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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Ways to Help the Poor and Vulnerable

Do you like helping those in need, But you don't know how. Well know you do, welcome to Kiva. Kiva is the ultimate website to helping the poor and vulnerable. What Kiva does is it lets you donate money to organisations from your computer anywhere you go. Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.Kiva was born of the following beliefs:
- People are by nature generous, and will help others if given the opportunity to do so in a transparent, accountable way.
- The poor are highly motivated and can be very successful when given an opportunity.
- By connecting people we can create relationships beyond financial transactions, and build a global community expressing support and encouragement of one another.
These are just a few ways we can promote our help to the poor and vulnerable. For more information to help those in need go to:
http://www.kiva.org/
Just a few donations can make a giant change in our world.

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