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Team: SWVA
26 members
$1,350 in loans
Southwest Virginia, USA
Team since Mar 2018
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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.
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Anonymous matches loans to this borrowerSokyna is living in the Dangara district. She is 41 years old. Sokyna is a calm, communicative, and responsible woman. She is married. Sokyna wants to start a new business....Read their story >
- Meet Kenneth, a resident of Bukasa, who has rental units as his source of income. He is seeking a loan to renovate them since most of his customers have vacated them. He is...Read their story >
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Anonymous matches loans to this borrowerEmilia is married with three children and a very hardworking entrepreneur. She's 58 years old and has no children in school.
She has a food vending business in t...Read their story >
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Anonymous matches loans to this borrowerRuon is 44 years old and is a married woman with three children. She sells food. Her husband is a worker. She has been running this business for 2.5 years. Competitors are ...Read their story >
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Anonymous matches loans to this borrowerLilian is a 33-year-old mother of five school-going children living in Kapsowar, a town surrounded by prime agricultural lands which favor large-scale grain farming, dairy,...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Doug, 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.
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Browse hundreds of borrower profiles and find a story that connects with you. - Make a loan
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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.
