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Another amazing milestone -- thanks to you!
February 9, 2013By: Camille Ricketts
That's right! Since its inception a mere 7 years ago, Kiva has helped serve up more than $400 million in loans to borrowers around the world. That's 524,572 loans making the world a better place for 971,438 borrowers with 99% repayment rate. An incredible achievement -- that we owe entirely to you, our lenders.
Exactly how much is $400 million? We're glad you asked. It's approximately the same as:
- 114 million Starbucks lattes.
- 130 million gallons of gas in the U.S.
- 571 million packages of M&Ms.
Now let's see about getting to that $1 billion mark...
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