Oct 5, 2009

Madinah Namuddu


I just found an organization called Kiva that I am pumped about. If you can spare $25.00, you must check this out. Kiva connects people through person-to-person micro-lending, empowering entrepreneurs across the globe.


For my first micro-loan, I lent money to Madinah Namuddu's Group. I selected Madinah by scrolling through a list of hopeful entrepreneurs from around the world. I used paypal, but you can use your credit card to start your loan as well. It only took about 5 minutes. I'd like to add one new loan a month! I'll keep you updated. I love the world wide web!

P.S. Leave me a comment and let me know if you decided to start a micro-loan too! I would love to hear that my "tens of readers" all got as excited as I did and found someone to support. Better yet, put a link on your blog. Then all of your hundreds of readers might do the same. Am I a hopeful optimist who thinks we can change the world? Yes I am. So let's get started...

Click here for to learn more about how it works.

2 comments:

Kate said...

I lent to Grace, a 62-year old woman in Ghana!

Kara said...

i just spent a couple hours browsing through everyone's profiles...
you can read my blog to see who i chose! i can't wait to get updates.
thanks for posting this..i think it's going to get huge!