Jessica Jackley, co-founder of micro lender organization KIVA, talks with Jim Mellado about how individuals can play a part in a solution to the massive issue of global poverty. With stories of inspiration and hope, this Summit session makes seemingly insurmountable obstacles seem possible to overcome.
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Jessica Jackley
Founder | Kiva.orgA Leadership Case Study: Jessica Jackley and the KIVA Story
Published May 12, 2015TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO
CallingLeading YourselfJessica Jackley, co-founder of micro lender organization KIVA, talks with Jim Mellado about how individuals can play a part in a solution to the massive issue of global poverty. With stories of inspiration and hope, this Summit session makes seemingly insurmountable obstacles seem possible to overcome.
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Jessica Jackley
FounderKiva.org
Jessica Jackley is a founder of Kiva.org, the non-profit micro-financing website that allows people to lend as little as $25 to a specific third world entrepreneur, empowering borrowers to lift themselves out of poverty. In just 3 years Kiva, which means unity in Swahili, has helped raise nearly $100 million and connected thousands of people in 180 countries through peer-to-peer lending. Kiva is responsible for a loan every 12 seconds.
Years at GLS 2009