ROOM 22 JOINED THE KIVA MOVEMENT
This month we raised money to give to Kiva. Kiva is an organization that gives loans out to people all over the world. Each person in the class made a $25 loan. Then we chose to whom we wanted to give the money to. We had a whole class period when people loaned to other people all over the world. Some people loaned to people in Tajikistan and other people loaned to Peru, Kenya and Panama, etc... We all filled out sheets about where the person was from and about why the person needed the loan. Making Kiva loans has inspired me and other people in our class to loan to Kiva more often.
By Julianna
Julianna,
ReplyDeleteI never heard of Kiva, maybe I should also join the effort and donate.
Mr. Flinn
hi mr. flinn,
DeleteKiva is a place where people around the world can lend to other people in a different place in the world. There are different stages to get to the final lending. First you have go to the website http://www.kiva.org/ that is the link. Next you choose your person. Then you press the amount that you want to lend and then you press lend. Your lend gets sent back and then gets repaid.
Kiva is a very great site. It helps a lot of people.
ReplyDeleteLila
URL Kiva.org
I love Kiva
ReplyDeleteGreat post Amelia!! Its so clear and detailed.
ReplyDeleteGreat work 5th grade. We have loved following your progress from raising the money to making the loan.
ReplyDeleteI think it is truly amazing that our fifth grade students are participating as and learning to be good global citizens. Learning about kiva and how it helps people all over the world seems to have been very enlightening for our students. Going through the steps of creating their own Kiva projects has set the tone for our students to be become amazing global citizens for the rest of their lives.
ReplyDeleteJill Cowan