| By Jim Bruene on December 11, 2007 9:20 PM | Comments (0) |
Instead of giving yet another gift card, how about making a difference for someone 5,000 miles away? The biggest online microfinance lender, Kiva, with $12 million loaned to date, offers gift certificates (here) as does Danish microfinance startup, MyC4, that just launched its public beta in September and offers microloan gift certificates (here).
The recipient of the gift certificate logs in and chooses an entrepreneur to assist. For example, the inset is from a listing for a Cambodian village looking to Kiva for $600 to purchase a second cow and a motorbike trailer.
For your kids, it's a great lesson in business, demonstrating how a small amount of capital can make a huge difference in someone's life. And it's a gift that keeps on giving. As the loan is repaid, it can be lent back out to someone else.
Kiva Gift Certificate
MyC4 Gift Certificate
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