IMPORTANT: This role is only available to residents of the United States or Canada.
This is a waitlist. The next cohort will begin in September 2025.
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Kiva has launched an Ambassador Community, and we’re inviting you to build it with us! Together, we can open even more doors to financial opportunity through word of mouth and community building.
As a Kiva Ambassador, you'd be Kiva's voice for financial inclusion, and you’ll impact even more lives. Every new person you introduce to Kiva can mean an entrepreneur funded, a child educated, a family flourishing, and a community transformed.
Your personal stories and experiences are far more powerful than any advertisement we could come up with. Since 2005, word of mouth has been our most effective way to grow our community of lenders. According to a recent lender survey, over 40% of lenders who tried Kiva for the first time heard about us from a friend or family member. Kiva advocates are making a tremendous impact!
You’ve likely already shared Kiva with your family and friends. Now, imagine extending that reach even further. Curious about what being a Kiva Ambassador entails? Check out the role and apply below.
-----We ask Kiva Ambassadors to volunteer about 4 hours per month (for 6 months) supporting Kiva in reaching new audiences and lenders. What do Kiva Ambassadors do?
You could...
- Share Kiva's mission with clubs, community associations, places of worship, and other groups.
- Post flyers around your community, e.g., coffee shops, libraries, local farmers markets, business fairs, artist/craft fairs, etc.
- Host a birthday fundraiser for Kiva
- Start a Kiva club
- …do almost anything you can think of to share Kiva with new potential lenders
As a Kiva Ambassador, Kiva will...
- Provide access to an exclusive community where you can connect, share ideas, and learn from one another
- Connect you with Kiva leadership team and CEO
- Provide you with opportunities to learn about social change and microfinance
- Provide you with resources needed to share Kiva
- Recognize you with special events, swag, and more
Requirements:
- A least 18 years of age
- Reside and promote Kiva within the United States or Canada
Please note that this is an unpaid volunteer role.
What We Do
Kiva (www.kiva.org) is a mission-driven technology non-profit. We run a global marketplace platform for crowd-funded micro-loans to serve the financially excluded in sectors such as education, water, clean energy, and refugee resettlement. Kiva combines the culture and approach of an internet start-up with a mission to alleviate poverty. We aim to drive social impact and enable opportunity while providing a borrower-to-lender connection: “Loans that change lives."
In just 15 years, Kiva has raised nearly $1.5 billion in loan capital for more than 2 million borrowers in 84 countries. Kiva’s lenders fund over $1 million in loans every 3 days.
