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Kiva Calendar 2009

November 19th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Have you seen the Kiva Calendar for 2009?The calendar is greated by KivaFriends (www.kivafriends.org), a community of Kiva Lenders, and they are being sold through the Kiva Store (note: the Kiva Store is not run by Kiva.)Click here to buy your calendar…

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The global finanical crisis… and microfinance

November 17th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Many people have been asking me what the impact of the global financial crisis is, or will be, on microfinance. So, when two papers passed my desk this morning, I thought Kiva lenders might be interested in reading them too:Click here to download the …

Seth Godin has built a beard for Kiva.

November 17th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Wow!

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Wow - Kiva Lending Teams are Amazing

November 12th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Some of the Kiva Lending Teams are really amazing in the community spirit they create, and the way that they incorporate helping entrepreneurs through Kiva into an existing group - whether online or offline.Congratulations to Team Obama for hitting $10…

Check your inbox tomorrow for the November newsletter

November 6th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Make sure your check your inbox - and your spam folder! - tomorrow, the Kiva Newsletter for November will be coming your way.If you’d like to receive the newsletter but haven’t checked “Send me news from Kiva” in your Kiva Account settings, log in now …

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Kiva: a reason for the web to be invented?

October 31st, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Dr. Scott McLeod recently heard Alan November’s keynote speech at ITEC 2008, where he commented on Kiva:”If the Web needed a reason to be invented, this is it.”Check out Dr. McLeod’s notes from the speech here.

PA2: We have liftoff!

October 30th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Today the entire team gathered into the Kiva conference room to watch Kiva’s Chief Technology Officer, Sam Mankiewicz, press the magic button to release Kiva website feature “PA2″ unto the internet!If you don’t know what PA2 is, check out Roma’s blog p…

One opinion on an investment portfolio…

October 29th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Today Kiva was copied on a Letter to the Editor, sent by a Kiva Lender:Dear Editor:I have two investment portfolios. One portfolio holds my investments in American industry. It has declined in value about 25% in the last two months. My other portfoli…

Kiva in the Classroom, Kiva on Campus and Kiva and Your Faith

October 27th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

We know that many Kiva Lenders have been using Kiva as a teaching tool in the classroom, as a student activity on college campuses, and as a way to give back as guided by their faith. So, last week we added some new pages to share examples of using Ki…

Kiva joins leading microfinance investors in signing Client Protection Principles

October 23rd, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

CGAP yesterday announced that Kiva, among 32 other microfinance investors, have signed on to the Client Protection Principles:”CGAP is announcing that 33 of the world’s largest microfinance investors have signed on to the Client Protection Principles…

“Who’d have thought kiva.org would out last Lehman brothers?”

October 20th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva Lender Andres Varela let us know that he recently heard Guy Kawasaki make the above observation at Barcamp Africa in Mountain View, CA. Guy Kawaski is a long-time Kiva supporter.

Having a hard time making a loan?

September 17th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

If you’re like most Kiva Lenders, you’ve been coming back to the website most days to watch this phenomenon of an “empty site” which has been taking place over the past 10 days.If you’re not sure what’s going on, then you probably didn’t receive this m…

A Warm Welcome to the Kiva Fellows Trainees Class KF6

September 16th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Congratulations to all Kiva Fellows Trainees who have made it through the second long day of training for the KF6 Class.For those who don’t know, Kiva Fellows are volunteers who work with Kiva Field Partners for a minimum of 10 weeks (some as long as 1…

Reception for Microfinance West Conference attendees at Kiva’s Office

July 17th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

On July 14-15th, the Financial Research Associates in association with The Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (SVMN) proudly hosted the Microfinance West: The Investment Opportunity conference at the Hilton in Fishmerman’s Wharf here in San Francisco….

Global Agents for Change roll into San Francisco!

June 27th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

If you live near the highways between Vancouver and San Francisco and have seen a pack of 30 bicyclists in green heading south, chances are they were Global Agents for Change.

Global Agents for Change are a group of young professionals, university stu…

Another Successful Kiva Fellowship Training!!

June 26th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Last week, 19 energetic and dedicated Kiva Fellows descended upon our headquarters to train for their placements in the field in the coming months. The trainees were selected from an impressive pool of applicants, and they joined the Kiva Team for fou…

Kiva makes TIME’s “50 Best Websites 2008″!

