Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.Â
The Jenkintown Kiva Microcredit Club is a student-run organization that meets approximately once per month to select recipients for new loans, and to raise awareness of the need for microfinance, and to raise funds to accomplish this mission.