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1. Microfinance This is a way to help people in need. Learn how to invest in businesses in the third world for a long term benefit for both them and you. Actually, you could get more than your money back in interest. Microfinance - or microlending - is a way for pe...
2. Kiva - Loans That Change Lives Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through loans for the sake of alleviating global poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as US$25 t...
3. MicroFinance "Where once the poor were commonly seen as passive victims, microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge. And while the lack of financial services is a sign of poverty, today it is also understood as an u...
4. Tips to Help Your Prosper.com Loan Get Funded Prosper.com is a revolutionary new way to borrow money. Person to Person (P2P) lending has arrived on the internet and regular people like you and me can now loan money directly to one another via a secure and community based online marketplace. Th...
5. The Man Who Created Microfinance I have a tremendous admiration for Professor Yunus, "the banker of the poor". Actually he is on my list of heroes along with Dr.Paul Farmer. Dr. Yunus was born in 1940 in Bangladesh. He came from a large family of 14 children. His parents were well...
6. Queen Rania Al Abdullah Her Majesty Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan is famous around the world for her beauty and her philanthropic work.
7. Microfinance - Empowering the world's poorest people Microfinance is often considered one of the most effective, flexible, and sustainable strategies in the fight against global poverty. Microfinance consists of making small loans, usually less than $200, to individuals, usually women, to establish or e...
8. Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus is a banker -and he is a banker with foresight and great social conscience. If you have heared of micro loans and Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, then you know already a little about this great man. Muhammad Yunus has received the 2006 Nob...
9. Kiva.org Microfinance - Help an Entrepreneur Escape Poverty by Starting a Business How would you like to be a part of a cool non-profit that is doing great things?  If so then, Kiva is for you. Kiva.org allows individuals to make $25 loans to low-income entrepreneurs in the developing world (microfinance). By doing so, individu...
10. Kiva- My Absolute Favorite Charity I discovered Kiva.org almost one year ago through in article in Glamour magazine. I looked it up that day and made my first loan within an hour. Kiva is a revolutionary new website that lets you make loans as little as $25 to people in developing cou...
11. The Shurush Initiative The Shurush Initiative is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization using small loans and business training to improve the economic situation in the Middle East, while also establishing business relationships between Arab and Jewish entrepreneurs. Shurush,...
12. Top 20 microphilanthropy sites As part of Charity CHAMPS I have done a lot of research on microphilanthropy sites that allow you to do good with very little. Practically everything that you do online, from shopping to sending email and doing web searches, can be done on sites (or...
13. Human Race Embrace: Nobel Peace Prize Winners What is in a name and do people live up to their names? In my culture naming a child is considered very important and some people believe that the name you give your child determines what type of life they will have and how important they will be in...
14. Grameen Bank of Bangladesh Grameen Bank was started in 1976 by a young economics professor, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, when he discovered that poor women could break through poverty by taking tiny loans to start or expand tiny businesses. He launched his concept, microfinance, with t...
15. Grameen Foundation We're a nonprofit organization that uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans (around US$100), financial services and technology, we help the poor, mostl...
16. Unitus: Empowering Women There are nearly 3 billion people living in extreme poverty around the world; 70% of the world’s poorest are women and children. Limited schooling and lack of appropriate health education are just some of the chronic issues that are strongly co...
17. Giving Without Expecting Anything in Return Love to Give
18. How To Make The World A Better Place Ned.com is a global, all-volunteer, member-governed, online social network (in combination with real-world locations) that is made up of social entrepreneurs, activists, artists, social purpose enterprises, grassroots nonprofit, non-governmental, and...
19. Best Boots: These Ain't Yer Granny's Galoshes! Looking for some serious Outdoor Footwear? How about some Winter Boots to keep your feet warm and cozy with superb traction in icy conditions?   Maybe some Gardening Boots for mucking around in the mud?  Or some Rain Boots to keep your...
20. A Theory on Development Economics helps to explain everything from why grocery carts have gotten larger over past couple decades to why having more sex is safer sex! There is always a bit of economic theory behind everything. However, it does not solve every problem. Some,...