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Team: The 'Screw Work' tribe
4 members
$0 in loans
Global
Team since May 2016
Change a Life with a Loan
Join John 'SWBF' Williams'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.
- Nilufar is a 25-year-old resident of the friendly Yavan district. She lives there with her family. Nilufar is a very kind, cute and happy young woman. She recently learned ...Read their story >
- Lusila is 37 years old and married with 2 children.
She has a small plantation where she grows taro and bananas that she can sell in her community or at the mar...Read their story >
- Meet 57-year-old Elizaberth from Kpando in the Volta Region of Ghana. She has one child, who is currently in school.
Elizaberth runs a small restaurant business,...Read their story >
- Mathias is still single but takes care of his aging mother.
He owns a retail shop as his main business as his economic activity. He wants to add more stock in hi...Read their story >
- Agnes (pictured) has 6 children and is representing her group, formed by 12 farmers in Alego District, Kenya. She joined One Acre Fund for the first time in 2014 and decide...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like John 'SWBF' Williams, 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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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.
