This is the fourth post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to green entrepreneurs around the world ... Continue Reading >>
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May 5, 2016
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This is the fourth post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to green entrepreneurs around the world ... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
This is the fourth post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to green entrepreneurs around the world ... Continue Reading >>
May 5, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This is the final story in our series spotlighting small, independent businesses in the U.S. in celebration of National Small Business week.
Victor was born in Mexico and immigrated to America 16 years ago to provide a better way of life and future for his family. After working at a coffee shop for 7 years, Victor was inspired to open his own coffee shop and started searching for a loan. After getting denied from other lenders because of a lack of credit score and no cash flows, Victor came to Kiva. 67 Kiva lenders supported him with a...
Continue Reading >>
May 5, 2016
Kiva HQ
On this Mother’s Day, Kiva is celebrating the inspirational stories of entrepreneurial mothers, grandmothers and other guiding women from around the world. While their families, businesses, and geographic locations vary greatly, each story showcases the strength and resilience of these incredible mamas!
You can help us honor these women around the world by making a at matched loan to a mother (thanks to Pepsico Foundation) and helping them achieve their dreams to improve their families’ lives.
Read about Phyllis (pictured above) and other... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
On this Mother’s Day, Kiva is celebrating the inspirational stories of entrepreneurial mothers, grandmothers and other guiding women from around the world. While their families, businesses, and geographic locations vary greatly, each story showcases the strength and resilience of these incredible mamas!
You can help us honor these women around the world by making a at matched loan to a mother (thanks to Pepsico Foundation) and helping them achieve their dreams to improve their families’ lives.
Read about Phyllis (pictured above) and other... Continue Reading >>
May 5, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Four years ago, Sebastian started working on his dream: opening The Social Club Grooming Company, an environmentally friendly grooming salon in Detroit. After 54 Kiva lenders supported his $5,000, 0% interest loan, The Social Club has grown to become a central hub for the Detroit community.
Photos by The Social Club Grooming Company
The Social Club is passionate about environmental impact. By acknowledging the vast amount of harsh chemicals and waste in the industry, Sebastian strived to...
Continue Reading >>
May 5, 2016
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Chancey and Dennis at their farmer’s market stall (photo from Chancey’s page on Kiva)
This is the first in our series spotlighting small, independent businesses in the U.S. in celebration of National Small Business week.
On just about every Saturday from May through October, you can find Chancey and her husband Dennis at their stall under a banner that reads ‘Banana Manna’ in the Greenville, South Carolina farmer’s market. Chancey has been selling her acclaimed banana bread at...
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
April is the Month of Microfinance and the perfect time to share how microfinance has touched our lives. As April comes to a close, we wanted to share with you Nadine’s story and how a Kiva Zip loan helped her start her own business educating families about the importance of nutrition. Read Chef Nadine’s story, written by Innae Park, below:
...
Continue Reading >>
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
It’s early evening and the sun is glowing, low and golden, above a homestead located a 3-hour drive from Cape Coast, Ghana. The air has cooled just enough for Grace and her family to start cooking their dinner over an open fire.
Grace stoking the fire to cook dinner for her 4 children.
Tonight they are making gravy and yams, and crushing together tomatoes and garden eggs, a popular type of eggplant.
...
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Buzz worthy: 11-year old's lemonade helps save bees.
A great escape: Inky the octopus's quest for freedom.
Kiva HQ
Buzz worthy: 11-year old's lemonade helps save bees.
Closing the information gap: M-Farm shares important market information with farmers to make better decisions.
A great escape: Inky the octopus's quest for freedom.
Hear that?: This is...
Continue Reading >>
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This month the Kiva community was joined by amazing organizations doing good around the world. All these organizations empower individuals and give them the opportunities to improve their lives and of those around them. From empowering smallholder farmers with access to markets and providing jobs and higher education to low income youths to creating a network of successful women to...
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
This is the third post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to Oceanian entrepreneurs ... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
This is the third post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to Oceanian entrepreneurs ... Continue Reading >>
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
April is the Month of Microfinance and the perfect time to share how microfinance has touched our lives. This story comes from Gordon Thompson, one of Kiva’s amazing fellows who work in the field and play an integral role in facilitating partnerships between Kiva and our Field Partners. In many ways they are a bridge connecting lenders and borrowers around the world. From traveling woes to forging...
Continue Reading >>
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Eat up: Edible eating utensils make meals 0% waste.
Simple math: If 100 people lived on Earth.
Kiva HQ
Eat up: Edible eating utensils make meals 0% waste.
Simple math: If 100 people lived on Earth.
What's next?: Is microfinance the next step in financial inclusion?
Say what?: How different languages impact your world view.
...
Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
We have welcomed some great partners in the past month on Kiva. They strive to increase organic production of eggs and share the benefits of responsible tourism with small communities in Thailand, and expand access to market for Indonesian smallholder farmers. Learn more about the changes these organizations are bringing about for these local families!
...
Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
If you believe everyone should have access to clean drinking water, help Kiva and its partners like Evidence Action and People’s Forum by lending ... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
If you believe everyone should have access to clean drinking water, help Kiva and its partners like Evidence Action and People’s Forum by lending ... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
“Talk about feeling powerful– we can be the bank of our community because we love this community, we understand it and we’re going to invest in our neighbors." -Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, at the Kiva Oakland launch
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Photos by Brandon Smith.
After working as a successful account manager in the office furniture industry, Shawn decided he needed to do something that truly “fed his soul.” From a very early age, he had been interested in food, especially desserts. Desserts had always taken center stage at his family’s parties when he was growing up. Shawn’s mother had supported this interest by encouraging him to get his hands into ingredients and transform them into sweet creations.
With his...
Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
We are so proud to announce the launch of Kiva Oakland, in partnership with Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, to bring 0% interest crowdfunded loans to hundreds of Oakland small business owners.
Kiva Oakland supports businesses that are socially impactful and financially excluded from mainstream lending options.
“This initiative is a virtuous circle of opportunity for Oakland where the return on investment is measured more by character than credit scores,” said Schaaf. “We’re giving residents a critical way to directly support the small businesses that are the... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
We are so proud to announce the launch of Kiva Oakland, in partnership with Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, to bring 0% interest crowdfunded loans to hundreds of Oakland small business owners.
Kiva Oakland supports businesses that are socially impactful and financially excluded from mainstream lending options.
“This initiative is a virtuous circle of opportunity for Oakland where the return on investment is measured more by character than credit scores,” said Schaaf. “We’re giving residents a critical way to directly support the small businesses that are the... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Support Natasha and other small business owners in Oakland, as Oakland becomes an official Kiva city on March 16, 2016. By ... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Support Natasha and other small business owners in Oakland, as Oakland becomes an official Kiva city on March 16, 2016. By ... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Photos by Brandon Smith and Kiva Fellows, Katie Kerr, Kari Derenzi and Krittika Kaewmamuang.
1. The best way to travel around Cambodia is by _____, officially known as remorque-moto.
A. Jeepney
B. Tuk-tuk
C. Junk
D. Songthaew
2. The importance of rice in this country’s culture is evidenced by their reverence of rice goddess Dewi Sri.
A. China
B. India
C. Indonesia
D. Malaysia
3. Vietnam’s...
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Thanks to your generosity, Kiva had a record-breaking International Women's Day celebration to support women around the world! In 1 week, Kiva lenders and supporters funded nearly $4.5 million in loans to women, and $2.7 million on International Women's Day alone.
More loans were funded on International Women's Day 2016 than on any other day in Kiva's history!
More than 40,000 lenders participated during the week, and more than 14,000 women borrowers were successfully funded.
Kiva lenders helped activate $1 million in... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Thanks to your generosity, Kiva had a record-breaking International Women's Day celebration to support women around the world! In 1 week, Kiva lenders and supporters funded nearly $4.5 million in loans to women, and $2.7 million on International Women's Day alone.
More loans were funded on International Women's Day 2016 than on any other day in Kiva's history!
More than 40,000 lenders participated during the week, and more than 14,000 women borrowers were successfully funded.
