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Support developing-world communities

Written by Felix on October 30th, 2008


Sponsoring a child is another nice way of connecting people with people. The following points have convinced us to take part in the activities of Plan International:

  • our daughters establish a relationship with a child in a totally different part of the world (Assitan lives in Mali – a fantastic country that I got to know back in 1997)
  • the funds benefit the whole community in which the child lives
  • Plan is a transparent organization
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Support developing-world enterpreneurs

Written by Felix on October 27th, 2008

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Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. Kiva connects enterpreneurs who would like to fund investments with lenders like you and me. Kiva’s loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this. Kiva makes not an extensive use of social networks features up to now.

 

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