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The first two projects I contributed to on Kiva finished recently, and I have to say I feel somewhat proud. It’s mixed feelings, because I don’t want feel superior in any way, it’s just that seeing that such a small contribution on my part helped two people stand on their own feet. Now I can see the new food stand of Hernan Caise (bottom of the page) and hope that I also helped Samuel Isesele. The money that was paid back went right into the next project. I wanted to spend it on two projects but somehow managed to misclick and gave 50$ to one project - doesn’t matter.
What matters is that Kiva and microlending offers a way to maturely help people. But giving them money, you offer them to realize what they want to do. But demanding the money back as a credit, you offer them to do it without losing their pride - which is the single most important thing you have to do when helping people.