Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Published March 24th, 2014 by Bobby Henderson

Team FSM has reached $2 Million in loans on the micro-lending site Kiva. Were now the top-lending religious congregation on Kiva, above the Buddhists, Catholics, Muslims, and especially pleasing to me above the Mormons, who weve been in a friendly competition with for years. Congratulations everyone!

What is Kiva? Kiva is a platform where you can make small loans to people in poor areas that need help starting small business. We make small, interest-free loans towards the projects we support, and Kiva combines them to fund the loan to the person who wants to build a small workshop, farm, restaurant, fruit stand, etc. These are interest-fee loans in places like Cambodia, Peru, Uganda places where traditional bank lending to the poor is unavailable (or predatory). Kiva ensures that the loans are paid out and that the money is paid back. A lot of us feel this is the best way of bringing economic growth to the poorest areas.

Ive had a good experience with Kiva and I encourage anyone interested to check it out. And please join our amazing team and help us continue to trounce the mainstream religion teams.

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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster