Connect learning to the real world
Use our free activity guide to help students develop key life skills:
Financial literacy
Empathy and social responsibility
Entrepreneurship
How teachers are using Kiva in their classrooms
Help students learn critical thinking and develop a global perspective.
Dive into this lesson at any point of the school year. Here’s how it works:
In small groups, students create a business, like selling friendship bracelets.
Students put their math skills to use, calculating costs and potential profits.
With their proceeds, students find business owners on Kiva that they can support.
They build empathy and understanding for people and cultures around the world.
Kiva is a nonprofit, providing people with fair financial access through crowdfunded loans.
Join Kiva in uplifting communities worldwide by easily finding and supporting individuals, starting with as little as $25. Together, we can help people around the world thrive.
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