June 16th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva was honored today to make TIME’s “50 Best Websites 2008″.Check out our listing!Listen to TIME’s Anita Hamilton talking about the list, and calling out Kiva as one of her favorites!

From the ground…

May 22nd, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva Fellow Drew Kinder, who has been working with BRAC Uganda, was recently visited in Uganda by his daughter, Molly. Molly wrote a fascinating blog about her experience visiting her father in Uganda and seeing microfinance first-hand. Check it out!

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Here’s a cool stat some Kiva Lenders found out….

May 22nd, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva Lenders are currently funding 2070 entrepreneurs who received Kiva loans through South Pacific Business Development.Samoa has 214,000 people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa Kiva Lenders are currently funding 1% of the people in an entire nation!

Google Zeitgeist!

May 21st, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Matt Flannery just returned from the Google Zeitgeist in the UK, where he spoke on a panel about technology, new business models and change behaviors from retail to philanthropy.Matt was surprised to hear Queen Rania quoting some Kiva stats during her …

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We Won!!

May 6th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Congratulations!!Kiva is the Webby People’sVoice Winner for Charitable Organizations / Nonprofit!!Thanks to everyone who voted for us!! It’s certainly an honor to be chosen winner by the people, especially against such stiff competition.Click here to…

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Vote for Kiva for the Webby People’s Voice Awards!

April 30th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva is up for the vote!!We’ve been nominated for a Webby People’s Voice Award in the category of Society: Charitable Organizations / Non-Profit, but the competition is tough!Vote now and help us win our first ever Webby Award!1 - go to http://pv.webby…

April 28th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

One Horizon Foundation, an international foundation supporting local initiatives, has a matching grant program to encourage loans to be made to Kiva Entrepreneurs, particularly by new Kiva Lenders!Here’s a message from Bill Kenney, One Horizon Foundati…

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Congratulations - Kiva is a Webby Awards Honoree and Nominee!

April 9th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Congratulations Kiva!We’ve been announced an Official Honoree for the Best Practices category in The 12th Annual Webby Awards, and nominated for the Charitable Organizations / Non-Profit category.We’re honored to be recognized by the Webby Awards, and …

Punch Line Comedy Club is Changing The World - One Laugh At A Time

March 20th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Come to the Punch Line Comedy Club in San Francisco Monday night to see the hilarious Yayne Abeba, Clark Taylor, Nico Santos, Ali Wong and more.Tickets proceeds from this show benefit Kiva.org - what better way to feel good (and start the work week.)Sh…

CA First Lady Maria Shriver visits Kiva!

March 12th, 2008 — from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Guess who dropped by the office yesterday?None other than CA First Lady Maria Shriver, who came by to visit and say “Hi” to the Kiva team! Maria was in town to launch WE Invest, a Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative, in Oakland. We were really ho…

Kenyan Kiva borrower identified in Reuters news story

January 10th, 2008 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Reuters recently picked up a story published by IRIN, titled “UGANDA: More Kenyan displaced arriving at refugee centres.”A man by the name of Danson Ng’ang’a was interviewed in the story. A past Kiva Fellow noticed the interview in the article, and su…

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Don’t you think Kiva is going to make the world a better place?

January 7th, 2008 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva has been nominated for “Most likely to make the world a better place” in the 2007 Crunchies, a collaboration project between GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb, VentureBeat and TechCrunch which recognizes the most compelling startups, internet and technology i…

Kiva.org on The Today Show, tomorrow!

December 26th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva.org will really be appearing on The Today Show tomorrow, December 27, between 8am and 9am in each local timezone (exact airing time not known.)The segment will include footage from John Larson’s recent trip to Africa, so be sure to tell everyone y…

Jessica Flannery appearing on The Star Jones Show today!

December 18th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Tune in to The Star Jones Show today to see a live interview with Kiva.org Co-Founder, Jessica Flannery. The show is live at 3pm Eastern, 12 noon Pacific (and everything in between) on Court TV. Jessica will be on later in the show, around 12:40pm, a…

Business Nation AGAIN! this Sunday night

December 14th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

If you tuned in yesterday morning to watch Kiva on the Today Show - we’re sorry!! Unfortunately our story was bumped due to some other stories taking higher priority - but we’re hoping it’ll be scheduled back in the programming soon. Once we find out…

Watch Kiva.org on the Today Show tomorrow!!

