http://theideahive.com/2009/11/happy-birthday-kiva-and-transgender-law-center/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theideahive.com/2009/11/happy-birthday-kiva-and-transgender-law-center/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Story Power: Small Business Owner Cleans Up His Corner of the World | The Idea Hive Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:16:28 +0000 http://theideahive.com/?p=466#comment-105 [...] There are thousands of entrepreneurs all over the world, like Juma, who could take their business to a more comfortable and sustainable level with the tiniest of loans.  I recently attended the fourth birthday party of the  wonderful organization Kiva, which provides a portal where members of the public, known as Kiva Lenders, can give micro-loans (as small as $25) to enterprising people–83% of them women–around the world who need a small hand to help them on the road to self-sufficient sustainability. Since its founding, Kiva Lenders have loaned over $100 million to a quarter of a million recipients in 49 countries.  My colleague Kas Neteler writes about her takeaways from the Kiva event here. [...] [...] There are thousands of entrepreneurs all over the world, like Juma, who could take their business to a more comfortable and sustainable level with the tiniest of loans.  I recently attended the fourth birthday party of the  wonderful organization Kiva, which provides a portal where members of the public, known as Kiva Lenders, can give micro-loans (as small as $25) to enterprising people–83% of them women–around the world who need a small hand to help them on the road to self-sufficient sustainability. Since its founding, Kiva Lenders have loaned over $100 million to a quarter of a million recipients in 49 countries.  My colleague Kas Neteler writes about her takeaways from the Kiva event here. [...]

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