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Impact This Week

18,005 lenders made a loan.
3,061 entrepreneurs funded.
$1,297,425.00 lent.
4,472 new lenders joined.
98.27% repayment rate to date.
1 loan every 15 seconds.
797 gift certificates purchased.

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Microfinance Will Not End Poverty, Microfinance Institutions Will

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Partner Profile: Caja Rural Señor de Luren

Kiva works with existing microfinance institutions, which we call Field Partners , to fund loans to low income entrepreneurs...

Featured Entrepreneurs

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Patricia United States Health Patricia is the owner of Maxwell’s Senior Care Services, a geriatric care management company. Originally from... more >>

$5,000

13% raised

Devine Grace Group, Mukono Uganda Poultry Mugalya Jane is 47 years old and married with 6 children, aged 21 – 14 years, all in school; she also takes care of... more >>

$1,775

45% raised

Banco Mujer El Angel Gabriel (1) Group Costa Rica Taxi The name of this group translates as ¨The Women´s Bank The Angel Gabriel¨. This group of women live in the rural... more >>

$2,550

22% raised

Fernando Jose Rivas Moreno Nicaragua Property Sr. Fernando José Rivas Moreno works as a sanitation supervisor at the Mercado Mayoreo (a wholesale market) in... more >>

$675

66% raised

Señor Cautivo De Ayabaca Group Peru Retail The communal bank “Señor Cautivo de Ayabaca” is composed of 10 members. They are fighters and enterprising, and... more >>

$3,800

40% raised

Sokleang Saum Cambodia Personal Housing Expenses Mr. Sokleang Saum (pictured here), 47, and his wife, Mrs. Saing Korn, 40, have been married since 1991 and have five... more >>

$1,000

87% raised

Comfort Ghana Grocery Store On top of being an entrepreneur, Comfort, 32, takes care of her four kids. Currently, she has three of them attending... more >>

$700

92% raised

Asif Aliyev Azerbaijan Poultry Asif Aliyev is a 22-year-old man who breeds poultry in the small village of Imishli. He has four years of experience... more >>

$2,000

85% raised

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Featured Team

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Team:	Nerds for Entrepreneurs
Description:	As the group name suggests, this is group is for anyone who makes a living as a nerd and wants to help others! Come join us, geek!
We Loan Because:	We're nerds who make money and like to share the wealth
Created:	September 1, 2009
Number of Members:	22