December 12th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Tune in to The Today Show tomorrow, Thursday December 13, to see Kiva.org - again!!!The segment will air nationwide at 7:50am Pacific time, 8:50am Mountain time, 9:50am Central time and 10:50am East Coast time.The segment will include footage from John…

Vote for Kiva!

December 7th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Don’t you think Kiva.org can help make the world a better place?If so, then vote for Kiva.org in the the 1st Annual Tech Crunchy Awards.To Vote:1. Go to http://vote.crunchies.techcrunch.com/At the bottom of the page find the category “Most likely to ma…

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Check out Kiva.org on CNBC’s “Business Nation” tonight!

December 5th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Make sure you tune in to “Business Nation” on CNBC tonight, to see a feature length piece about Kiva.org featuring correspondent John Larson (www.kiva.org/lender/john2481) who actually went to Africa to find the entrepreneurs he loaned to!!!! The foot…

A Brand You World: Global Summit 2007

November 6th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

The 2007 Global Telesummit “A Brand You World” is launching November 8th to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Personal Branding.A Brand You World has partnered with Kiva.org and there will be interviews with Kiva community members - including staff and…

A Letter to Kiva Lenders

October 31st, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Dear Kiva Lenders:Just one year ago the Kiva staff (there were fewer of us then!) were gathered in our one-room office in an old warehouse-turned-office-space in the Mission District of San Francisco. Some of us were in Halloween costumes, all of us w…

Don’t forget to vote!

October 22nd, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Don’t forget to vote for Matt and Jessica Flannery for CNN Heroes: Viewer’s Choice. Matt and Jessica were profiled by CNN Heroes for founding Kiva.org. Watch the video here.Voting closes Monday 10/29 at 12pm ET.

President Clinton speaks about Kiva.org at Google’s Zeitgesit event

October 18th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

President Clinton spoke about Kiva.org at Google’s Zeitgeist event last week!Transcript:15:45Question:There’s one problem which is engineering the right kind of interventions, both public and private sector interventions, to do something about global p…

Matt Flannery announced one of Smithsonian Magazines “37 Under 36″

October 17th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Matt Flannery, Kiva.org CEO, has been announced one of Smithsonian magazine’s “37 Under 36: America’s Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences”.Congratulations Matt!

The Young and the Restless support Kiva.org!!

October 16th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

The cast of The Young and the Restless will be performing “The Trial of the Catonsville 9″ at The Palm Canyon Theatre in Palm Springs, CA on January 19, 2008, and all proceeds will be donated to Kiva.org!The event is being organized by renowned actres…

Vote for Kiva.org on CNN Heroes: Viewer’s Choice

October 2nd, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

You might remember seeing Matt and Jessica Flannery profiled on CNN: Heroes back in May of this year. CNN will also be honoring heroes during a live, global broadcast in December, and are now taking votes for the Viewers Choice . Make your vote here!

President Clinton loves Kiva.org!

September 28th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

President Clinton was interviewed by Greta van Susteren of Fox News yesterday and told her all about Kiva.org! Check out the video.

Kiva.org (Brad Pitt) heats up the Clinton Global Initiative

September 27th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Michael Roston, blogging to the Huffington Post from the Clinton Global Initiative, asks if we care as much about Brad Pitt’s “Make it Right” project as we do “the use of micro-loans through Kiva.org to offer up seed capital and help the world’s poor?”…

Kiva.org is a World Summit Award 2007 winner!

September 21st, 2007 — Press from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva.org was today announced a winner of the World Summit Award 2007 for the category “e-Business”.The World Summit Award Grand Jury 2007 met on the island of Brijuni from September 1-7 bringing together eminent multimedia and e-Content experts from 32…

Kiva.org named a 2007 Tech Museum Award Laureate!

September 19th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

Kiva.org was today named one of 25 innovators from around the world to be honored by this year’s The Tech Museum Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity. Sponsored by The Tech Museum of Innovation, one of the country’s premier science and technolog…

$10 MILLION!!

August 16th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva.org

The ten millionth dollar was loaned through Kiva.org today.Our 2007 cumulative loan volume goal was $10 million. Time for some new goals!

