Welcome to our second team captain spotlight! Today, we would like you to meet Craig, captain of the ...
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Feb 2, 2016
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Feb 2, 2016
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This is the first post in a geography quiz series that will feature Kiva borrowers, partners and fellows from a specific...
Feb 2, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Hold onto your hats, Kiva just trained our 29th fellows class last week. Eighteen fellows came to town (San Francisco!) and joined us at our headquarters for a week of intense training before embarking on their assignments. We might be located in the United States but our fellows come from all over the world and this class was no different with 11 nationalities represented amongst them. This is one of the liveliest times of year in our office and we can’t help but share a few of our favorite behind-the-scenes photos.
Don’t forget you can follow...
Continue Reading >>
Feb 2, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Here are Kiva's newest partners! Find out how they are helping low-income ...
Continue Reading >>
Feb 2, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
All around the world, students are using Kiva and its education program, Kiva U, as learning tool to engage with global cultures and invest in others from a young age!
...
Continue Reading >>
Jan 1, 2016
Kiva HQ
Data head: Half the world's population lives in the yellow, half in the black.
Like magic: This water bottle creates water from thin air.
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Data head: Half the world's population lives in the yellow, half in the black.
Changing places: 1 in every 122 people is a refugee, internally displaced or asylum-seeking.
Like magic: This water bottle creates water from thin air.
Green news: Turning windmills on their heads...
Continue Reading >>
Jan 1, 2016
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... Continue Reading >>
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One of the many ways our lenders get involved in Kiva is through our community of lending teams. Lending teams are self-organized groups built around common interests, affiliation, or location, where team members rally to support loans and track their collective impact. Each lending team has team captains who go above and beyond to keep members engaged and ensure the team achieves its lending goals. In the next few weeks, we’re spotlighting a few of these team captains for their commitment and leadership.
Jan 1, 2016
Kiva HQ
Small business owners often ask Jonny Price, Senior Director of Kiva Zip, why they should crowdfund 0% interest loans on Kiva Zip, rather than raising capital on Kickstarter or Indiegogo. To learn how he responds, read more here. Continue Reading >>
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Small business owners often ask Jonny Price, Senior Director of Kiva Zip, why they should crowdfund 0% interest loans on Kiva Zip, rather than raising capital on Kickstarter or Indiegogo. To learn how he responds, read more here. Continue Reading >>
Jan 1, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Each borrower has a different story to tell, and Kiva’s Review and Translation Program (RTP) connects each of them with Kiva volunteers in order to communicate their story to the rest of the world. Volunteers at RTP get to practice their editing and translating skills in 1 of 5 languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian) while helping to bring Kiva borrowers a step closer to achieving their dreams.
Today, our RTP volunteers edit and translate about 16,500 loans each month, with a total of about 21.4 million words reviewed and translated per year. This month we... Continue Reading >>
Today, our RTP volunteers edit and translate about 16,500 loans each month, with a total of about 21.4 million words reviewed and translated per year. This month we... Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Photos by Kiva Fellows Christina Marie and Tim Chambers
Just as the demand for organic produce has skyrocketed in recent years, so has the demand for organic beauty products. People around the world are becoming increasingly conscious of what they put in their bodies, and on their skin.
That’s great news in the eyes of many proponents of holistic, natural living, like Roberte, a Haitian naturopath who started her own skincare business out of her basement in...
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Continue Reading >>
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This year, Kiva lenders supported more than 320,000 borrowers around the world, like Maria, a shopkeeper in Honduras…
Mercy, a hair dresser in Kenya…
And Guadalupe, a chef in San Francisco…
Kiva lenders made more than $130 million in loans in 2015. That’s an average of $2.5 million every week.
We also passed the milestone of 1.3 million lenders! There are now Kiva lenders in 192 countries around the world:
Countries where lenders...
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Green news: New energy plans put Africa on track to be the cleanest content.
Kiva HQ
Green news: New energy plans put Africa on track to be the cleanest content.
Mental exercises: Diversity helps you think better.
Coming to an agreement: A South African negotiating technique is used to get 195 countries to gain consensus.
...
Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
A little over three years ago, Chris Akin and his twin brother Doug founded The Base Project, a New York based social enterprise that creates jobs for artisans in the developing world and reinvests a portion of the profits for the development of community farms, scholarships and health funds in countries like Namibia and Syria. Read more about their story here.
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
In this vast planet of ours, it can be hard to imagine that each and every one of us has our own story to tell. When a photographer named Brandon began taking picture of people throughout New York, and later all around the world, Humans of New York became an international craze. Every post consists of a photograph, a story, and an inevitable reaction from the observer. Reading about a first hand account of what it's like to be a refugee on your way to the US, sharing a funny post that made you smile, or seeing the look on someone's face while you read what their life is like after being... Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Avelino is a proud coffee farmer who lives high in the Peruvian Andes. He works hard to support his family by growing and selling delicious coffee beans from his farm. Read more about Avelino here.
Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Avelino is a proud coffee farmer who lives high in the Peruvian Andes. He works hard to support his family by growing and selling delicious coffee beans from his farm. Read more about Avelino here.
Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Back to school: Camfed teaches women how to be leaders in their communities.
Featured story: The Economist takes a look at our field partner EarthSpark.
Imagine: What would the world look like with better data?
Positive outlook: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are optimistic about philanthropy.
... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Back to school: Camfed teaches women how to be leaders in their communities.
Featured story: The Economist takes a look at our field partner EarthSpark.
Imagine: What would the world look like with better data?
Positive outlook: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are optimistic about philanthropy.
... Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Not many high school students can say they’ve helped 500 loans reach borrowers around the world. But Lindsay Voves, a senior from Ridgefield High School in...
Dec 12, 2015
Paraguay
You and 1.3 million other Kiva lenders have helped open doors for people around the world, often at critical moments in their lives. For Lourdes, that support came at a time when she was abandoned by family and had to forge her own path. Her spirit, and your generosity, inspire us. Thank you for being a part of this global community.
Continue Reading >>
Paraguay
You and 1.3 million other Kiva lenders have helped open doors for people around the world, often at critical moments in their lives. For Lourdes, that support came at a time when she was abandoned by family and had to forge her own path. Her spirit, and your generosity, inspire us. Thank you for being a part of this global community.
Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This post is the final post of a 3 part series highlighting some of the innovative...
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Attention all educators and parents!
Kiva HQ
Attention all educators and parents!
Thanks to a generous donation, Kiva is able to give away FREE Kiva Credits for classrooms or clubs to learn about the world through microfinance.
Just send an email to Kiva U with 1 sentence or more, answering this question:
How do you (or how will you) use Kiva in your classroom or school club?
We’ll send you as many credits as you need* for each of your students to try lending for...
Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
In the rural town of Pucará in northern Peru lives Avelino, a 62-year-old coffee farmer. As our fellow in Peru Gordon Thompson puts it... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Not only do Kiva fellows provide support for borrowers and Field Partners all over the world, but the images they capture provide a visual connection for all of us. Over the course of their fellowships thus far, our fellows have submitted some captivating photos and we're excited to share some of them with you. This week, we're highlighting images captured throughout Latin America and Kenya.
In the rural town of Pucará in northern Peru lives Avelino, a 62-year-old coffee farmer. As our fellow in Peru Gordon Thompson puts it... Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This post is the second of a 3 part series highlighting some of the innovative loans that the Kiva community has helped us test and scale.
...
Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Beautiful and other-worldly: the Fukang Meteorite is a wonder to behold.
Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Beautiful and other-worldly: the Fukang Meteorite is a wonder to behold.
10 million reasons: Our direct-lending program reaches $10 million lent!
Must see: CGAP's annual photo contest highlights how different people around the world access financial services.
Hope: A transformational story of a farmer from one of our Field Partners.
Fun and sweet: National flags made from national foods.
Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
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Millions of young women and girls around the world are denied the right to get an education, and denied the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Cultural norms, shortages of teachers and the costs of tuition and books all contribute to keeping 63 million girls out of primary and secondary school.
...
Continue Reading >> Pages
Blog posts tagged with kiva
Feb 2, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Welcome to our second team captain spotlight! Today, we would like you to meet Craig, captain of the ...
