Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the business you've sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back.

We at Solar Energy Host are very excited to have joined Kiva! We have already made one loan to a small business woman in Ghana named Christina Boateng, and will be making more an more loans as the year progresses.

Check out Kiva.org, you can join too!

You can check out our company profile to monitor our lending activity here: http://www.kiva.org/lender/solarenergyhost1500.