
Change a Life with a Loan
Join Neil'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.

- Saida is a woman who has always filled her mind with positive thoughts. Despite life’s failures, she has always held her head high.
Saida has five children unde...Read their story > - Julianita is a married, 61-year-old woman who has five children. She is a very hardworking entrepreneur.
Julianita has a rice retailing business in the Philippin...Read their story > - Loice is a 57-year-old single mother of two children, who is proud of her own accomplishments. She is a mixed dairy and crop farmer who has farmed for the past 25 years. Th...Read their story >
- Emmaculate is 34 years old. She is the fifth-born in a family of six and she is also happily married and blessed with four children.
She runs a salon to help he...Read their story > - Milcah is a 35-year old mother of 6 school going children and a mixed dairy and crop farmer who has farmed for the past many years. Through farming, she has made her life m...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Neil, 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.
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
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.