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Team: The Laughing Llama
2 members
$6,650 in loans
Everywhere
Team since Mar 2017
Change a Life with a Loan
Join Dolf Bekx'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.
- Richard, 38, is married with three children who attend school. He runs a retail shop that sells spare motorcycle parts as his main source of income. He also does motorcycl...Read their story >
- With only one rainy season per year in northern Nigeria, maintaining healthy and nutritious food supplies year round or during periods of drought can be challenging for far...Read their story >
- Siatua is a 30-year-old mother with four children. She runs a small business of selling taro and banana in her village to earn a living. She has been doing this for more th...Read their story >
- Maria wants to thank Kiva lenders for their support with her previous loan which enabled her to purchase additional food items for her general store business. She had paid ...Read their story >
- Hillary, a 29-year-old single man, likes supporting others in the family when he is able to do so. He transports locals for a living using his motorcycle. This is commonly ...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Dolf Bekx, 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.
