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Success Stories

How one woman brings safe, clean drinking water to her Ghanaian community

How one woman brings safe, clean drinking water to her Ghanaian community

Gender Equality

Jul 2025

How Kiva loans helped a family of entrepreneurs turn their hobbies into thriving businesses

How Kiva loans helped a family of entrepreneurs turn their hobbies into thriving businesses

U.S. Entrepreneurs

Oct 2024

With economic pressures mounting, she took a risk that sparked a new beginning

With economic pressures mounting, she took a risk that sparked a new beginning

Gender Equality

Nov 2025

Her children will never want for an education — she’s made sure of it

Her children will never want for an education — she’s made sure of it

Oct 2025

From borrower to ecosystem partner: How one entrepreneur is unlocking capital for Black businesses

From borrower to ecosystem partner: How one entrepreneur is unlocking capital for Black businesses

U.S. Entrepreneurs

Aug 2025

Keeping a family tradition of entrepreneurship alive, one melon at a time

Keeping a family tradition of entrepreneurship alive, one melon at a time

Refugees

Jun 2025

Meet Malik: a 22-year old refugee with a small cafe and big dreams

Meet Malik: a 22-year old refugee with a small cafe and big dreams

Refugees

Apr 2022

Beauty in transformation: How a hair stylist’s Kiva loan helped shape a brighter future for her daughter

Beauty in transformation: How a hair stylist’s Kiva loan helped shape a brighter future for her daughter

Gender Equality

May 2025

She’s 22, from rural Zimbabwe, and a mogul in the making

She’s 22, from rural Zimbabwe, and a mogul in the making

Kiva News

Mar 2016

Lourdes’s Dream: To show the world a woman’s worth

Lourdes’s Dream: To show the world a woman’s worth

Kiva News

Mar 2015

Meerim’s Story: Paving the way for her sisters in Kyrgyzstan

Meerim’s Story: Paving the way for her sisters in Kyrgyzstan

Kiva News

Nov 2015

Meet Chancey, Greenville’s banana bread queen

Meet Chancey, Greenville’s banana bread queen

Kiva News

May 2016

Graduating Kiva: How a $5,000 Kiva loan helped Victor gain financial independence

Graduating Kiva: How a $5,000 Kiva loan helped Victor gain financial independence

Kiva News

May 2016

Mukula’s Dream: A better future for her boys

Mukula’s Dream: A better future for her boys

Kiva News

Mar 2015

Growing a business and caring for a family from a refugee camp

Growing a business and caring for a family from a refugee camp

Refugees

Jun 2022

Pamela’s Dream: Creating hope for HIV-positive women

Pamela’s Dream: Creating hope for HIV-positive women

Kiva News

Mar 2015