Kiva has achieved the third place in the American Express Members project vote (see earlier coverage “Kiva celebrates 3rd bithday“) and wins a 300,000 US$ grant. In a “Thank you” post Lyndsey Erikson, Kiva writes:
This grant money will help Kiva to enable $6 million in loans to an additional 12,000 developing world entrepreneurs over the [...]
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Kiva wins 300,000 US$ grant
October 16th, 2008 — , Kiva, US, american express, grant, lyndsey erikson from wiseclerk @ P2P-Banking.com

