The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: microloans

  • Let Your Riches Flow

    You can make a huge difference without really sacrificing at all.

  • The Best Part of Philanthropy

    There really are a lot of people who want to do good.

  • On Having an Impact

    It’s validation. It’s uplifting.

  • Just Trying to Get By in Azerbaijan

    I am a huge supporter of Kiva.org. Through the years I’ve made 54 microloans of 25 dollars each to women in 44 countries, and I’m thrilled to say they’ve always paid me back. While loan defaults have been known to happen, Kiva’s default rate is amazingly low. (I think I did lose about 10 cents…

  • Jessica Jackley: The Most Amazing Woman You’ve Never Met

    I was looking around for amazing people to include in a future blog entry, and I thought to myself, “I wonder who founded Kiva.org? For those of you who have never heard of this wonderful organization, Kiva provides microloans to people all over the world and in turn gets those funds from people all over…