When you partner with Share5, you can support micro-finance, the process of providing basic banking and access to credit to third-world entreprenuers!  These small loans, often $150-$200, allow small business owners and aspiring entreprenuers access to capital without hard to establish credit histories or hard to acquire collateral.  They are cross-guaranteed through “Trust Groups”, or like-minded neighbors who are also taking advantage of microfinance and agree to guarantee one another’s loans.

Due to the cross -guarantee process and high levels of interaction and review processes, current repayment rates at our partner provider Kiva.org are greater than 97.5%, making micro-finance one of the most effective means of supporting the poor.  It is a hand-up, not a hand out!

Support Microfinance with Share5 by contributing $5/month to our Share5 Fund.  We are currently invest that fund exclusively in microfinance loans to the poor through Kiva.

View our current loan portfolio at Kiva.org

Set up your $5 monthly contribution

*As another way to provide capital to the Share5 Fund, you can purchase a pair of TOMS Shoes!  For each pair purchased, TOMS will give another pair to a child in need, as well as make a $5 contribution to the Share5 Fund!
Learn more about TOMS and Share5!