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Microlending is a new idea, and the internet has put it in the hand of anyone with an internet connection. Learn what microlending is and how you can make a difference.

Most people think of microfinance as a financial tool that helps the developing world. Now the San Francisco charity Kiva includes microloans to American entrepreneurs.

Kiva.org is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website. It allows anyone to make a small loan to someone in the developing world to alleviate poverty.

Microfinance is big business and a social phenomenon. Kiva.org empowers individuals to lend directly to entrepreneurs across the globe.

Nonprofits are more similar to for-profits than different but what really distinguishes them is mission and accountability to remain tax-exempt.

Kiva allows any individual to make a small loan to help a new business in a developing country. You can help reduce poverty, one person at a time.

Teens can learn so much through the Kiva microfinance organisation. It's an online set-up to allow lenders to support people in the developing world.

Pratt Institute in the Big Apple is one of the best art schools in the country. How is Pratt involved in the community?