Ever heard of Kiva.org? They just won the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, which is the mini-nobel prize in international development (DDD won too).
My colleague S just lent a woman in Siem Reap (home of the temples of Angkor Wat, see the photos) $50 to buy pigs.
It will take the Cambodian woman 18 months to repay S. The Cambodians in and around Siem Reap are very poor, which is odd, since it's the home to some of the nicest hotels and tourism in Cambodia.
Kiva is great.... become a Micro-donor for pigs in Cambodia!
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