As we get wrapped up in our day to day lives we sometimes need to step back and look around. I was reading my usual morning blogs when I came across Seth Godins blog. He pointed to a website called Kiva. Kiva puts together westerners with poor folks in Africa. Westerners put up a small loan so these Africans can start businesses. As the Africans business grows they pay back the loan. Pretty simple idea. Seth talks about loaning money instead of a morning latte. Funny how lattes always come into the equation when talking about donating money.

It looks like a great idea even if I don’t drink lattes.

http://www.kiva.org/index.php