending site. It works this way: Kiva posts pictures and stories of people needing loans. You give your money to Kiva. Kiva sends it to ...
by TwoSolitudes
 94 comments
on Tue Feb 11, 2014 at 02:35 AM PST
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Possibly the best and most ambitious Kiva loan to date is trying to raise $50,000 to create a new clean energy loan program that will provide solar lighting, clean cook stoves, and water loans to ...
by mole333
4 comments
on Tue Dec 17, 2013 at 05:12 AM PST
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FINAL UPDATE: only 2 out of 5 got funded. Sad that some really great loans expired. Details below.
Kiva.org is a wonderful organization that links lenders like us, who can lend as little as $25, ...
by mole333
7 comments
on Sat Oct 19, 2013 at 06:47 AM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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Kiva.org looks like a wonderful idea: a microcredit site where members can make $25 loans to the borrowers of their choice in dozens of countries all over the world. According to Kiva.org:
Since ...
by beverlywoods
48 comments
on Mon Aug 26, 2013 at 05:48 PM PDT
with 83 Recommends
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Prologue : Arizona's Wupatki NM, which I recently posted a diary on same (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/10/1199042/-DKos-Tour-Series-Wupatki-National-Monument-...
by richholtzin
25 comments
on Thu Apr 11, 2013 at 03:23 PM PDT
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Prologue : This segment provides a concise summary of the Ancestral Puebloans presence throughout parts of the Four Corners region. Many people, including older maps, such as the one opening this ...
by richholtzin
22 comments
on Thu Feb 07, 2013 at 09:58 AM PST
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"You can either accept reality as it is or create it as you wish it to be." -- Michael Hyatt
Seven years ago, Rose Karanja's reality was bleak. One of a small minority of girls in Kenya to complete ...
by Julia Kurnia
1 comments
on Fri Aug 31, 2012 at 04:37 AM PDT
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I've received many inquiries regarding the differences between Kiva and Zidisha. This article is meant to serve as a comparison guide to the two online microlending alternatives. As founder of ...
by Julia Kurnia
9 comments
on Mon Aug 27, 2012 at 11:02 AM PDT
with 5 Recommends
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Traditional microfinance has not done enough to advance economic opportunities for the world's poorest communities. A major reason is that most microfinance institutions charge exorbitant interest ...
by Julia Kurnia
10 comments
on Sun Aug 26, 2012 at 11:56 AM PDT
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Tired of materialism? Tired of the holiday fights over the latest dumb toy? Not sure what to get? Well, here are some ideas for gifts for anyone on your list who would appreciate a gift with real ...
by mole333
8 comments
on Sat Nov 19, 2011 at 06:34 AM PST
with 9 Recommends
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Well, the answer is pretty obvious these days. We're owned by the Corporate Masters, and it's getting worse all the time.
We'd like to be Sweden, but we're not, and that's not going to change ...
by Miep
43 comments
on Sat Dec 18, 2010 at 06:15 PM PST
with 19 Recommends
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I just finished reading Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's excellent book entitled " Half the ...
by chparadise
12 comments
on Sat Dec 26, 2009 at 06:17 PM PST
with 18 Recommends
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Many here at Daily Kos know about Kiva . It was publicity on DK that really helped Kiva take off. For those who don't know it, Kiva links small businesses all over ...
by mole333
5 comments
on Tue Nov 24, 2009 at 04:14 PM PST
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(Note: a Rep*blican friend sent this to me tonight. I take that as a sign of hope amidst their ashes.)
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by USexpat Ukraine
7 comments
on Sun Jan 11, 2009 at 05:50 PM PST
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No not in some poll based in never never land.
McCain is being hammered by team Obama in real life.
Like the Community Organizers team McCain denigrate in their talking points, Obama's ...
by Nebraskablue
27 comments
on Wed Sep 17, 2008 at 06:51 PM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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Hi! I just made a loan to someone in the developing world using the revolutionary website called Kiva. Kiva is not unfamiliar here on Kos. But, it's always good to get a reminder. Everyone is busy ...
by jdavidson2
17 comments
on Thu Nov 22, 2007 at 02:51 PM PST
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If you see me in a suit it generally means one of two things: I am going to a wedding or I am invited to an event with Bill Clinton.
The work I have done for Kiva, both as a lender and a blogger, ...
by mole333
27 comments
on Thu Sep 06, 2007 at 05:44 AM PDT
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Well, I just had another moment of fame and I want to use it to highlight some cool development work. BBC World News interviewed me this last week about Kiva microlending. This is about the third ...
by mole333
12 comments
on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 07:38 AM PDT
with 8 Recommends
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Yes, I am as flabbergasted as you are on that George and his buddies are pissing on the Constitution.
But you know, sometimes at the peak of frustration--it is better to walk away. Do something ...
by mem from somerville
22 comments
on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 04:46 PM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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In the past I have described some of the successes of the organization KIVA and my ...
by mole333
25 comments
on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 06:23 AM PST
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