Kiva Update
Reading through Grace Boyle’s recent article on microfinance over at Small Hands, Big Ideas reminded me that I should post a quick update on my experiences with kiva.org. I’m happy to report that my original loan, to a woman starting a small bakery in Peru, in now 83% repaid. I’ve since used those repayments to [...]
Help Southern Sudan
The Second Sudanese Civil War, lasting more than twenty years and killing an estimated two million people in Sudan before a peace accord was reached in 2005, is not as well-known as the more recent conflict in Darfur, Sudan. But the effects of the war are still being felt throughout southern Sudan. One of the [...]
Change Lives With Microfinance
The only way to end global poverty is to ensure that people have the opportunities to help themselves. Aid to emerging countries on a governmental level may do more harm than good, as Dambisa Moyo described in a recent article for the Wall Street Journal. Large banks may not see enough profit potential to bother [...]
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