kiva.

My brother gave me a gift certificate to kiva for my birthday. It arrived the day I was going on vacation for two weeks, so it took me a little longer than usual to check it out. I spent a good deal of time surfing around tonight, and it's really neat! Basically, you scan profiles, and pick a small business owner in a developing country to loan money to. They use this money to build their business, and repay the loan within a certain time frame. You can also check out their journal entries to see how they're using the money. Then you can pick another person and loan the money all over again! I have a few people I'm deciding between so far. I'll let you know when I choose.