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ORG Impact Awards Highlight Worldwide Achievement

The NonProfit Times

Community Building – Kiva Award: $10,000 Kiva is an international nonprofit that expands financial access to help underserved communities thrive. By connecting people through crowdfunded loans, Kiva supports business owners, farmers, students, and social enterprises with the funding they need to thrive.

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I just made an educational microloan!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Kushal described Vittana as "Kiva for educational loans." Every student so far that has posted a loan need has had willing lenders snap up the offering quickly (in under 30 hours over the weekend). Kushal's challenge is actually finding more microcredit institutions in the developing world with qualified students who need loans.

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Social Media for Nonprofits SF Conference Recap

Tech Soup

It was a broad gathering including everyone from consultants to students to startups – and nonprofits ranging from the San Francisco Bay Area focused Stride Center to the global fundraising platform Kiva.org. These events are fiscally sponsored by NTEN and Microsoft and TechSoup is a partner in helping support the event.

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Best Internet Marketing for a Cause 2006

Have Fun - Do Good

Among the videos up right now is footage of police dispersing student protestors in China, UCLA police using a taser gun on a student in a library, and video shot by journalist Brad Will during the protests in Oaxaca, right before he was killed. You can watch a 16-minute documentary about Kiva on the FRONTLINE World web site.

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Blog Action Day: Can One Person Make A Difference? Challenging Poverty With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project started by a college student named Shawn whose wants to make the world a better place one small personal action at a time.   We can end extreme poverty - but I have to tell the students the bad news: it???s   For my part, I'm loaning $25 to Prom Pha l, a Cambodian woman, via Kiva

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miramichileader.com - School, Kinsmen helping in developing countries

AFP Blog

miramichileader.com - School, Kinsmen helping in developing countries: "A non-profit group, Kiva (Swahili for 'agreement' or 'unity') is the world's first and perhaps only online 'micro-lending' organization, meaning participants in the group loan small amounts of money to selected entrepreneurs.James M.

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Kiva connects individuals with unique small businesses in the developing world, and helps to orchestrate a one-on-one micro-loan.