Kiva and Microloans

1 November 2005 | 2

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.

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  1. Tana Hartman 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

  2. Jesse Ross October 31st, 2006 at 9:26 pm

    It looks like maybe their site is down right now… maybe try again tomorrow?

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