I came across a really interesting, innovative and worth while site today called Kiva. Kiva is a website with a goal to alleviate poverty around the world.  The innovative thing about Kiva is that in essence it is a micro lending site. It finds entrepreneurs from across the world who are trying to start their own business to break out of poverty.

Kiva allows you to bowse potential entrpeinerurs profiles and if you come a across an individual or a business that you would like to donate money to, you can.

The site is also community driven and there are many lending teams that you can join. Another aspect of the site is its transparency. It is working hard to show where your money goes and what impact it has had on the lives of the people who you have lent money to.

All in all this is a pretty cool appraoch to ending poverty, especialy for people who are trying to break out of the poverty trap.