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Kiva.Org: The Unchartity

You should consider "giving" to Kiva.org.  It's not a charity.  Rather, it's a program that does everything that the United States welfare system does not do: Encourages the poor to do something other than bilk taxpayers.  You can check the site out here. Here is a longer explanation of the organization (provided to me via e-mail):Hi!I just made a loan to someone in the developing world using a revolutionary new website called Kiva (www.kiva.org).You can go to Kiva's website and lend to someone in the developing world who needs a loan for their business - like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks.  Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent - and you get updates letting you know how the entrepreneur is going...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).