Tag Archives: Kiva

Two Social Media Fundraising Stories

Written by jessica. Posted on January 13, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , . No comments.
In the past two days, I’ve heard two compelling fundraising stories that wouldn’t have been possible without social media. The first comes from a Kiva fellow, Kieran Ball, who followed the path of a $25 loan from his former office at Credit Suisse in London to a rice farmer in Cambodia. The 11-minute video is [...]

A to Z of Web 2.0 for Social Change: K

Written by jessica. Posted on September 22, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , . 2 Comments.
K for Kiva.org: From their Website: Kiva.org (www.kiva.org) is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to an entrepreneur in the developing world. Founded in 2005 by Matt and Jessica Flannery, Kiva.org’s mission is to connect people, through lending, to alleviate poverty. Kiva.org currently connects lenders in more than 70 countries with entrepreneurs [...]