Kiva: A verb

I have given money to several charities over the years, but one of my favorite non-profits actually doesn’t require donations — but you are still able to help those in need.

If you haven’t heard of Kiva, it’s an awesome concept: making small loans to teeny businesses in very underprivileged parts of the world.

I’m such a fan, I wrote a sort of Kiva primer for SheKnows:

Make a difference right from home
I have helped buy cows in Azerbaijan, food in the Dominican Republic, clothing in Kenya and fund construction in Mexico. But I’m not an aid worker or missionary, and I haven’t been to a single one of these countries. How, then? Well, I’m a sort of modern-day armchair lender: a web-based microlender.

Read the whole article here — and here is a really sweet review on the piece. <blush>