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February 2008 
Kiva Supporting Animal Cruelty?
Posted on Feb 15th, 2008
by 
aphiemi
aphiemi
Kiva is an organization that connects entrepreneurs in developing nations with people who want to "sponsor" them by giving them a "loan." At Kiva people like you and me can choose specific people starting or gowing their small business to lend money to...and the result is helping them achieve economic independence.
Last year I made my first small microloan of a mere $25 to someone I found on Kiva. I was excited to read of her progress in reports that she was being able to pay back her loan and recently she was able to make her last payment! It's exciting to help someone help their business grow...to be able to give someone a hand up rather than just a handout.
When the full amount of her loan was repaid the $25 was sent back to me to either lend it out to another person who could use a loan, donate it to Kiva, or put back into my bank account. I'd love to help out another person, so today I began looking for another person to lend to.
But to my surprise found that one of the requested loans was to help someone's cockfighting business.
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=36187
I understand that it is a common in Peru and other countries, but that does not make it right and I am saddened to see it being supported on Kiva. If the loan were for them to help get out of that business that would be great, but that does not seem to be the case.
Here is a short article about cockfighting http://www.downbound.com/Cockfighting_s/425.htm
I still support Kiva and all the good that it does. I will still help make a microloan to someone through Kiva. But I would hope that Kiva would reconsider supporting loans to businesses engaging in animal cruelty.
Last year I made my first small microloan of a mere $25 to someone I found on Kiva. I was excited to read of her progress in reports that she was being able to pay back her loan and recently she was able to make her last payment! It's exciting to help someone help their business grow...to be able to give someone a hand up rather than just a handout.
When the full amount of her loan was repaid the $25 was sent back to me to either lend it out to another person who could use a loan, donate it to Kiva, or put back into my bank account. I'd love to help out another person, so today I began looking for another person to lend to.
But to my surprise found that one of the requested loans was to help someone's cockfighting business.
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=36187
I understand that it is a common in Peru and other countries, but that does not make it right and I am saddened to see it being supported on Kiva. If the loan were for them to help get out of that business that would be great, but that does not seem to be the case.
Here is a short article about cockfighting http://www.downbound.com/Cockfighting_s/425.htm
I still support Kiva and all the good that it does. I will still help make a microloan to someone through Kiva. But I would hope that Kiva would reconsider supporting loans to businesses engaging in animal cruelty.
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