It was time again. My Kiva borrowers just keep paying back their loans on time so I had enough money sitting in my Kiva account to hop online and find another worthy entrepreneur to give a loan to. For those not in the know, Kiva is an organisation which helps predominantly small business owners in …
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Stop press: Free loans on Kiva
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. …
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 …