2Dec
Kiva – Loans that change lives
Posted by Shannon | Category: Personal, Productivity | No Comments
Eight months ago, I bought $25 of loan credits through Kiva, a website that offers loans to people in developing countries. I picked a woman in Peru named Antonia to be my loan recipient. Antonia helps promote natural medicines in her home town, and was looking for a small loan to increase her medicine supply. Today she finished repaying her loan, so I get to pick another entrepreneur to support. This time it’s another woman from Peru named Maria Remigia Quispe De Benites. She’s 72 years old and wants to open a restaurant.
You can loan as little as $25, which is what I decided to do. I feel like I’m making a difference, and it’s fun to get the updates and see the progress of the loan repayment.
