Kiva.org is a non-profit organization that allows lenders to make small personal loans starting at $25 to low-income entrepreneurs in developing countries. The loans help entrepreneurs purchase items for their businesses like sewing machines or livestock to earn their way out of poverty. Lenders browse profiles of entrepreneurs, select one to loan to, and Kiva transfers the funds to microfinance partners who distribute and collect loan payments. Updates keep lenders informed and loan repayments are returned to Kiva and lenders can re-loan the principal to help other entrepreneurs.
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Affordable Credit to Vulnerable Female Micro EntrepreneursIana Barenboim
Prohibitive interest rates, high collateral demands, and informal constraints of the banking system are barriers that exclude vulnerable female micro entrepreneurs to credit.
By brokering with innovative and existent solutions, such as Kiva, we intend to address affordable capital to vulnerable entrepreneurs.
This publication is a collaborative effort of the Golden
Triangle chapter of Advocis (The Financial Advisors
Association of Canada) and Waterloo-Wellington LEAVE
A LEGACY™, a program of the Canadian Association of Gift
Planners (CAGP-ACPDP™), to provide valuable information to
the readers on planned gifting and charitable giving.
Presented at the ANSER Conference, 28th May, 2009
Based on a forthcoming paper on the social finance landscape in Canada, from an investor perspective. Download the paper from carleton.ca/3ci
Jason Eaton's Local Economy Action Plan for his ward in Syracuse, NY. Presented at the 2009 Financial Permaculture Course in Hohenwald, TN - Learn more at http://www.financialpermaculture.org
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1. loans that change lives
www.kiva.org
K iva.org is a non-profit that is revolutionizing the fight against global poverty
by enabling people to connect with and make personal loans—of as little as
$25—to low-income entrepreneurs in the developing world. Most of the poor in
developing countries are self-employed entrepreneurs and a small loan to purchase
business-related items such as sewing machines or livestock can empower them to
earn their way out of poverty.
$25 loaned so far How does it work?
$375 still needed kiva brings together lenders and worthy enterprises on the web.
$25 LEND NOW From Kenya to Ecuador, microfinance institutions (MFI) around the world go to
Kiva.org and post photos and profiles of low income entrepreneurs in need of
money for their businesses.
Loans made easy and personal.
“innovation Lenders go to Kiva.org and browse through profiles of low-income
of the week: entrepreneurs—a dairy farmer in Kenya, a man who wants to open a shoe shop
kiva.org uses smart design to in Honduras, or a tailor in Bulgaria. Lenders can then loan as little as $25 to the
make a little cash go a long entrepreneur of their choice via PayPal, a globally recognized online payment
way.” service.
“revolutionizing
when a loan is funded by individual lenders, kiva pools the money and
how donors transfers it to a Microfinance partner who handles distribution and
and lenders in the Us are collection of loan payments.
connecting with small Journal updates keep the lenders informed about the progress of the
entrepreneurs in developing entrepreneur they sponsored. Loan repayments made by the entrepreneur over
countries.” the course of about 6-18 months are sent back to Kiva by the MFI partner.
“if you’ve got once loans are repaid, kiva users can choose to withdraw their principal
25 bucks, a PC or re-loan to another entrepreneur. (80%+ of kiva lenders choose to re-loan!
and a PayPal account, you’ve
now got the wherewithal to SELECT
an entrepreneur
be an international financier.” and make a small loan
(as little as $25)
“kiva simply KiVa TraNSFErS
GET rEpaid
democratizes within months. funds abroad to a
access to a microfinance partner who
Withdraw your money
worldwide microfinance or lend again! administers the loan
movement that has been
WaTCH
empowering the working your entrepreneur’s
poor for two decades.” small business grow
via email updates
“At
kiva.org,
a schoolteacher in kansas kiva shows You where Your Money Goes
can partner with an expert Unlike donations which usually go into general funds, Kiva loans show you exactly
seamstress in countries like WHO your money goes to, WHAT they are doing with it, and HOW you are making
kenya, Mexico and ecuador a difference. Best part? It’s a loan, not a donation. We invite you to make a small
to jump-start a tailor shop.” loan and make a big difference!
Kiva is a regisitered 501(3)(c) non-profit based out of San Francisco, CA
.