Consider the facts:
* Over 1 billion people live in extreme poverty (less than $1.25 per day) - 75% are women and girls.
* 76 million primary school-age children are not in school - 60% are girls.
* There are 876 million illiterate adults in the developing world - over 65% are women.
* Women produce half the world’s food, but own only 1% of the world’s farmland.
* But when you invest in a woman’s future, the story changes. Statistics prove that when you invest in a woman, that investment will go toward improving the health, education and overall future opportunities not only for herself, but for her children. And that has a powerful ripple effect. If a mother has access to financial resources to start or grow a business, her future, and her children’s futures can change forever. It’s a virtuous cycle. Join Ladies’ Home Journal and Kiva in helping a woman entrepreneur start a cycle of change today!
What better way to learn about Kiva than to try it for free? Until January 31, 2012 at 11:59 PST, Kiva will provide free trial loans to the first 3,000 folks who become new users and make a loan.
Supplies of free trials are limited to one (1) per new user, and will be made available on a “first claimed” basis.