Those of you still pondering what to give mom for mother's day have a great option through Kiva. Kiva is a micro-lending website that allows you to designate an amount of your choosing and offer a loan to an individual in the developing world who needs assistance in an entrepreneurial endeavor. Tyler and I have helped a single mother with her chickens in Cambodia and a another woman begin a cell phone business in Nigeria (pictured above). It's cool. Once the recipient of the loan has repaid the amount, you can either choose to recollect your funds or circulate them back out to another business person.
The Mother's Day gift works by you giving a gift certificate to your mom for the prepaid amount. Then your mom gets to choose who and what to donate the money to. It's a really neat way to give a gift in a meaningful way.
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It also makes a nice gift on other special occasions!
I like the idea of LOANING the money not because I don't like charity but because then I can reuse my small loan over and over to help many people through the years.
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