Hello friends!

Today I want to share with you my joy over the fact that my favourite microlending online platform working on poverty alleviation around the world, Kiva.org, is very close to a staggering 1 Billion US dollars lent on its platform since its inception 11 years ago. I have been a lender on Kiva for the past six years and last summer I worked as a Kiva Field Fellow in Tajikistan (my very first post on Steemit was about that experience). Therefore I am feeling that this major milestone for all Kiva’s lenders has in it a teeny-tiny drop of my personal contribution.

To bring this glorious moment arrive a little bit sooner, a generous sponsor on Kiva offered to match the amount of your loan within the next 24 hours. It sounded like a no-brainer to me, so I just went ahead and gave another loan on Kiva.org:

…and I’d like to encourage you to use this opportunity to do the same. I dedicated my loan to the Team Steemit. Yes, there’s a Steemit Team on Kiva, did you know?!

And we would love you to join! Pitch in just $25 (possibly earned by your tireless efforts here on Steemit) towards a project of your choice and see its impact double. Eventually you will get your money paid back to you, at which point in time you may choose to withdraw it – or to lend to another project, making the same amount of funds miraculously do its work in helping many people to improve their living conditions.

When we Steemians come together as a force for good, we have a real power to make positive change in this world.

Let’s do it!

P.S.: I’m also pledging the entire SBD payout from this post towards my next loan on Kiva.org via Team Steemit.