St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church

Posted: April 20

Hello everyone! This is Kate speaking. I just created a Kiva team page for St. Elizabeth. Kiva is a non-profit that serves as a platform for individuals to give microloans to entrepreneurs who may not have access to traditional banking systems (learn more here: http://www.kiva.org/about). Basically, you sign in with your PayPal account and lend a minimum of $25 dollars to a borrower of your choice in any industry. For example, I've given a loan to a farmer named Abdujalil from Tajikistan to buy nets for his onions, a loan to a communal bank of women in Trinidad that went to buy school supplies and livestock, a loan to an upholsterer named Ayman from Lebanon to expand his business, and currently have a loan out to a Kenyan woman named Lilian to get her Bachelor of Science in Informatics. It's a very cool organization and an extremely easy way to practice radical hospitality! :) By working together as a team, we can track both our total loans and our total amount loaned as a church and community. To join the Saint Elizabeth team, just click the link below and follow the sign-up process: http://www.kiva.org/invitedto/saintelizabeth/by/katebd

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Make a loan to an entrepreneur across the globe for as little as $25. Kiva is the world's first online lending platform connecting online lenders to entrepreneurs across the globe.