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Education Microfinance – Vittana funds students worldwide via p2p lending

US based non-profit Vittana.org wants to use the power of p2p lending to bring student loans to the developing world.

It works like Kiva. For as little as 25 US$ a lender can hellp to fund a loan. Vittana partners with local MFIs who evaluate students for past academic achievement, commitment to success, and ability to repay.

All 3 listed loans in Paraguay are already fully funded, but I intend to fund loans as soon as new loan applications are listed.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 by wiseclerk at 4:18 am and is filed under US. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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    October 21st, 2009 at 5:18 am

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