One of the most crucial components to a quality life is “security” and that spans through a lot of areas of a person's existence. Being physically secure is no doubt the most important - frankly one we

Hello Hive! It’s this time of the month when I do a regular loan on Kiva.org. This time I chose to support Wachiraporn in Thailand, who needed support to buy cows to breed, hay bales, vitamins for fattening

During the week leading towards the International Women’s Day Kiva.org ran a campaign to help fund loans to 10,000 women entrepreneurs around the world. Every month I make a new loan on Kiva and March

As I was sitting on the train to the airport before flying to SteemFest2 in Lisbon last Wednesday, I realised I hadn’t made my regular monthly loan on Kiva.org. I try to lend once a month, usually on the

Best Rates Ever Dear Steemians , The above picture shows the current APR for BTC for 60 days. Never in my lifetime, have I seen a traditional brick and mortar bank offer such rates. Existing loan function

November 2011 I started making loans of $25 around the world to assist people by improving or starting businesses. I loan because: My grandfathers gave everything away they had and/or they where willing

Hello my Steemian friends, I wanted to update you on the state of Team Steemit on Kiva.org and tell you about the latest loan I gave on behalf of the team, using SBD earnings that my posts make here on

In my last post about Kiva and Team Steemit on Kiva.org I made a pledge to put the entire SBD payout from that post towards my next loan on Kiva. Well, promises made, promises kept: This loan will help

Hello friends! Today I want to share with you my joy over the fact that my favourite microlending online platform working on poverty alleviation around the world, Kiva.org, is very close to a staggering

Ask us if you want to know more about funding for welfare projects in the developing countries. We believe that improve the situations through support and micro credit to ambitious people is a large part

Hello everyone! I am happy to share that our Steemit Team on Kiva is growing steadily. We have got four members already, but we want to be many more! I usually help to fund one loan per month, around the

Hello all! I hope you all are doing fine, whether you recognise any end-of-December holidays or not, and whether you celebrate any of them or not. I also hope that you didn’t let yourself be affected by

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having a great Tuesday today! A fellow Steemian, @stephen-somers, has written an excellent series of posts about Kiva.org and his experience on that platform. Here’s links

I am a Kiva Fellow serving in Tajikistan. It means I volunteer with Kiva.org to support its local partner organisations in the country and ensure the connection between Kiva’s lenders and borrowers. It