http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/kiva-is-no-island.html Leadership Organization Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:05:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/kiva-is-no-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-99 chris wignall Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:49:19 +0000 http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/?p=850#comment-99 This is true, thanks Mark. Opportunity's many international partners include several Kiva-supported organizations. It actually adds another interesting loop because funds donated to Opportunity Canada aren't loaned out by Opportunity Canada but by partners in other countries like Opportunity Colombia. None of this diminishes the power of microfinance in the slightest, but it is good for donors to understand how it all works. An excellent and simple summary video is available from our friends at Macro for Micro (http://www.macroformicro.com/microfinance); a small group of ambitious young Canadians who are riding bikes across Australia to raise funds and awareness for microfinance. Check them out and be sure to sign up for their weekly updates. This is true, thanks Mark. Opportunity’s many international partners include several Kiva-supported organizations.
It actually adds another interesting loop because funds donated to Opportunity Canada aren’t loaned out by Opportunity Canada but by partners in other countries like Opportunity Colombia.
None of this diminishes the power of microfinance in the slightest, but it is good for donors to understand how it all works. An excellent and simple summary video is available from our friends at Macro for Micro (http://www.macroformicro.com/microfinance); a small group of ambitious young Canadians who are riding bikes across Australia to raise funds and awareness for microfinance. Check them out and be sure to sign up for their weekly updates.

]]> http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/kiva-is-no-island.html/comment-page-1#comment-98 Mark Petersen Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:25:11 +0000 http://www.catalystfoundation.ca/?p=850#comment-98 I have heard that Kiva channels its internet-raised funds to Opportunity Intl clients among others, and is proud to partner with OI. I have heard that Kiva channels its internet-raised funds to Opportunity Intl clients among others, and is proud to partner with OI.

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