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Team: Atheist Ireland - Good Without Gods
78 members
$31,600 in loans
Ireland
Team since Jul 2012
Change a Life with a Loan
Join Derek's team on Kiva
Every day, Kiva connects thousands of people to borrowers and partner institutions around the world, working together to create opportunity and alleviate poverty. It only takes $25 to get started.
- Alba is a woman from the country, characterised by 51 years of strength and enthusiasm. She lives with her parents, who are older adults no longer in a working condition, ...Read their story >
- A wonderful woman in the photo is Bisoleha. She was born in 1957 and lives in Istaravshan, Tajikistan. She is a beloved wife and a caring mother of three children. She is a...Read their story >
- Feliza is 58 years old and a widowed woman with four children. She is a very hardworking entrepreneur.
Feliza has a business buying and selling ready-to-wear it...Read their story >
- Rochel is a married woman with two children. She is a very hardworking entrepreneur.
Rochel has a pig fattening business in the Philippines. Rochel requested a l...Read their story >
- This group of brave women took the opportunity to join the banc villageois launched in their area in April 2010. The women live in the same neighbourhood and share good rel...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Derek, combat poverty daily by making small loans to borrowers around the world. We believe in fair access to affordable capital for people to improve their own lives.
Often only a relatively small amount of money stands in the way of Kiva borrowers and their dreams. Whether it’s a Kenyan farmer who needs $500 in order to double her grain production, or a young Bolivian woman who lacks the $1,500 tuition for nursing school, Kiva lenders provide a hand up to these and countless other borrowers.
Join us and make a loan today.
Why Do People Kiva?
We each took time to explain why we use Kiva, but this is just a fraction of Kiva's many active users around the world.
How Does Kiva Work?
- Choose a borrower
Browse hundreds of borrower profiles and find a story that connects with you. - Make a loan
Click ‘Lend’ to send money via our Field Partners, who vet, distribute and administer each loan. - Get repaid
Receive updates as the borrowers you support succeed and repay their loans. - Repeat!
When borrowers repay, that money is yours to keep, donate to Kiva or lend again to empower someone new!
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The Story of a Kiva Loan
Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
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We are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
