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Comment by Michael Levin on October 13, 2008 at 11:12am

Kiva is indeed amazing. I can endorse it. I work with Nicaraguan entrepreneur Alejos Antonio Aviles Guillen using Kiva. You can read about my experience here. You can click Alejos's picture below for details.




I have several American friends who work in Nicaragua, including Heather of The Ten Back Collection dot com. Someday soon, I hope to visit Alejos and my friends in Nicaragua.

Comment by Brooks on October 13, 2008 at 9:41am

This is an amazing website: http://www.kiva.org/app.php

I only just found out about it, but it's been going on for a while. It allows you to personally loan money to an individual in the third world, where a pitifully small loan (to us) makes a huge difference in people's lives.

One example: a lady in Peru received $475 for wool and dyes for her family weaving business. You can lend as little as $25 and you can loan it to a specific person. And these are loans, not donations. You get the money back, so you can do it again!

It's one of the best internet ideas I've ever seen.

Comment by Michael Levin on July 19, 2008 at 7:33pm

"Hope is the thing with feathers,
that perches in the soul,
and sings the song without the words,
and never stops at all."

Emily Dickinson

Comment by Michael Levin on June 20, 2008 at 2:37am

10,000 Girls dot orgoffers education and employment opportunities for 10,000 Girls in rural Senegal, enabling them to develop as self-reliant and capable women, through a self-sustaining organization run by the girls themselves.

Comment by Michael Levin on June 20, 2008 at 2:31am

Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developing world empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty.

Comment by Michael Levin on June 10, 2008 at 12:20pm

Help in Kenya

You can help support a Kenyan villager's training at a 5-day Basic Biointensive Skills Workshop at Manor House Ag Center. To make this happen, send an $85 tax-deductable donation to Kilili Self-Help Project, 490 Yale Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Help the world grow!

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Comment by Michael Levin on June 10, 2008 at 12:10pm

Help in Russia

To assist Biointensive work in Russia, contact: Biointensive for Russia, 831 Marshall Drive, Palo Alto, CA, 94303-3614, fax (650) 424-8767, email cvesecky@igc.org or visit www.igc.org/biointensiveforrussia

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