I love the concept of Kiva Lending Teams that enables Kiva lenders to band together to alleviate poverty — I like the functionality so much that I went ahead and created a Kiva Lending team for myKRO.org. If you are reading this blog, you are at least somewhat interested in helping to alleviate poverty through microfinance. That being the case, I want to recruit each and every one of you to our lending team, myKRO.org, on Kiva. Just as when you loan on your own, you still choose who to lend to — whether a baker in Afghanistan, a goat herder in Uganda, a farmer in Peru, a restaurateur in Cambodia, or a tailor in Iraq — and as they repay the loan, you get your money back. Once you’re a part of the team, you can choose to have a future loan on Kiva “count” towards our team’s impact. The loan is still yours, and repayments still come to you - but you can also choose to have the loan show up in our team’s collective portfolio!

This is just one small step, but if we all work together, we can help make alleviating poverty a reality. Click here to join the myKRO.org Lending Team.