This document provides an overview of Kiva micro-lending and how it works. Kiva allows individuals to make small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries, get updates on the loans, and be paid back over time, with the option to repeat the process. The document outlines the Kiva lending process, use of the Kiva portfolio to track loans, and some risks involved in online lending through Kiva. Readers are assigned homework to learn about micro-finance, sign up for Kiva through a provided link, make a loan, and report back.

1. Kiva Lending Team:
Nonzero Club
Captain Edward Chiang
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2. About Micro-finance
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3. How Kiva Works
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4. How to use Kiva
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5. 1 Make a loan
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6. 2 Get updates
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7. 3 Get paid back
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8. 4 Repeat
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10. Field Partners
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11. About the loan...
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16. About the lending team...
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20. Your Portfolio
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25. Risk and Due Diligence
Lending through Kiva online
involves some risks
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26. One more quote...
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27. “Today I will do what others won’t,
so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.”
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28. Homework
• What is micro-finance? What is Kiva?
• Sign up Kiva from here
http://www.kiva.org/invitedto/nonzeroclub/
by/edwardchiang
• Make a loan
• Come to team and leave your message.
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29. Thank you, and see you there.
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