Comments on: Thoughts on Kiva now lending to the US http://ridz.sg/blog/2009/06/thoughts-on-kiva-now-lending-to-the-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thoughts-on-kiva-now-lending-to-the-us Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ridzuan http://ridz.sg/blog/2009/06/thoughts-on-kiva-now-lending-to-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 Ridzuan Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:53:10 +0000 http://ridz.sg/blog/?p=2499#comment-1414 Yeah man... I hope they do screen the borrowers properly because each time I see an 'educated' person asking for a loan on kiva, I can't help but feel like he's being lazy and not making an effort to source from other avenues... Yeah man… I hope they do screen the borrowers properly because each time I see an 'educated' person asking for a loan on kiva, I can't help but feel like he's being lazy and not making an effort to source from other avenues…

]]> By: shenheng http://ridz.sg/blog/2009/06/thoughts-on-kiva-now-lending-to-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 shenheng Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:20:48 +0000 http://ridz.sg/blog/?p=2499#comment-1413 Dude, I had the same thoughts as you when I first heard of it.<br><br>My first reaction was, no matter how poor one is in US, you would not be as poor as someone in a 3rd world country.<br><br>Someone in US would probably not ask for US$200 loan, since it will achieve nothing, as compared to US$200 to someone in Ukraine.<br><br>But if you watched Pursuit of Happyness by Will Smith, I guess when people think of the US, it's always the vision of a rich country etc.<br><br>And in the end, Kiva allows you to choose who you want to loan to. So, the choice is up to the lenders. Dude, I had the same thoughts as you when I first heard of it.

My first reaction was, no matter how poor one is in US, you would not be as poor as someone in a 3rd world country.

Someone in US would probably not ask for US$200 loan, since it will achieve nothing, as compared to US$200 to someone in Ukraine.

But if you watched Pursuit of Happyness by Will Smith, I guess when people think of the US, it's always the vision of a rich country etc.

And in the end, Kiva allows you to choose who you want to loan to. So, the choice is up to the lenders.

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