kiva.org

[piranha]

the paramour found this awesome organisation, which is making it easy for ordinary people in the rich nations of the world to take part in the microfinancing of small businesses in developing nations, for as little as U$25.

read the post with more detail and linkage.

yeah, yeah, i teared up a little too. what of it?

Comments

[snippy]

Heh, you missed my post in August.

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

yeah, august was right before i instituted filters for reading my f-list since i was basically always behind and not getting through it anymore.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I've been on kiva for a while now. Just got a repayment of a loan I made to a farmer in South America and rolled that into four new loans to women in Africa. It's a great thing. I really like it.

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

cool! yeah, it looks really solid, with all that personal information, and the communications going back and forth.

[firecat]

I joined after reading snippy's post.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

When I looked at it a while back, if I understood correctly it was in some kind of "all our loans are funded right now, check back later" state (quite an admirable state to be in!), but now that you mention it I looked again and signed up, thanks!

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

I joined in August or so, when I saw it on pegkerr's journal. Every once in a while I think about the money there and just feel good. Should add more ...