Kiva and Microloans
Kiva is a site that helps entrepreneurs in developing nations start their businesses via microloans, a brilliant idea that demonstrates what is best about the internet. Offer a small loan, say $25, to a business — at the end of the loan period (usually 6 - 12 months), you are repaid. If, for some reason, the loan recipient defaults, the loan is considered a donation.
October 31st, 2006 at 8:43 pm
For whatever reason, I cannot access kiva.org. Is there a trick to getting through to them?
Thanks,
Tana Hartman
October 31st, 2006 at 9:26 pm
It looks like maybe their site is down right now… maybe try again tomorrow?