I love it when great elements come together! Microfinance has been very exciting to me and combined with the "ebay effect" of providing a vehicle for many to many communication.
BAMN! Now we have change made possible in new ways....
BusinessWeek, July 31, 2006.
"A Little Money Goes A Long Way: Using the power of social networking to help small businesses around the world"
"Friends and neighbors have been lending one another money forever, but as the Web makes virtual neighbors of strangers, Kiva, which is Swahili for 'agreement' or 'unity,' is harnessing the power of social networking to support microenterprise in the developing world." (read the story @ BW)
Check out their site for yourself!
Kiva.org - Loans that change lives
Posted by sinergi at October 9, 2006 04:58 PM