Jan

2

Kiva and the holidays

January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Kiva had record traffic over the holidays. As I was home for the holidays, I volunteered for several shifts. As quickly as loans were translated they were moved to the live side of things. Millions of dollars came through to the budding entrepreneurs in developing nations. Volunteering to translate is interesting – I’ve translated loans [...]

Oct

12

Kiva update

October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Tonight I translated 16 microloans at Kiva – whew! I think one of the funnest things about translating at Kiva is the variety of vocabulary. Tonight I translated about embroidery, radiators, grocery stores, and chickens.
It could be interesting for a world language class to adopt an entrepreneur…

Sep

12

Volunteering at Kiva

September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Ever hear of Kiva? Kiva lets you select entrepreneurs in developing nations and contribute a loan to that person through financial partner organizations. Basically, it works like this:

Pretty cool! Creating that connection by personalizing the loans. I admit, I have few loans out – and it is very addicting to want to help [...]