Welcome to our second team captain spotlight! Today, we would like you to meet Craig, captain of the ...
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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...


Here are Kiva's newest partners! Find out how they are helping low-income ...
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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!
...
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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.


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 >>

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 >>

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...

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:

Green news: New energy plans put Africa on track to be the cleanest content.

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.


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.
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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 >>

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...

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.
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This post is the final post of a 3 part series highlighting some of the innovative...

Attention all educators and parents!

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 >>

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 >>
Beautiful and other-worldly: the Fukang Meteorite is a wonder to behold.
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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.
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Blog posts tagged with kiva

Welcome to our second team captain spotlight! Today, we would like you to meet Craig, captain of the ...

This is the first post in a geography quiz series that will feature Kiva borrowers, partners and fellows from a specific...


Here are Kiva's newest partners! Find out how they are helping low-income ...
Continue Reading >>
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 >>
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.


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 >>

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 >>

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...

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:

Green news: New energy plans put Africa on track to be the cleanest content.

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.


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 >>

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 >>

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...

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 >>

This post is the final post of a 3 part series highlighting some of the innovative...

Attention all educators and parents!

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 >>

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 >>
Beautiful and other-worldly: the Fukang Meteorite is a wonder to behold.
Continue Reading >>

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.