Matt and Jessica, thanks for sharing. I hadn't heard the pre-marital counseling bit in the Kiva story. It makes me chuckle and shake my head. You guys are rock stars! That will go down with the eBay/Pez story in Silicon Valley lore

only, this one is true!

And just think how all those people in today's so-called "developing" world will have helped us!! I like the vision!! Keep it up, friends!!!!!

Matt & Jessica, you are doing great work and you are a tremendous inspiration to people like me. I am a registered member of KIVA but noticed that Zimbabwe is not on your list of countries. It is a country in a hyperinflationary economy but also one which is full of dedicated & driven informal entrepreneurs. I have just returned from a visit and one of my small scale bag makers asked me to leave him some money to enable him to purchase materials to grow his business. How can such a program be extended to hyperinflationary economies such as Zimbabwe? Does anyone know the answer?