= Overview<br/> =
<span style="font-size:larger">There are many students on campuses across America who are working on solutions for the developing world. These solutions range from </span><span style="font-size:larger">range from $2 birth kits that preventwomen in India from giving birth in unsanitary conditions and solar lights, to corn shellers, irrigation pumps and bicycle powered phone chargers. However, student students fall short if/when they don't figure out the sustainable mechanisms to bring the product to market. <span style="font-size:larger"></span></span> <span style="font-size:larger">The students who succeed create win-win solutions for entrepreneurs inentrepreneursin the developing world who can increase their personal income by being distributors and resellers. Kiva, and other microfinance organizations, may serve as a platform for American students who are looking at those types of world-changing solutions.</span>
<span style="font-size:larger">Founded in 2005 by Matt Flannery and Jessica Jackley and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Kiva Microfunds is a non-profit organization that allows lenders tomake loans via the Internet to entrepreneurs and students. As of November 2013, Kiva has distributed almost $500 million from 1 million lenders to 1.2 million borrowers</span>.
<span style="font-size:larger">Visit Kiva's website for more information. kiva.org</span>
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