ONE OF THE BEST IDEAS EVER!!!

I'm kind of blown away by what I have to share today. A good friend of mine a few nights ago showed me a website that could just revolutionize the world. Seriously. This is really really brilliant!

Take a deep breath, and check out KIVA.

This organization allows you to connect with small businesses somewhere in the developing world and offer interest free loans to individuals in order to invest in their business, their lives, and the lives of their community, country, and world. This is all about bridge building, sharing resources, and making a real and concrete difference. Kiva strikes me as being incredibly creative with their existing human and technology resources, organizing themselves in a new and refreshing way like nothing I've ever seen before. What if this concept grew and grew? What if one person in one country could really make a real and distinct difference in the life of one person in another country without having to donate funds to some giant organization that turned around and used your donation to send you junk mail for the rest of your life? This seems like a step in the right direction toward making an actual difference in combating the incredibly complex and horrifying reality of extreme poverty around the world.

Oh my, now if only our real selves could live up to our ideal selves just this once. Anyone out there reading this with a bit of extra funds? Here's our chance to make a tangible difference in the world.

Let's do it.

Comments

[Paul]

Thanks Josh, I've heard of microlending before and have thought what an awesome way to help the poor. Now it is feasible for us to take part. I became a lender and posted a blog about Kiva on my blog too.

[Jeremiah Fyffe]

I was looking through your previous posts and I can only think of one Josh that came to America from South Korea and has a heart as big as an ocean and can make a convincing argument for a friend to get on survivor because she is the "Best of the Best". All that to say, great to find you again JOSH (You're cute and neat)!

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