Team: Open Source
28 members
$9,350 in loans
Global
Team since Dec 2012
Change a Life with a Loan
Join Simon'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.
- Ernestiner is married and has six children who attend school. She operates a charcoal selling business, selling from home to her neighbors and passersby. She faces seasonal...Read their story >Funding via Yehu Microfinance Trust
- Christian is a 30-year-old man who has a screen printing business that he has been running for three years in the market. He is an honest, responsible, hard-working person ...Read their story >Funding via Interactuar
- Amadeo is 65 years old and married. He and his wife have four children who are all now adult and economically independent. He currently lives with his wife and two of his g...Read their story >Funding via PADECOMSM
- KOULKARNAIN is married. He is now the father of a 4 month old child and he is responsible for three people.
He has been the manager of a phone card recharge sh...Read their story >Funding via Micro Start/AFD
- Nasreen has successfully built her business of a general store with the support of Kashf Foundation and Kiva. By this time, she has attained a good number of customers and ...Read their story >Funding via Kashf Foundation
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Simon, 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.
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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.
