Be the Change You Wish to See in the World

What are you doing to today to change the world?

It’s a high hurdle and one that many of us abandon because it’s difficult.

I personally believe entrepreneurs will change the world, one successful business at a time. That’s why I dedicate as much of my life to helping them as I do to being one.

Most people know that an entrepreneurs’ biggest hurdle is startup funding. I can’t help this in a big impact way just yet, but I can make a small impact with micro-funding.

I am creating a lending group, This Life on Earth, to help small businesses get started across the world. I am inviting you to join me in this lender group to fund these small businesses. You, personally, will get to choose how much you want to commit and who you want lend to – whether a baker in Afghanistan, a goat herder in Uganda, a farmer in Peru, a restaurateur in Cambodia, or a tailor in Iraq – and as they repay the loan, you get your money back.

How micro-funding works is that you lend a little bit of money (you can start with $25) to a specific low-income entrepreneur across the globe. They work hard to get their business started and successful. As they repay the loan, you get your money back. Yes, it’s not a donation – it’s a loan and they are obliged to pay it back. The tool I’m using is a world-recognized, reputable non-profit website called Kiva.org. It links to your PayPal account to make the process simple for you.

Some of us may have the opportunity to visit these places someday and meet these successful entrepreneurs we helped fund. Some of us will be happy to know we are impacting the global supply chain in a meaningful way. Some of us realize that occasional donations to non-profits are helpful but are glad to find a way to use that money as an investment to be far more effective over time. Together, our individual activity will collect on our lender page on Kiva and we can see our combined impact. The loan is still yours, and the repayments still come to you, but together we can help each other make a big difference in a small way.

I hope you will join me in improving This Life on Earth.

Visit the homepage for our lending group.

With gratitude,

Amy