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Team: Genealogists for Families
368 members
$358,900 in loans
Worldwide
Team since Sep 2011
Change a Life with a Loan
Join Judy Webster'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.
- This time, the new representative is María Antonieta, who sells vegetables. Her stall is in the market of her town. She thanks God that she has always had the strength and ...Read their story >
- Like a few others in her group, Amalia turned her love for cooking into a means for providing for her family financially. She now takes joy in being able to provide a more ...Read their story >
- Hector, 57, is single and has two children that live with him.
He has been working as a driver for three years, and urgently needs a loan to repair the engine an...Read their story >
- Ibrahim likes hair dressing. He wanted to make it his profession. He took measures to be able to learn this art and to become a barber. He worked under a master barber for ...Read their story >
- Aidinkhon has successfully repaid her loan. She is thankful to Kiva and to everyone who helped her with the financing. In stock she currently has merchandise worth 843,000 ...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Judy Webster, 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!
About Microfinance
Safe, affordable capital to those in need helps people create a better life for themselves
The Story of a Kiva Loan
Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
About
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.
