If you believe in capitalism and the entrepreneurial spirit but aren’t a ruthless bastard, check out kiva.org, a site dedicated to delivering “micro loans” to burgeoning businesspeople in the developing world. Kiva’s aim is to give everyday folks who have comfortable lives but aren’t Bill Gates or Oprah an opportunity to assist those in need, in the form of a jumpstart rather than a handout. Sure there’s kind of a weird undercurrent of tossing-coins-from-the-carriage classism, but the service indisputably connects people from disparate cultures and backgrounds and helps reveal our shared humanity. That’s worth a click by itself. –JS
FIND IT AT…
www.kiva.org
www.kiva.org
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