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Lending Teams: Connect with Kiva's lender community

Join a Lending Team and get to know Kiva's vibrant community of active and inspiring lenders.

Lending Teams are self-organized groups where members connect with each other and rally around shared lending goals.

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2,916 lending teams in the "Friends" category

  • Zen Habits

    210 members have lent $72,425 in 2,652 loans
    Category: Friends Team since: Nov, 2009
    We loan because: We'd like to make a difference.
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  • Zac's friends

    Zac's friends

    88 members have lent $68,525 in 2,431 loans
    Europe Category: Friends Team since: Nov, 2008
    We loan because: it's an efficient way to help people who have no access to credit, to grow their business and have a better life.
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  • Friendly Planet Travel

    Friendly Planet Travel

    268 members have lent $63,800 in 2,261 loans
    Pennsylvania, USA Category: Friends Team since: Apr, 2009
    We loan because: We would like the opportunity to give back to the different countries and locations where we send travelers.
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  • Bubblan

    Bubblan

    51 members have lent $63,800 in 2,468 loans
    Sweden Category: Friends Team since: Dec, 2008
    We loan because: we can!
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  • TaP Micro-Financing Group

    TaP Micro-Financing Group

    41 members have lent $51,575 in 2,049 loans
    Los Angeles, CA Category: Friends Team since: Jan, 2010
    We loan because: We believe that giving people the opportunity to make income is the most sustainable way to bring the masses out of poverty.
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  • Endangered Beekeepers

    Endangered Beekeepers

    191 members have lent $50,475 in 1,905 loans
    All over the world Category: Friends Team since: May, 2009
    We loan because: "We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne." -Marcus Aurelius
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  • Ultra Kiva

    Ultra Kiva

    24 members have lent $37,600 in 1,495 loans
    All Over Category: Friends Team since: Sep, 2008
    We loan because: We can, and we care.
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  • Druppel

    4 members have lent $36,600 in 182 loans
    Holland Category: Friends Team since: Dec, 2008
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  • Team Stuck In Customs

    Team Stuck In Customs

    105 members have lent $33,125 in 1,199 loans
    Austin, Texas Category: Friends Team since: Oct, 2009
    We loan because: We like helping entrepreneurs around the world do great things for their families and their communities.
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  • Nanofinance Alliance

    Nanofinance Alliance

    12 members have lent $29,300 in 294 loans
    Worldwide Category: Friends Team since: Oct, 2008
    We loan because: Every single one of us realizes we had to depend on someone to give us a start, a hope, or a chance. Whether that help from our parents, family, neighbors, or friends we realized it is our turn to pass on the blessings…
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