“I liked the concept of how Kiva and microlending worked to empower people and improve economic conditions.”
This quote from Kiva’s featured volunteers reflects the heart of Kiva’s mission: to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. At Kiva, we believe every borrower’s story reaches beyond a loan amount or repayment timeline. Behind each loan, we aim to highlight a person with a unique story, purpose, and aspiration.
Thanks to the tremendous contributions of volunteers, we can bring these stories to life through the Review and Translation Program (RTP). Working behind the scenes, volunteers analyze, review, edit, and translate loan descriptions to ensure every borrower’s story is accurately reflected and reaches potential lenders for funding.
Whether borrowers are seeking funding for daily necessities, materials to grow their business, to pursue higher education, or to acquire their early entrepreneurial needs that traditional funding cannot meet, volunteers dedicate countless hours to ensuring every opportunity that reaches Kiva’s platform reaches a broader audience. Kiva volunteers work as a bridge between these barriers, creating a meaningful connection between borrowers and lenders.
To RTP volunteers, thank you. Your dedication extends far beyond translated words and reviewed loans. It extends empathy, support, and understanding to borrowers across the globe as you learn their stories and step outside of your own perspective to highlight it for others through every word translated or edited. With every loan you have reviewed, you have helped make financial opportunities more accessible.
This month we highlight three volunteers: Wayne Schober, Marren Haneburg, and Jill Clardy. Their dedication to supporting Kiva's mission through RTP is greatly appreciated. With their support, borrowers can access financing that might have otherwise been unavailable to them.
Kiva allows you to transform people’s lives, one loan at a time.
Location: New York, USA Language: English Team: Loanly Planet Time with Kiva: ~3 years Outstanding Contributions to Kiva: over 1,669 loans edited and 193,573+ lifetime words reviewed!
Translating loans has been an interesting way to learn about people from different parts of the world.
Location: Falls Church, VA Language: Russian Team: Russiva Time with Kiva: ~2 years and 10 months Outstanding Contributions to Kiva: over 660 loans reviewed and 82,330+ lifetime words translated!
Loan reviewing is a great way to be involved in something that really helps people who need it the most.
Location: Redwood City, USA Language: English Team: Kivaliers Time with Kiva: ~4 years Outstanding Contributions to Kiva: over 12,610 loans edited and 1.5 million+ lifetime words reviewed!
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