Comments on: Has poverty been solved? http://www.simpleandloveable.com/has-poverty-been-solved How to make Simple and Loveable businesses Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nat http://www.simpleandloveable.com/has-poverty-been-solved/comment-page-1#comment-7462 Nat Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:41:55 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/?p=945#comment-7462 I think it is because the third parties they work with need to do all their work first before listing people and I think these days there are just so many people lending, that one group cannot keep up with another. It would be interesting to know how many people make voluntary donations to Kiva and whether or not them taking a small fee (i.e 5% like Givealittle) would enable them to become more efficient. I don't think anyone would be against paying to cover the costs of running the website - given the costs of running most non profits! I think it is because the third parties they work with need to do all their work first before listing people and I think these days there are just so many people lending, that one group cannot keep up with another.

It would be interesting to know how many people make voluntary donations to Kiva and whether or not them taking a small fee (i.e 5% like Givealittle) would enable them to become more efficient.

I don’t think anyone would be against paying to cover the costs of running the website – given the costs of running most non profits!

]]> By: Liv http://www.simpleandloveable.com/has-poverty-been-solved/comment-page-1#comment-7461 Liv Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:22:43 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/?p=945#comment-7461 This is weird. And you're not the first to notice, I've seen a few tweets saying the same thing. I'm surprised they haven't put up anything on their site to explain the lack of projects. Hope it picks up again soon! This is weird. And you’re not the first to notice, I’ve seen a few tweets saying the same thing. I’m surprised they haven’t put up anything on their site to explain the lack of projects. Hope it picks up again soon!

]]> By: Claire http://www.simpleandloveable.com/has-poverty-been-solved/comment-page-1#comment-7460 Claire Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:25:43 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/?p=945#comment-7460 So interesting that you posted this now. In my Ethical Leadership class we were challenged to come up with the best way to invest $20 that our prof was donating. I won by offering up Kiva, due to the sustainability of the loan, the ripple effect of the loan, and the dignity with which it is done. I wound up collecting $108 from the rest of the class and have been trying to find lendees to donate to. Sounds selfish, but it's embarrassing to get everyone excited to donate and help and then go online and find that there are only a few people to donate to. It doesn't make sense considering who many poor people there are. Maybe Kiva hasn't been getting enough donations towards their administrative fees? That could perhaps be affecting their outreach programs and relationships with other micro-lenders. So interesting that you posted this now. In my Ethical Leadership class we were challenged to come up with the best way to invest $20 that our prof was donating. I won by offering up Kiva, due to the sustainability of the loan, the ripple effect of the loan, and the dignity with which it is done.
I wound up collecting $108 from the rest of the class and have been trying to find lendees to donate to. Sounds selfish, but it’s embarrassing to get everyone excited to donate and help and then go online and find that there are only a few people to donate to. It doesn’t make sense considering who many poor people there are.
Maybe Kiva hasn’t been getting enough donations towards their administrative fees? That could perhaps be affecting their outreach programs and relationships with other micro-lenders.

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