Digital Divide Data (DDD)

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Status update - September 24, 2024

Kiva and Digital Divide Data (DDD) have agreed to end their partnership after nearly nine years and more than $417,000 in loans raised. This partner has repaid its outstanding balance to Kiva in full, and these funds have been distributed to lenders. We thank DDD for the years of collaboration and wish them success in their future endeavors.

Partner description:

Digital Divide Data is a social enterprise that employs talented disadvantaged youth across Cambodia, Kenya, and Laos. The company provides digital content services, including digitization, data conversion, process automation, and web and field research services for clients around the world.

Employees at Digital Divide Data have access to an intensive work-study program that allows them to grow as they learn basic skills, develop technical capabilities, and earn degrees that enable them develop professionally.

A unique lending approach:

Digital Divide Data recruits highly-motivated youth from poor families, with an equal share of female and male individuals, and trains them to perform digital work for global clients, while offering them an opportunity to earn university degrees.

Kiva funding is used to help students pay for a share of their university tuition fees, as a complement to scholarships provided by the company. These loans will be used by students to pay for expenses that are not covered by the scholarships and also for personal hardships.

Loans will be provided at 0% interest rate in the majority of cases and at 4% to contribute to covering administrative costs in geographies where costs to manage the loan program are more elevated.