Kiva: Loans that Change Lives
globalization
The NY Times's N. Kristof writes: "For those readers who ask me what they can do to help fight poverty, one option is to sit down at your computer and become a microfinancier. [...] I did this through www.kiva.org, a Web site that provides information about entrepreneurs in poor countries — their photos, loan proposals and credit history — and allows people to make direct loans to them."