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I often heard from people that the poor need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps,” said Amihan Makayan, senior in the Hutchins program. “The reality is, in many places in the world, people do not even have boots!”
Eager to help others succeed, Makayan has created the SSU Kiva Team as her senior project and a challenge to students to reach out and help others succeed.
“I think it’s really great and easy to loan,” said Makayan. “Any individual can review the recipients’ needs and decide if it’s something that they want to support.”
According to their website, Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website.
Based in San Francisco, the nonprofit company depends on lenders to provide loans as small as $25. Anyone can register as a lender with Kiva on their website and browse the ads of entrepreneurs around the world.
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