Kiva lenders helped activate $1 million in... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Share this image and tag 5 friends to invite them to lend on Kiva for International Women's Day:
Thanks to your enthusiasm and support, we just hit our $1 million goal for International Women's Day! But we still have until midnight on March 8 to make an even bigger impact for women entrepreneurs around the world, so we're announcing a stretch goal of $2 million!
We need your help to hit this goal, but this time we're not asking you to lend. We're asking current Kiva lenders to help us... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Share this image and tag 5 friends to invite them to lend on Kiva for International Women's Day:
Thanks to your enthusiasm and support, we just hit our $1 million goal for International Women's Day! But we still have until midnight on March 8 to make an even bigger impact for women entrepreneurs around the world, so we're announcing a stretch goal of $2 million!
We need your help to hit this goal, but this time we're not asking you to lend. We're asking current Kiva lenders to help us... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This is the third in our ‘Invest in her, invest in change’ series celebrating the power of women entrepreneurs around the world. Join Kiva in crowdfunding $1 million in loans to women...
Mar 3, 2016
Palestinian Territory
Palestinian Territory
Najah plans to get another loan to grow her business and build a new home for her family.
This story is part of Kiva’s International Women’s Day Campaign. Through March 8th, we’ll be sharing inspiring stories of women borrowers. You can back a woman entrepreneur today on Kiva.
Story by Kiva Fellow Rachel Moore and Diana Baule, Kiva marketing intern. Photos by Eric Brandt.
Najah, whose name means “Success” in Arabic, comes from a Bedouin background and is now a successful...
Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
“I want my name to go far!” she says. “I want to create as many employees as I can, especially girls.... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Lindiwe in her store, where she produces her homemade ‘Lee Juice’
Lindiwe, 22, beams with pride as she presents bottles of her homemade juice and soda to customers at her shop in rural Zimbabwe. Each bottle has a hand-glued label that reads ‘Lee Juice,’ inspired by her nickname. She has big plans to make it a household name.
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Blog posts tagged with kiva
May 5, 2016
Kiva HQ
This is the fourth post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to green entrepreneurs around the world ... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
This is the fourth post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to green entrepreneurs around the world ... Continue Reading >>
May 5, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This is the final story in our series spotlighting small, independent businesses in the U.S. in celebration of National Small Business week.
Victor was born in Mexico and immigrated to America 16 years ago to provide a better way of life and future for his family. After working at a coffee shop for 7 years, Victor was inspired to open his own coffee shop and started searching for a loan. After getting denied from other lenders because of a lack of credit score and no cash flows, Victor came to Kiva. 67 Kiva lenders supported him with a...
Continue Reading >>
May 5, 2016
Kiva HQ
On this Mother’s Day, Kiva is celebrating the inspirational stories of entrepreneurial mothers, grandmothers and other guiding women from around the world. While their families, businesses, and geographic locations vary greatly, each story showcases the strength and resilience of these incredible mamas!
You can help us honor these women around the world by making a at matched loan to a mother (thanks to Pepsico Foundation) and helping them achieve their dreams to improve their families’ lives.
Read about Phyllis (pictured above) and other... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
On this Mother’s Day, Kiva is celebrating the inspirational stories of entrepreneurial mothers, grandmothers and other guiding women from around the world. While their families, businesses, and geographic locations vary greatly, each story showcases the strength and resilience of these incredible mamas!
You can help us honor these women around the world by making a at matched loan to a mother (thanks to Pepsico Foundation) and helping them achieve their dreams to improve their families’ lives.
Read about Phyllis (pictured above) and other... Continue Reading >>
May 5, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Four years ago, Sebastian started working on his dream: opening The Social Club Grooming Company, an environmentally friendly grooming salon in Detroit. After 54 Kiva lenders supported his $5,000, 0% interest loan, The Social Club has grown to become a central hub for the Detroit community.
Photos by The Social Club Grooming Company
The Social Club is passionate about environmental impact. By acknowledging the vast amount of harsh chemicals and waste in the industry, Sebastian strived to...
