Tell me what you think of Kiva

I have been looking at Kiva. This is their pitch…”Kiva is a person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.” That’s the key word here – entrepeneurs. This isn’t give- a- child- a- bowl- of- rice but more along the lines of give Marisita a loan to buy- another- donkey for her traveling milkbar. Like Maryam Fousseni of Togo for example.... [Read More...]