A loan of $2,650 helps a member to pay for improved seed, organic inputs, and tractor rental, which will allow her to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.
I started making KIVA micro-loans ($25. each) through a post I saw on Tumblr in 2009. By recycling the money that's returned to me from these loans, and adding a little more every now and again, I've now funded close to $5000 USD across 200 loans around the world in 10 years. Join me? I invest primarily in women in developing countries, because it’s harder from them to get loans. I have almost never had a loan default, and if it has it’s generally for a very good reason, and even then I only lose a port of the $25. I invested, which is no big whoop for me. Check it out. Kiva.org. There’s a Tumblr team too.
