Project for Awesome 2009: Kiva.org

"Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, you feed him for life." - unknown

Music by pyroguy_37

My submission for the Project for Awesome! I was thinking and thinking about my charity of choice. I've always been a supporter of Kiva and the concept. I chose this one because it is accessible to all, and can be appealing to many different people. I truly believe that the only way to make the world a better place is to 'help people help themselves'. Community involved sustainable development is the only way to truly help a community, not by going in and imposing values and structures that won't work or sustain themselves.

Go to http://www.kiva.org

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• kiva.org
• p4a
• project for awesome
• project
• awesome
• charity
• investment
• development
• sustainable

[jharsika]

I just noticed that someone did Kiva last year (you can see it in related videos)

[mushacles]

what an incredibly simple yet effective idea. I'd never heard of Kiva before but I like the concept.

[jharsika]

Yeah it is simple and effective. This is just the basics though, I encourage you to read up some more on it!

[nddulac]

Awesome! Microloans are great - and they work!

[jharsika]

definitely!

[jharsika]

this will probably be the day where I get the most views ever haha...

[3eternity3]

DFTBA!

[xcatshirx]

KIVA FTW. 

[thecoloroffamily]

I LOVE microloans! DFTBA great video.

[CallidoraLBlack]

DFTBA :o)

[CallidoraLBlack]

Kiva is doing such good to help so many people around the world.

[theaussieninja]

DFTBA!!

[macandbunny]

Kiva have been reinvesting the my seed money for years, it's the gift that keeps on giving!

[EvieGurl6]

DFTBA!!

[tammyforjc]

DFTBA !!!!

[anonymouschic]

dftba. commenting for awesome. p4a. winkitty, squared. KIVA! Thanks for promoting this charity!