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Matt & Jessica Flannery - Kiva.org
They launched Kiva, the online micro-lending venture. They tell you why. And how!
Watch Matt as he explains how he made the decision to quit his Silicon Valley job and work full time for Kiva. And listen to Jessica as she describes her pre-marital problems, which actually led to Kiva’s birth!
(Don't forget to read Matt's blog on Social Edge. Here are a few pictures of Matt, here and there...)
2017
And just think how all those people in today's so-called "developing" world will have helped us!! I like the vision!! Keep it up, friends!!!!!
Inspiring
Matt & Jessica, you are doing great work and you are a tremendous inspiration to people like me. I am a registered member of KIVA but noticed that Zimbabwe is not on your list of countries. It is a country in a hyperinflationary economy but also one which is full of dedicated & driven informal entrepreneurs. I have just returned from a visit and one of my small scale bag makers asked me to leave him some money to enable him to purchase materials to grow his business. How can such a program be extended to hyperinflationary economies such as Zimbabwe? Does anyone know the answer?
pre-marital problems