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Send Gifts to Bangladesh — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:01:04 -0400

This seems like a great idea. How legitimate is it and do the people on the receiving end actually get their money? These programs can be very worthwhile, but I as most am a bit skeptical...

Give the Gift of Microloans - Kiva.org Announces Gift Certificate Program (Press Release)

Abigail Keene-Babcock — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:23:07 -0500

November 13, 2007 - 12:00, EarthTimes.org

Kiva.org Gift Certificates Pay It Forward... and Back Again

Story Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,222442.shtml

Teaser:
This year, give someone the opportunity to truly change the life of a person living in poverty in the developing world. Kiva.org, the world's first microlending website, lets individuals purchase gift certificates for friends and family, allowing them to make a loan directly to a developing world entrepreneur.

"A Kiva.org gift certificate is much more than a gift -- it's the start of a very positive cycle of loaning to a deserving entrepreneur, getting paid back and loaning again," said Matt Flannery, CEO and Co-Founder of Kiva.org.

This year, give someone the opportunity to truly change the life of a person living in poverty in the developing world. Kiva.org, the world's first microlending website, lets individuals purchase gift certificates for friends and family, allowing them to make a loan directly to a developing world entrepreneur.

"A Kiva.org gift certificate is much more than a gift -- it's the start of a very positive cycle of loaning to a deserving entrepreneur, getting paid back and loaning again," said Matt Flannery, CEO and Co-Founder of Kiva.org. "We have seen so many lives changed by what we might consider a tiny loan in this country." President Clinton, who features Kiva.org in his new book, "Giving," said, "Through Kiva.org, people around the world can become micro-bankers to developing world entrepreneurs, who have their own ideas, so we can give them a chance to raise their kids with dignity, send their kids to school, and in troubled places like Afghanistan we can marginally increase the chance that peace can prevail, because people will see there is a positive alternative to conflict."

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Give the Gift of Microloans - Kiva.org Announces Gift Certificate Program (Press Release)