Kiva.org

[telophase]

If you've been thinking about trying out Kiva.org, now's the time to do it! Use my invite link and we'll both get a $25 credit to lend out.

Wow, that sounds spammy. At any rate, I've been sending microloans* to people (I think all women, so far) in developing countries for several years using Kiva. I need to get off the intartubes and get back to actual work, so I'll link to the Wikipedia page on Kiva for further info.


* OK, I think you are not technically sending the loan directly to the person: you're essentially funding a share in an already-disbursed loan, but it all helps the organizations that fund the loans do so, and gives it a personal touch.

Comments

[estara.livejournal.com]

Hee, I've been trying to canvas for Kiva on GoodReads, with those sponsored links, but I guess not enough people know me to make that useful. You were the one who recruited me in the first place ^^ - Just did my 42nd loan, I think, today. Did you leave Team Fandom? I can't find your name on the members list anymore.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I think I ended up leaving all the teams I was on because I got tired of seeing them on my profile page. Or something. It was long enough ago that I don't remember!

[estara.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Since their layout redesign you have to explicitly click links to get to the teams' page. But I was never really bothered by that anyway. And the team doesn't send messages all that often - I was only ever Team Fandom member - so it's all been fine.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I was on the atheist/agnostic/freethinker team for a while, and they sent emssages CONSTANTLY. Got fed up with it.

[estara.livejournal.com]

I can see that getting old quick, right. Occasionally members will post about how much money we already got in circulation or some loans that interest them - but that averages to less than once a month, so that's fine with me. Most of my Kiva messages are from Kiva.org itself, letting me know I've got money back and might want to lend it out again.