Your purchase will a help a female entrepreneur in the developing world get her start. Building a business is never easy. Building a business with limited access to funding can be impossible.

More than 1.7 billion people around the world can’t access the financial services they need. Kiva is an international nonprofit, with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive.

When a loan enables someone to grow a business and create opportunity for themselves, it creates opportunities for others as well. That ripple effect can shape the future for a family or an entire community.

Lending alongside thousands of others is one of the most powerful and sustainable ways to create economic and social good. Lending creates a partnership of mutual dignity and makes it easy to touch more lives with the same dollar. With an approximate 97% rate of loan repayment, our funds create an impact over and over again. See who we’re funding.