Team: kiva – mindofamadman
8 members
$5,600 in loans
Global, entire earth
Team since May 2009
Change a Life with a Loan
Join Bruno'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.
- Marina is a 60-year-old micro entrepreneur. She lives in the city of Barranquilla. She has a business selling ice-creams and other items, which she has been doing for appro...Read their story >
- Rodo is 55 years old. He is divorced and is a father of four grown-up children.
He lives alone and is a farmer. He works on his own and has 35 years of experienc...Read their story >
- Everlyne, pictured above inside her house, is 23 years old and has one child. She lives with her family in Kitale, a town surrounded by prime agricultural lands which favor...Read their story >
- Ricardo is a local villager in the Maliana province. He is 36 years old and has three children, one of whom is in school.
Ricardo grows rice as the main source ...Read their story >
- Maria (first one in the photo from left to right) is a member of "Hipólito" group. Maria is the head of her household, and she has five children.
After se...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Bruno, 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.