Feb 2, 2016
Kiva HQ
Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
This is the first post in a geography quiz series that will feature Kiva borrowers, partners and fellows from a specific...
Feb 2, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Hold onto your hats, Kiva just trained our 29th fellows class last week. Eighteen fellows came to town (San Francisco!) and joined us at our headquarters for a week of intense training before embarking on their assignments. We might be located in the United States but our fellows come from all over the world and this class was no different with 11 nationalities represented amongst them. This is one of the liveliest times of year in our office and we can’t help but share a few of our favorite behind-the-scenes photos.
Don’t forget you can follow...
Continue Reading >>
Feb 2, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Here are Kiva's newest partners! Find out how they are helping low-income ...
Continue Reading >>
Feb 2, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
All around the world, students are using Kiva and its education program, Kiva U, as learning tool to engage with global cultures and invest in others from a young age!
...
Continue Reading >>
Jan 1, 2016
Kiva HQ
Data head: Half the world's population lives in the yellow, half in the black.
Like magic: This water bottle creates water from thin air.
Kiva HQ
Data head: Half the world's population lives in the yellow, half in the black.
Changing places: 1 in every 122 people is a refugee, internally displaced or asylum-seeking.
Like magic: This water bottle creates water from thin air.
Green news: Turning windmills on their heads...
Continue Reading >>
Jan 1, 2016
Kiva HQ
... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
One of the many ways our lenders get involved in Kiva is through our community of lending teams. Lending teams are self-organized groups built around common interests, affiliation, or location, where team members rally to support loans and track their collective impact. Each lending team has team captains who go above and beyond to keep members engaged and ensure the team achieves its lending goals. In the next few weeks, we’re spotlighting a few of these team captains for their commitment and leadership.
Jan 1, 2016
Kiva HQ
Small business owners often ask Jonny Price, Senior Director of Kiva Zip, why they should crowdfund 0% interest loans on Kiva Zip, rather than raising capital on Kickstarter or Indiegogo. To learn how he responds, read more here. Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Small business owners often ask Jonny Price, Senior Director of Kiva Zip, why they should crowdfund 0% interest loans on Kiva Zip, rather than raising capital on Kickstarter or Indiegogo. To learn how he responds, read more here. Continue Reading >>
Jan 1, 2016
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Each borrower has a different story to tell, and Kiva’s Review and Translation Program (RTP) connects each of them with Kiva volunteers in order to communicate their story to the rest of the world. Volunteers at RTP get to practice their editing and translating skills in 1 of 5 languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian) while helping to bring Kiva borrowers a step closer to achieving their dreams.
Today, our RTP volunteers edit and translate about 16,500 loans each month, with a total of about 21.4 million words reviewed and translated per year. This month we... Continue Reading >>
Today, our RTP volunteers edit and translate about 16,500 loans each month, with a total of about 21.4 million words reviewed and translated per year. This month we... Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Photos by Kiva Fellows Christina Marie and Tim Chambers
Just as the demand for organic produce has skyrocketed in recent years, so has the demand for organic beauty products. People around the world are becoming increasingly conscious of what they put in their bodies, and on their skin.
That’s great news in the eyes of many proponents of holistic, natural living, like Roberte, a Haitian naturopath who started her own skincare business out of her basement in...
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
This year, Kiva lenders supported more than 320,000 borrowers around the world, like Maria, a shopkeeper in Honduras…
Mercy, a hair dresser in Kenya…
And Guadalupe, a chef in San Francisco…
Kiva lenders made more than $130 million in loans in 2015. That’s an average of $2.5 million every week.
We also passed the milestone of 1.3 million lenders! There are now Kiva lenders in 192 countries around the world:
Countries where lenders...
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Green news: New energy plans put Africa on track to be the cleanest content.
Kiva HQ
Green news: New energy plans put Africa on track to be the cleanest content.
Mental exercises: Diversity helps you think better.
Coming to an agreement: A South African negotiating technique is used to get 195 countries to gain consensus.
...
Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
A little over three years ago, Chris Akin and his twin brother Doug founded The Base Project, a New York based social enterprise that creates jobs for artisans in the developing world and reinvests a portion of the profits for the development of community farms, scholarships and health funds in countries like Namibia and Syria. Read more about their story here.
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
In this vast planet of ours, it can be hard to imagine that each and every one of us has our own story to tell. When a photographer named Brandon began taking picture of people throughout New York, and later all around the world, Humans of New York became an international craze. Every post consists of a photograph, a story, and an inevitable reaction from the observer. Reading about a first hand account of what it's like to be a refugee on your way to the US, sharing a funny post that made you smile, or seeing the look on someone's face while you read what their life is like after being... Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Avelino is a proud coffee farmer who lives high in the Peruvian Andes. He works hard to support his family by growing and selling delicious coffee beans from his farm. Read more about Avelino here.
Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Avelino is a proud coffee farmer who lives high in the Peruvian Andes. He works hard to support his family by growing and selling delicious coffee beans from his farm. Read more about Avelino here.
Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Back to school: Camfed teaches women how to be leaders in their communities.
Featured story: The Economist takes a look at our field partner EarthSpark.
Imagine: What would the world look like with better data?
Positive outlook: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are optimistic about philanthropy.
... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Back to school: Camfed teaches women how to be leaders in their communities.
Featured story: The Economist takes a look at our field partner EarthSpark.
Imagine: What would the world look like with better data?
Positive outlook: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are optimistic about philanthropy.
... Continue Reading >>
Dec 12, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
Not many high school students can say they’ve helped 500 loans reach borrowers around the world. But Lindsay Voves, a senior from Ridgefield High School in...
Dec 12, 2015
Paraguay
You and 1.3 million other Kiva lenders have helped open doors for people around the world, often at critical moments in their lives. For Lourdes, that support came at a time when she was abandoned by family and had to forge her own path. Her spirit, and your generosity, inspire us. Thank you for being a part of this global community.
Continue Reading >>
Paraguay
You and 1.3 million other Kiva lenders have helped open doors for people around the world, often at critical moments in their lives. For Lourdes, that support came at a time when she was abandoned by family and had to forge her own path. Her spirit, and your generosity, inspire us. Thank you for being a part of this global community.
Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This post is the final post of a 3 part series highlighting some of the innovative...
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Attention all educators and parents!
Kiva HQ
Attention all educators and parents!
Thanks to a generous donation, Kiva is able to give away FREE Kiva Credits for classrooms or clubs to learn about the world through microfinance.
Just send an email to Kiva U with 1 sentence or more, answering this question:
How do you (or how will you) use Kiva in your classroom or school club?
We’ll send you as many credits as you need* for each of your students to try lending for...
Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
In the rural town of Pucará in northern Peru lives Avelino, a 62-year-old coffee farmer. As our fellow in Peru Gordon Thompson puts it... Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Not only do Kiva fellows provide support for borrowers and Field Partners all over the world, but the images they capture provide a visual connection for all of us. Over the course of their fellowships thus far, our fellows have submitted some captivating photos and we're excited to share some of them with you. This week, we're highlighting images captured throughout Latin America and Kenya.
In the rural town of Pucará in northern Peru lives Avelino, a 62-year-old coffee farmer. As our fellow in Peru Gordon Thompson puts it... Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
This post is the second of a 3 part series highlighting some of the innovative loans that the Kiva community has helped us test and scale.
...
Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Beautiful and other-worldly: the Fukang Meteorite is a wonder to behold.
Continue Reading >>
Kiva HQ
Beautiful and other-worldly: the Fukang Meteorite is a wonder to behold.
10 million reasons: Our direct-lending program reaches $10 million lent!
Must see: CGAP's annual photo contest highlights how different people around the world access financial services.
Hope: A transformational story of a farmer from one of our Field Partners.
Fun and sweet: National flags made from national foods.
Continue Reading >>
Nov 11, 2015
Kiva HQ
Kiva HQ
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Millions of young women and girls around the world are denied the right to get an education, and denied the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Cultural norms, shortages of teachers and the costs of tuition and books all contribute to keeping 63 million girls out of primary and secondary school.
...
Continue Reading >>