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  • 4,359 new lenders joined.
  • $837,500.00 lent.
  • 53.5 hours to fully fund a loan.
  • 2,214 entrepreneurs funded.
  • 610 loans completely repaid.







Latest Loan - 11:20 PM PDT

Mark
Cave Creek, AZ United States


A loan was made on Kiva.org every

37 seconds

(on average) throughout Q1 2008.


The average time it takes for a Kiva Loan to be funded is

53.50 hours

(this number is automatically updated nightly, and is an average calculated over the previous 7 days.)

Business with the most Kiva Lenders

Sarah Kizza's Group

177 lenders

Youngest Lender

Aden (not yet 1)

       

Oldest Lender

Liane (100!)


Kiva Loan descriptions are translated by over

250 volunteers

located across the globe, keeping new loans feeding to the website 24 hours a day.

Kiva Lenders who also happen to be celebrities include

    Camryn Manheim
and Greta Van Susteren.

Kiva Entrepreneur
Mirtha Ortega




was visited
in Peru
by

Kiva Lender
Manuel

Kiva is being utilized as a teaching tool by classrooms across the country, including:

a business class in New York City,
Baker Middle School in Oregon,
and 9th, 10th and 11th grade students at San Roque H.S. in CA...

...who are part of our volunteer translation team, translating loan descriptions from Spanish to English!

Kiva is used as a way for businesses to support other businesses, such as Projectline

in Seattle, who give Kiva Gift Certificates to clients to thank them for their patronage.