Continue Reading >>
May 5, 2016
Kiva HQ
Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Chancey and Dennis at their farmer’s market stall (photo from Chancey’s page on Kiva)
This is the first in our series spotlighting small, independent businesses in the U.S. in celebration of National Small Business week.
On just about every Saturday from May through October, you can find Chancey and her husband Dennis at their stall under a banner that reads ‘Banana Manna’ in the Greenville, South Carolina farmer’s market. Chancey has been selling her acclaimed banana bread at...
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
April is the Month of Microfinance and the perfect time to share how microfinance has touched our lives. As April comes to a close, we wanted to share with you Nadine’s story and how a Kiva Zip loan helped her start her own business educating families about the importance of nutrition. Read Chef Nadine’s story, written by Innae Park, below:
...
Continue Reading >>
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
It’s early evening and the sun is glowing, low and golden, above a homestead located a 3-hour drive from Cape Coast, Ghana. The air has cooled just enough for Grace and her family to start cooking their dinner over an open fire.
Grace stoking the fire to cook dinner for her 4 children.
Tonight they are making gravy and yams, and crushing together tomatoes and garden eggs, a popular type of eggplant.
...
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Buzz worthy: 11-year old's lemonade helps save bees.
A great escape: Inky the octopus's quest for freedom.
Kiva HQ
Buzz worthy: 11-year old's lemonade helps save bees.
Closing the information gap: M-Farm shares important market information with farmers to make better decisions.
A great escape: Inky the octopus's quest for freedom.
Hear that?: This is...
Continue Reading >>
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This month the Kiva community was joined by amazing organizations doing good around the world. All these organizations empower individuals and give them the opportunities to improve their lives and of those around them. From empowering smallholder farmers with access to markets and providing jobs and higher education to low income youths to creating a network of successful women to...
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
This is the third post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to Oceanian entrepreneurs ... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
This is the third post in a geography quiz series to expand your knowledge of the countries where Kiva works. Lend to Oceanian entrepreneurs ... Continue Reading >>
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
April is the Month of Microfinance and the perfect time to share how microfinance has touched our lives. This story comes from Gordon Thompson, one of Kiva’s amazing fellows who work in the field and play an integral role in facilitating partnerships between Kiva and our Field Partners. In many ways they are a bridge connecting lenders and borrowers around the world. From traveling woes to forging...
Continue Reading >>
Apr 4, 2016
Kiva HQ
Eat up: Edible eating utensils make meals 0% waste.
Simple math: If 100 people lived on Earth.
Kiva HQ
Eat up: Edible eating utensils make meals 0% waste.
Simple math: If 100 people lived on Earth.
What's next?: Is microfinance the next step in financial inclusion?
Say what?: How different languages impact your world view.
...
Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
We have welcomed some great partners in the past month on Kiva. They strive to increase organic production of eggs and share the benefits of responsible tourism with small communities in Thailand, and expand access to market for Indonesian smallholder farmers. Learn more about the changes these organizations are bringing about for these local families!
...
Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
If you believe everyone should have access to clean drinking water, help Kiva and its partners like Evidence Action and People’s Forum by lending ... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
If you believe everyone should have access to clean drinking water, help Kiva and its partners like Evidence Action and People’s Forum by lending ... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
“Talk about feeling powerful– we can be the bank of our community because we love this community, we understand it and we’re going to invest in our neighbors." -Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, at the Kiva Oakland launch
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Photos by Brandon Smith.
After working as a successful account manager in the office furniture industry, Shawn decided he needed to do something that truly “fed his soul.” From a very early age, he had been interested in food, especially desserts. Desserts had always taken center stage at his family’s parties when he was growing up. Shawn’s mother had supported this interest by encouraging him to get his hands into ingredients and transform them into sweet creations.
With his...
Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
We are so proud to announce the launch of Kiva Oakland, in partnership with Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, to bring 0% interest crowdfunded loans to hundreds of Oakland small business owners.
Kiva Oakland supports businesses that are socially impactful and financially excluded from mainstream lending options.
