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Sunny Friday: “A Fistful of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva Loan”

Posted by Megan Dietz • Follow me on Twitter
Friday, January 23, 2009

This week we focused on how we can move from where we are to where we want to be, an integral worldview that allows us to harvest the wisdom of culture and history.

  • Monday we talked about what that integral worldview is about, and how we can embrace it.
  • Tuesday we celebrated our new President’s inauguration and launched 11 Questions, a new feature in which you, gentle reader, tell us about the worldchanging projects you’re working on, and we share your story on the site.
  • Wednesday we looked at Microserfs, and how, out of the detrius of pop culture, its characters managed to construct family and purpose.
  • Thursday we dove into some good news on the environmental and activism fronts.

Today I’d like to share this video on Kiva, the microlending network which allows folks like you and me to lend money to entrepreneurs in developing countries. This video follows one $25 loan from where it’s lent in London to where it is used and repaid in Cambodia. Kiva’s huge success comes from empowering lenders to help in small chunks that add up to big change in the lendees’ lives.


A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.org Loan from Kieran Ball on Vimeo.

Do you see any opportunities to do good in small but impactful ways in your corner of the world? Let us know in the comments.

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