To celebrate International Women's Day, microlending non-profit Kiva is seeking to change the lives of 10,000 women around the world — here's how you can get involved!
Kiva connects people around the world who need a helping hand with people like us, who typically have $25 to spare now and again. These micro-loans help women all over the world start businesses, go to school, and create sustainable sources of income for themselves and their families. Once they repay your loan — and 96.9 percent of Kiva's loans are repaid in full — you can use that money again to empower another woman. Today only, when you make a loan to a woman, you'll receive a $25 credit to make another loan and double your impact.
Communities do better when women control more money
Money is powerful in the hands of women. There's a surprising amount of data supporting the idea that communities in developing nations do far better when women hold more control of financial assets, spending more of their money on items and services that give back to their families and communities.
Empower women to help themselves
Microlending means you're not paying to give someone a singular meal or pair of shoes — you're providing them with a means to afford those meals, shoes, education, healthcare, and all the other things that should be basic human rights but are denied to so many.
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