Support Resort (www.supportresort.com), an outsourced web development and customer support provider, has launched a campaign in which they will match up to $15,000 in loans made through their new Kiva lending team, "Companies That Care", before December 20, 2009. The "Companies That Care" lending team is for businesses, organizations and individuals who are dedicated to creating opportunities and prosperity for the world's poor. Kiva (www.kiva.org) is an award-winning non-profit organization that works to alleviate poverty around the globe by enabling people to contribute as little as $25 towards loans to entrepreneurs battling poverty. These small loans can help struggling entrepreneurs break the poverty cycle. Loans are generally issued for a 6-12 month period, with a repayment rate of approximately 98%. You can help! Join us and make a difference. Here is how: 1. Register as a Kiva lender: https://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=register 2. Join the "Companies That Care" lending team - individuals, businesses and organizations are all welcome: http://www.kiva.org/team/companies_that_care 3. Make sure that "Companies That Care" is listed as your preferred team on the "My Teams" page in your Kiva account. 4. Start lending! Just click on the "Lend" button on the Kiva website to get started. As a Kiva lender, you choose who to lend to - whether it's to a baker in Afghanistan, a goat herder in Uganda, a farmer in Peru, a restaurateur in Cambodia, or a tailor in Iraq - and as they repay the loan, you get your money back. Double the impact Support Resort will match all loans made through their Kiva lending team,"Companies That Care", before 5pm on December 20, 2009 (US CST) of up to a maximum total amount of $15,000. The total matched loan amount will be distributed starting on December 21, 2009 using Kiva's auto-lending facility. Updates on the campaign progress and the distribution of the matched funds will be posted to the Companies That Care team website at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Companies-That-Care/187855019643/ Further information * About Kiva: http://www.kiva.org/about/press/ * How Kiva works: http://www.kiva.org/about/how/ * About microfinance: http://www.kiva.org/about/microfinance/ Please help We hope you will join us. A small fraction of your working capital can change lives.