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I swear that woman is like a power vaccum! Whatever she touches is gold....I learned about Kiva there and have been incredibly excited ever since. The best part is that you give us people with big hearts and little wallets an opportunity to contribute, too. I've mentioned you on my humanitarian blog (30yearstosavetheworld.blogspot.com) and wish you the very VERY VERY best.

Matt, I was sitting on the couch tonight watching my favorite MSNBC, left wing, propaganda show, Countdown and was feeling pretty bad about the state of things. The war, our new spineless Congress, the idiot we have for a president and all the peoples lives that have been changed for ever by us; when the interview with President Clinton came on. He was talking about the CGI and mentioned Kiva.org. I decided to get up off my ass and go check it out.

I have made 2 loans already tonight and plan to fully exploit my sphere of influence and engage everyone I know about your project.

You and your staff have created a great thing here and I am moved and inspired by what you have achieved. You can add one more to the list of people helping you change the world. Thanks man...

YAHOO! is how I found out about Kiva and then from there was led to Squidoo and from that a foundation for wonderful things to come. In just a matter of days of finding Kiva it then seemed to explode everywhere. The whole thing is fascinating and overwhelming and humbling. Whatever my biases may be about others when it comes right down to it it simply doesn't matter. I'm truly humbled by Oprah and Bill Clinton and I'm delighted that Kiva showed me ways to help not just with $.

Matt--great work on Kiva. I just read your interview in Smithsonian magazine.

A thought for you: a good friend of mine works students who are interested in going to college (understanding their interests, providing information about loans, etc) Some of their personal stories sound remarkably like the ones I read about on the Kiva site. Wondering whether their personal stories, if put out there on a site like Kiva, could help build community by facilitating personal loans for college--perhaps enough to cover textbooks, or a semester's tuition.

This might relieve some of the grind of applying for government loans and the impersonal relationship between the individual and lender.

I'd be curious about your thoughts on this "spin-off" idea.

Thanks for your time.

Great idea. Although, to tailor it specifically to people in great need the site could focus on lending to persons not elligible for school loans (i.e. - persons from overseas who wish to attend a US university, or undocumented students). Moreso, the DREAM act has continued to be rejected by Congress, so the need for loans for undocumented students is great.