Microlending links
Jan. 7th, 2007 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabrinamarihttp://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda601/uganda-601.html?c=3qt
...a link to a 15 minute report on microlending. I got it off of the kiva.org website, along with this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6668527
...a link to an NPR story about it, and how younger people are starting to engage in it as their way to be philanthropic.
Kiva.org is becoming something I do to feel better when I'm sad. It works. If you have $25 and need a lift, think about this as an option. It works as well as most retail therapy and it has real lasting value that you can see over time. When you lend, you get blog updates about the people you chose to help. It's cool. You can even give gift certificates so thet your friends can become international financiers, as wylddelirium pointed out.
...a link to a 15 minute report on microlending. I got it off of the kiva.org website, along with this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6668527
...a link to an NPR story about it, and how younger people are starting to engage in it as their way to be philanthropic.
Kiva.org is becoming something I do to feel better when I'm sad. It works. If you have $25 and need a lift, think about this as an option. It works as well as most retail therapy and it has real lasting value that you can see over time. When you lend, you get blog updates about the people you chose to help. It's cool. You can even give gift certificates so thet your friends can become international financiers, as wylddelirium pointed out.
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Date: 2007-04-29 02:48 am (UTC)So, you post has gone out to at least 80 more people, with at least two already interested in joining.