A friend and I recently lent money to an Azerbaijani fruit seller who needs to renovate her fruit stand to better her sales. We were able to make this loan through a website called kiva.org which acts as a catalogue of entrepreneurs in developing nations who need some funds to get their businesses going. As they are able, the recipients of the loan repay the lenders. Your money is handled by credible micro-lending organizations that operate in those entrepreneurs' regions, and they have a great record of getting your money back to you. And once you are repaid, you can go head and lend the money to someone else!
Talk about an amazingly easy and cool way to help those that are struggling. I do think that real service requires sacrifice, but here is something that anyone can do, in addition to other giving, that is no real sacrifice at all because your own funds keep coming back to you after your sponsored entrepreneur has accomplished their goal.
So click on the Kiva link and start browsing! Trust me, it's super exciting :)
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