I was taking the bus back from Tsawwassen at midnight the other day and had a great conversation with the driver. He told me about this website (kiva.org) that gets involved in micro-credit loans. Maybe you all are aware of these sites but I had never come across one.
It is really easy to use and you can specify where you want your loans to go. Maybe you only want to help women in Sierra Leone who work in the sustainable agricultural industry or men in Cambodia who want to start a bike repair shop- chances are they have someone! Many of the countries we are studying are involved in this.
I thought this was a great thing to help people in these areas when one becomes a bit disillusioned with the more “macro” approaches to post-conflict studies.
The cool thing with this is you can get your money back (not guaranteed) and potentially to use that money to help people for years to come. I believe they also accept team donations if anyone is interested in chipping in $25 or so each.
http://www.kiva.org/
neat stuff
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