kiva

3180 18th Street
Suite 201
San Francisco, CA
94110
Phone: (415) 358-7512
http://www.kiva.org/

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We Let You Loan to the Working Poor

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.

Social Commitment

Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.

How Kiva Works: Choose an Entrepreneur, Lend, Get Repaid.

1) Lenders like you browse profiles of entrepreneurs in need, and choose someone to lend to. When they lend, using PayPal or their credit cards, Kiva collects the funds and then passes them along to one of our microfinance partners worldwide.

2) Kiva's microfinance partners distribute the loan funds to the selected entrepreneur. Often, our partners also provide training and other assistance to maximize the entrepreneur's chances of success.

3) Over time, the entrepreneur repays their loan. Repayment and other updates are posted on Kiva and emailed to lenders who wish to receive them.

4) When lenders get their money back, they can re-lend to someone else in need, donate their funds to Kiva (to cover operational expenses), or withdraw their funds.

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