Not long ago Kiva announced some changes to the way that money is paid back to lenders. Previously you had to wait until an entire loan was paid back before you could access your $25 cash. Now, as someone paid off a portion of their loan, your share would be credited to your account straight [...]
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October 15, 2008
Action!
It’s Blog Action Day today -
The aim of the day is for LOTS of blogs to talk about poverty. I’m going to talk about 2 organisations, Kiva and the work of Alison Thompson.
KIVA – I’ve talked about these people before, but the stuff they do is fantastic. Kiva is a hub for micro-lending. People who need [...]
June 24, 2008
Clarial gets her cash!
Just checked Clarial’s page on Kiva and it appears she has her requested cash! So this means she gets her loan and can go out and buy her stock.
We are trying to think of ways to raise some cash at work to support more entrepreneurs like Clarial.
June 23, 2008
Kiva
I have just become a small business lender. I have made a loan of $25 through Kiva to Clarial Peralta Campo who is a small business woman in Nicaragua. She needs cash to buy more stock for her shoe stall in a market in the city of Chinandega.
Now, I love shoes, so it seemed a good fit. And [...]
