“Kiva’s mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty”.
I wrote an article on Muhammad Yuns and the wealth spectrum in an early post called The Wealth Spectrum, while the idea of micro finance was all about him; others have taken this idea and added some new technology.
Kiva’s lending platform is quite amazing though very simple; it allows anyone the ability to lend to entrepreneurs all over the world from as little as $25.
An example of creating a better system:
It’s quite simple you go to Kiva.org create an account, it’s just like facebook very simple, start searching for someone to lend to then lend. An update on some of Kiva’s progress is in this latest video on CNN.
While one man Muhammad Yuns change the world of lending, Kiva changed the way we operate in our lending system. As Kiva starts to make a larger impact on countries like America it will be interesting to see how our current banking system takes to the system. How can you support someone around you to make their idea better or their life better?
Hi Kiva
Is you mission to assist people in Australia or overseas, or both?
I deal with a lot of people in Australia that are living in hardship, some of these are OneLife graduates that are heading for bankruptcy.
I have helped a lot of them with out them knowing over the past 4 years and the list is getting larger.
My resources are not big enough to make a diference.
Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanking You
James