Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.
Here is a Kiva video shown at International CES Intel Keynote Speech in 2009.
Kiva was born of the following beliefs:
- People are by nature generous, and will help others if given the opportunity to do so in a transparent, accountable way.
- The poor are highly motivated and can be very successful when given an opportunity.
- By connecting people we can create relationships beyond financial transactions, and build a global community expressing support and encouragement of one another.
Here is a great short animated presentation to better undestand how Kiva works! Also, if like me you like to see how things work, visit Kiva's YouTube channel. If instead you prefer number-crunching, here some facts and stats about Kiva :)
Last but not least, I just created a Kiva Lending Team (yes! the Agamemnon's Alliance ;) to drive our efforts towards a common goal and achieve better results faster: so join Kiva now and... let's change lives!
Visit now www.kiva.org :)
