So you know how I’ve been spouting the drivel about how to figure it out?  Well today I had an epiphany.  I went to a talk at UT given by the co-founder of Kiva.org and it was amazing.  I’ve known for a while that I want to be involved in some capacity with politics and public policy.  Well, this was great.

Kiva.org is a website that is essentially set up like a social networking website.  They match loaners (you and me) with people and micro finance institution (borrowers).  The whole thoughts on the issue for me is that it’s globalization on it’s greatest most beneficial level.  It’s globalization at a grassroots network level.  I love it.  I think it’s genius, mostly because it makes the borrowers financially responsible, and makes them “dignified partners.”  It gives people credit and loans who would not normally have access to such things.

I got chills listening to Matt Flannery speak.  He seems down to earth with great business sense, but motivated by humanitarian efforts.  This is the benefit of globalization.  Sure there are many cons to the growth of globalization, but this is definetly the best form of it.  I’m so psyched about this program.

He also mentioned something called kiva fellows.  The organization sends recent college grads around the world to check on the MFI’s.  This is something that I could really see myself doing after I get the degree.  It’s humanitarian efforts with real impact on people’s lives. So rad!

Part of me wonders why nothing like this was around earlier.  I suspect that MFI’s have been around since the 70′s like grameen bank, but the repercussions of connection people in developed countries around the world with people in un(der)developed countries is why I’m a true blue democrat.  I get it now.

This is not spell checked, I’m just really excited right now, so if it’s got typos, I’m sorry.  I’ll fix it later, but please, think about lending through Kiva.org, they are a totally worthwhile organization.