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“Here on Earth” featuring Kiva.org today at 1pm (Pacific Time)

June 19th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Listen to Matt Flannery, Premal Shah and Kiva Lender Bill Bass interviewed on “Here on Earth” today from 1pm to 2pm (Pacific).The show will be broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio, or listen online through WPR’s Ideas Network here.

Watch Kiva.org on ABC World News Tonight!

June 5th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Kiva.org will be featured on ABC World News with Charles Gibson tonight. The story features our partner Al-Aman in Iraq, including interviews with Iraqi entrepreneurs and three Kiva Lenders.Be sure to tune in to in your local area, and tell your frien…

Kiva.org May Meetup!

May 23rd, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

We’re well overdue for a San Francisco Kiva.org Meetup, so, we thought we’d combine two great reasons to get together: welcoming Agents of Change to San Francisco and hanging out with the people that make Kiva.org happen - that includes you!!!!Agents o…

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Kiva.org is awarded $345,000 grant from Kellogg Foundation

May 21st, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Congratulations! Kiva.org has received a $345,000 grant, to be distributed over 2 years, to fund Kiva.org’s due diligence program.The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 “to help people help themselves through the practical applications of …

A message from our Field Partner in Iraq

May 17th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

We received an email today from the Chairman of our Field Partner in Iraq, Al Aman Center, which included a message to share with all Kiva Lenders:Once again on behalf of Al man and Krikuk people, I would like to express our profound appreciation to th…

Support WEdia and Kiva.org in New York this Friday!

May 16th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Are you going to be in New York this Friday, May 18th? Then support WEdia - and Kiva.org - at a guaranteed amazing time at Southpaw.WEdia is a non-profit media company committed to giving a voice to the world’s poor and marginalized populations. They…

Thanks for the “Fund Rager”!

May 15th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Kiva.org recently celebrated its second celebrity fundraiser last weekend at a sweet little soiree hosted at Entourage star Adrian Grenier’s house. Kevin Connolly (Entourage) and Willie Garson (Sex and the City) were also present, along with some of th…

San Francisco Kiva Lenders - save the date to meet Agents of Change and your local Kiva.org staff!

May 14th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

If you haven’t been following Agents of Change - you should be!Agents of Change are a Canadian non-profit group currently riding their way from Vancouver to Tijuana to raise money for Mexican entrepreneurs through Kiva.org.The 25 riders (and their supp…

First Iraqi entrepreneurs funded on Kiva.org!

May 11th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Congratulations to the first Kiva Lenders to loan to Iraq!The first nine loans to Iraqi entrepreneurs have been posted to Kiva.org, and were all funded within hours! The Kiva Field Partner in Iraq has told us how excited they were to see the loans fun…

Kiva.org San Francisco Fundraiser Tonight!

May 8th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Please join us at one SF’s hottest cocktail destinations to drink, chat, and be merry, while supporting Kiva.org!Where: The Vessel 85 Campton Place, San FranciscoWhen: Tonight! Tuesday, May 8 at 6:00pmA $10 suggested donation w…

$6 million - and a new website to celebrate!

May 7th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Kiva.org has just passed the $6 million mark (loaned) - and to celebrate we’ve released our new website design today. The differences are subtle, but we’ve added some navigational features and generally made the site look a little more snappy. Thanks…

In Remembrance of Jedidah Waigwa

May 2nd, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

We are incredibly saddened to receive news of the passing of Jedidah Waigwa (pictured above with Matt Flannery, September 2006) on Saturday, April 28th. Jedidah passed away after having a heart attack.As Executive Director of Women’s Economic Empowerm…

Second Life Meetup Today

April 30th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

Join us in Second Life today at noon for a Kiva.org meet-up.To get to the Kiva Virtual Office use this SLURL once you’re in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Merricks%20Landing%202/106/165/24Thanks to Second Life’s Linkz Marketing for building a…

Riding to Break the Cycle: 3 Days to Go!

April 27th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Fiona Ramsey @ Kiva

If you you haven’t already heard of them, Agents of Change are a Canadian non-profit cycling 2,000 miles from Vancouver, Canada to Tijuana, Mexico to raise money for Mexican entrepreneurs on Kiva.org. Currently there are 25 riders participating in the…

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