Kiva31-year-old Marco is single and lives at home with his parents. Their house is in El Seis in the district of Oyotun, with amenities including electricity, water, and drainage. This area is a…
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Change a life for $25
Every day, Kiva connects thousands of people to borrowers and partner institutions around the world, working together to create opportunity and alleviate poverty. It only takes $25 to get started.
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Pablo is 57 years old and his main activity is growing coffee. He has four manzanas [Central American unit of land measurement] of coffee plants he’s had for more than 15 years. He lives with his…
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Wafaa is a conservative woman so she is unwilling to upload her photo on the internet. The photo is of her son. Wafaa is 46 years and a old married woman, a mother of 3 children. She lives in Hay…
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Mishi is a mother of four children who are all in school. She is married to a business man and they live in a rental house that has electricity but no piped water. For the last six years, Mishi…
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Tabitha is 23 years old. She is married to Geoffrey and together they have two children. She sells clothes and has been in this business for the past two years. This is her first loan from KADET…
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Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders combat poverty daily by making small loans to borrowers around the world. We believe in fair access to affordable capital for people to improve their own lives.
Often only a relatively small amount of money stands in the way of Kiva borrowers and their dreams. Whether it’s a Kenyan farmer who needs $500 in order to double her grain production, or a young Bolivian woman who lacks the $1,500 tuition for nursing school, Kiva lenders provide a hand up to these and countless other borrowers.
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Why Do People Kiva?
We each took time to explain why we use Kiva, but this is just a fraction of Kiva's many active users around the world.
How Does Kiva Work?
- Choose a borrower.
Your loan reaches borrowers via our Field Partners, who vet, distribute, and administer each loan. - Follow your loan.
You’ll get periodic updates about the progress of your loan, including repayments as they become available. - Do it all again!
Any repayments are yours to keep, but we hope you’ll make another loan... or perhaps get someone else involved with a Kiva Card.
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Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
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We are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
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