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Team: HeartPath
24 members
$3,775 in loans
Arizona
Team since Nov 2012
Change a Life with a Loan
Join Mindie Kniss'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.
- Benjamin is a 53-year-old maize farmer in Koyo-Ndurio, Kenya. In addition to farming his core crop, he currently has 10 chicken and 4 cows on his land. Benjamin historicall...Read their story >
- This group is called Kuña Rory; they help each other and seek a way to offer their families better living conditions. They are part of the poverty elimination program, wher...Read their story >
- Muattar is a hardworking and patient woman from Gissar, Tajikistan. She is 42 years old, married, and has two children. Muattar and her husband try to cope with their fam...Read their story >
- Celso is from the city of Carapeguá. He is a hard-working person who works hard to be able to help support his home and his loved ones.
For several years now, he...Read their story >
- This is not the first season that Miriam is working alongside One Acre Fund. She has been a member for a few years now, having joined the program in 2019. Although she is t...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Mindie Kniss, 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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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.
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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.
