What if you needed some money, but the bank wasn't willing to give you a loan?

What if, where you lived, there wasn't even a bank?

Kiva uses the power of people and the internet to connect those with financial resources to those in need of a helping hand to alleviate poverty.

To get involved, click the Kiva logo above and browse around the website.

Current Loans

The short:

I teamed up with a few other Kiva supporters to loan a woman in Honduras 800 USD to build her business making a dessert sauce.

The details:

Matilde, age 60, has four children (two girls and two boys). She is in a common-law marriage, and she lives in the Tulian community in the Omoa municipality.

She previously worked as a housekeeper in a hotel. For over four years she has been making "dulce de leche" (a thick, creamy, caramel-like milk-based sauce or spread) in different forms and shapes. She says that she started her business activity with financial resources from a loan. She now develops her product with help from her husband, and she hires three people full time as much for production as for commercialization.

She has had loan experience, and she is now requesting a loan for 15,000 lempiras. She will use the loan to buy ingredients to make the sweets. She hopes to achieve financial stability for her family.

The short:

I teamed up with a few other Kiva supporters to loan a Nicaraguan farmer 875USD to purchase a supplies to keep his crops growing.

The details:

Oscar is very satisfied with the support Kiva provides. Thanks to his previous loan he was able to improve his pineapple crops with high-quality production, make his payments on time and purchase 50 quarry stones to make improvement to his humble home. Now he plans to use this loan to purchase necessary supplies and fertilizers to maintain his crops, since he doesn't have the necessary resources to invest on his own.