In June 2006 I read an article in Business Week Magazine about Kiva, a non-profit set up to make it easy for people in the developed world to make micro loans to citizens in developing countries. As a former Peace Corps Volunteer (Senegal, 1970-73), I was impressed with what they were doing. My son, then 13, and I started making monthly loans. Here's one of the groups we loaned to in Senegal:
Sobering to think that for the price of a digital camera or a couple of iPods, someone in another country can start a business which can support their whole family.
Here's our lender page on the Kiva site.
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