The other day I was making a Kiva loan, and since we had been learning about Malala, the most recent Nobel Peace prize winner, I was thinking about women’s freedom and rights. This made me decide to make a loan to a woman in Pakistan.
The first loan I was looking at was to a young woman in Pakistan that was selling scrap metal. I looked at all her info, and after I scrolled down I saw something fishy. The money was not going to the woman, it was going to her husband. Mr. Ferriter told me I could make the loan but I decided not to because I wanted to help a women not her husband.
Here’s why this matters: Women are the ones that have restricted rights in Pakistan.
So after some thinking I scrolled down the list and found another woman where the money was actually going to her. I decided to make that loan because the money was actually going to help her business of selling rice, and the husband was not getting the money.
Lesson learned: Read the information before lending.
By:Libby B.
Great investigation! I could have been a big deal or not, but the fact that you researched that is awesome! Very good steward of our Kiva funds!
Thank you! we put a lot of thought into our posts.