“This initiative is a virtuous circle of opportunity for Oakland where the return on investment is measured more by character than credit scores,” said Schaaf. “We’re giving residents a critical way to directly support the small businesses that are the... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
We are so proud to announce the launch of Kiva Oakland, in partnership with Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, to bring 0% interest crowdfunded loans to hundreds of Oakland small business owners.
Kiva Oakland supports businesses that are socially impactful and financially excluded from mainstream lending options.
“This initiative is a virtuous circle of opportunity for Oakland where the return on investment is measured more by character than credit scores,” said Schaaf. “We’re giving residents a critical way to directly support the small businesses that are the... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Support Natasha and other small business owners in Oakland, as Oakland becomes an official Kiva city on March 16, 2016. By ... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Support Natasha and other small business owners in Oakland, as Oakland becomes an official Kiva city on March 16, 2016. By ... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Photos by Brandon Smith and Kiva Fellows, Katie Kerr, Kari Derenzi and Krittika Kaewmamuang.
1. The best way to travel around Cambodia is by _____, officially known as remorque-moto.
A. Jeepney
B. Tuk-tuk
C. Junk
D. Songthaew
2. The importance of rice in this country’s culture is evidenced by their reverence of rice goddess Dewi Sri.
A. China
B. India
C. Indonesia
D. Malaysia
3. Vietnam’s...
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Thanks to your generosity, Kiva had a record-breaking International Women's Day celebration to support women around the world! In 1 week, Kiva lenders and supporters funded nearly $4.5 million in loans to women, and $2.7 million on International Women's Day alone.
More loans were funded on International Women's Day 2016 than on any other day in Kiva's history!
More than 40,000 lenders participated during the week, and more than 14,000 women borrowers were successfully funded.
Kiva lenders helped activate $1 million in... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Thanks to your generosity, Kiva had a record-breaking International Women's Day celebration to support women around the world! In 1 week, Kiva lenders and supporters funded nearly $4.5 million in loans to women, and $2.7 million on International Women's Day alone.
More loans were funded on International Women's Day 2016 than on any other day in Kiva's history!
More than 40,000 lenders participated during the week, and more than 14,000 women borrowers were successfully funded.
Kiva lenders helped activate $1 million in... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Share this image and tag 5 friends to invite them to lend on Kiva for International Women's Day:
Thanks to your enthusiasm and support, we just hit our $1 million goal for International Women's Day! But we still have until midnight on March 8 to make an even bigger impact for women entrepreneurs around the world, so we're announcing a stretch goal of $2 million!
We need your help to hit this goal, but this time we're not asking you to lend. We're asking current Kiva lenders to help us... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Share this image and tag 5 friends to invite them to lend on Kiva for International Women's Day:
Thanks to your enthusiasm and support, we just hit our $1 million goal for International Women's Day! But we still have until midnight on March 8 to make an even bigger impact for women entrepreneurs around the world, so we're announcing a stretch goal of $2 million!
We need your help to hit this goal, but this time we're not asking you to lend. We're asking current Kiva lenders to help us... Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This is the third in our ‘Invest in her, invest in change’ series celebrating the power of women entrepreneurs around the world. Join Kiva in crowdfunding $1 million in loans to women...
Mar 3, 2016
Palestinian Territory
Palestinian Territory
Najah plans to get another loan to grow her business and build a new home for her family.
This story is part of Kiva’s International Women’s Day Campaign. Through March 8th, we’ll be sharing inspiring stories of women borrowers. You can back a woman entrepreneur today on Kiva.
Story by Kiva Fellow Rachel Moore and Diana Baule, Kiva marketing intern. Photos by Eric Brandt.
Najah, whose name means “Success” in Arabic, comes from a Bedouin background and is now a successful...
Continue Reading >>
Mar 3, 2016
Kiva HQ
“I want my name to go far!” she says. “I want to create as many employees as I can, especially girls.... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Lindiwe in her store, where she produces her homemade ‘Lee Juice’
Lindiwe, 22, beams with pride as she presents bottles of her homemade juice and soda to customers at her shop in rural Zimbabwe. Each bottle has a hand-glued label that reads ‘Lee Juice,’ inspired by her nickname. She has big plans to make it a household name.