Microcredit

I love the idea of microcredit. The idea that you can lend money to a person, or a small group of people who can create or expand a business in certain parts of the world, giving them more stability and freedom, and also creating more economic activity in their country.
With kiva.org, you can do this […]

The OLPC

“$100 Laptop to Sell to Public”

The offer to the general public comes after the project’s founder admitted that concrete orders from the governments of developing nations had not always followed verbal agreements.
then…
The laptops will go on sale for two weeks through the xogiving.org website.
They will only be available for two weeks […]