No Wasted Moves

Just received the regular email newsletter from Kiva, and saw they have included some interesting stats.

In 42 months, 472765 users have provided $66,854,835 in loan capital.

Two things struck me as pretty cool. Firstly, nearly $67 million in about three and a half years is pretty amazing.

But even better than that is that it was raised by less than half a million people – probably even less than that as they only specified Kiva users, not actually lenders. So your average Kiva user has put up about $40/year. Not really a lot to make a huge difference is it? I used to easily spend that on Starbucks on any given week.

So I’m left thinking two things. Firstly, it’s about time I put up another $25 for a loan. Secondly, I’d like to challenge you to chip in $25. Remember, this isn’t even a donation. It’s a loan that gets paid back, so there’s a very very good chance you’ll still get to spend that $25 on whatever the hell you want. Or you can recycle it and lend it to someone else.

What else did you have in mind to make the world a better place today?