Weihnachten: Kiva Card
Weihnachten und Kiva sind eine ideale Kombination: nachhaltig, direkt, fair helfen und sinnvoll schenken; http://eicker.at/WK
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Gerrit Eicker
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Gerrit Eicker
Microborrowers and Interests
Marchant, Kiva Fellow: For economic and ethical reasons microborrowers should pay interests; http://j.mp/bua3Sr
Gerrit Eicker
Poverty
Who is poor? How do you define poverty? Weinstein, a Kiva Fellow, tries his best; http://j.mp/DefiningPoverty
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The Kiva Lender and Borrower Connection
Lowe on the Kiva cycle: A lender ties the fate of hir money to the ability of the borrower to repay; http://j.mp/4xQsEr
Gerrit Eicker
Kiva Fellows
Was sind eigentlich Kiva Fellows? Eine grundlegende Einführung findet sich bei Gartentechnik.de; http://cli.gs/57Jhjp
Gerrit Eicker
How Kiva Works: A Case Study Video
Follow the path of a $25 Kiva-loan from London to Preak Tamao village, Cambodia; http://cli.gs/kiva-video
Lowe: “There’s been a bit of an ongoing debate about whether or not Kiva is what it seems. … A Kiva lender and borrower are connected because: The lender ties the fate of hir money to the borrower’s ability to repay. In other words, if Wayan Puspa in Bali gets a bad harvest, Bob Smith in Idaho won’t get his $25 back. This is why Bob gets updates on Wayan’s business – because Bob has effectively invested his money in Wayan’s business. … At the end of the day, you’re still investing your money in someone else’s livelihood. I think of it like swiping my credit card to pay for something. I’m still liable to pay for it, even though the details are complex and no money will leave my account for another 30 days. Kiva has channeled $100m in funds to microentrepreneurs in only 4 years. There’s no way that would be possible without working with their MFI field partners, and without operational abstractions that strike a difficult balance between creating a personalized user experience and maximizing efficiency.”