+ - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Submitted
by
Pat
Pat writes "Today is
United
Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. As the
economies of the developing world take a beating, we can only imagine how much
worse it can be for someone in the developing world. Luckily, new web-based
innovations have made it so easy to do something that truely makes a truely
measurable difference in the actual underlying problems of poverty. One of the
tools that has been proven to help end poverty faster is the use of
microfinance (wikipedia):
small loans made to individuals in impoverished areas so they can start or
expand a small business and help lift themselves and their families out of
poverty and raise their community up along with them. Now might be a good time
to consider Kiva.org or
OptINnow.org (a relative online newcomer
that is different from Kiva in that loans automatically recycle as they
are paid back instead of being first offered back to the investor — this makes
the donation tax deductable to the donor) to get "all the other" economies going
again too."
