Edit: Despite doubling the number of free loans they'd planned to offer, this campaign was so successful that they've all been used. Thanks to all the people I know who signed up - well done! More than half of the people who signed up via my link went on to give a second, paid loan yesterday too. …
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My new Kiva loan heads to South Sudan
After a few weeks of intermittent browsing on the Kiva site, I've finally loaned my money out again to an entrepreneur, this time in South Sudan. As I always say when I talk about Kiva, the thrill of sending my $25 out there (over and over again!) is not just to help someone, but to help someone …
My Tajikistan Kiva loan is all paid back – time for another one!
Back in July last year I took my first steps in the Kiva lending programme when I loaned $25 to a woman in Tajikistan who needed some help to expand her home products business. Since then I've also given a loan to a woman in Togo and have seen Kiva become ultra-successful thanks to getting Oprah's …