Great Website for Sustainable Giving!
Written by certifiedorganicI just discovered this really cool website - http://www.kiva.org/.
The concept is really brilliant. The idea is to give a small loan to an entrepreneur in a developing country. The entrepreneur is carefully screened in advance, and you’re notified of the progress in the growth of their business.
Example: On Kiva you can use your credit card to loan $25.00 to a retail shop in Bolivia, they are then scheduled to pay your money back 5 months from today… and when it comes back you can then loan that same money to an embroidery company in Afghanistan…
By the way, this can be a GREAT gift for the person who has everything: “On your behalf I loaned $50 to a farmer in the Dominican Republic. Here’s a link to the page….”