Kiva is a micro-lending website that allows individuals to lend directly to entrepreneurs in developing countries. The Kiva Editing Program offers volunteers the opportunity to use their editing skills from home to help alleviate poverty by editing loan stories and profiles. Editors should have experience in editing, technical writing or journalism, an interest in international development, and be a native English speaker. The requirements are a minimum two-hour per week commitment over 6-12 months and comfort using new technology.

1. Change Lives:
Editors
What is the Kiva Editing Program?
One of the New York Times Magazine’s “Top Ideas of 2006,” Kiva.org is the world's first person-to-
person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to an entrepreneur in the
developing world.
The Kiva Editing Program offers the opportunity to use your editing skills in a powerful way to
alleviate poverty. We offer a flexible volunteer environment where you can join the team from your
own home and choose the days that work best for you.
What skills make a successful Kiva Editor?
• Experience in editing, technical writing, or journalism
• An interest in international development
• Native speaker of English
What are the requirements?
• Able to commit at least two hours per week to volunteering over the next 6-12 months
• Check email frequently
• Comfortable using new technology
Apply Today Online: www.kiva.org/volunteer
“Revolutionising
how donors and
lenders in the US are connecting
with small entrepreneurs in
developing countries.”
Supported by:
loans that change lives