Comments on: Microloans as stocking stuffers: Kiva gift certificates help artists and fight global poverty http://artthreat.net/2009/12/kiva/ political art & cultural policy Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:01:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Maguire http://artthreat.net/2009/12/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Rob Maguire Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:28 +0000 http://artthreat.net/?p=2645#comment-2435 Thanks for the clarification. It's really unfortunate that Kiva wasn't upfront about this from the get go. Kiva has, however, updated their website to more accurately describe how the funds are used. You can see the explanation here: <a href="http://www.kiva.org/about/how" target="_blank">http://www.kiva.org/about/how</a> Thanks for the clarification. It's really unfortunate that Kiva wasn't upfront about this from the get go. Kiva has, however, updated their website to more accurately describe how the funds are used. You can see the explanation here: http://www.kiva.org/about/how

]]> By: truthinlending http://artthreat.net/2009/12/kiva/comment-page-1/#comment-2430 truthinlending Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:53:02 +0000 http://artthreat.net/?p=2645#comment-2430 Kiva is not what it seems -- it does not enable one-to-one loans. A recent blog post by microcredit expert David Roodman provoked a firestorm when it exposed that Kiva lenders are not, in fact, giving their money directly to the person whose picture they see and story they read. <a href="http://blogs.cgdev.org/open_book/2009/10/kiva-is-not-quite-what-it-seems.php" target="_blank">http://blogs.cgdev.org/open_book/2009/10/kiva-is-...</a> The New York times wrote a recent Kiva expose confirming that "the direct person-to-person connection Kiva offered was in fact an illusion" <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/global/09kiva.html?_r=2" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/global...</a> In the interest of accuracy, please inform your readers that their donated funds are put into a pool and lent to borrowers who, may or may not, be like the ones in the pictures. Kiva is not what it seems — it does not enable one-to-one loans.

A recent blog post by microcredit expert David Roodman provoked a firestorm when it exposed that Kiva lenders are not, in fact, giving their money directly to the person whose picture they see and story they read.

http://blogs.cgdev.org/open_book/2009/10/kiva-is-...

The New York times wrote a recent Kiva expose confirming that "the direct person-to-person connection Kiva offered was in fact an illusion"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/global...

In the interest of accuracy, please inform your readers that their donated funds are put into a pool and lent to borrowers who, may or may not, be like the ones in the pictures.

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