Ten students who applied for loans to buy laptops and tuition fee through the
Kiva website got the loans just a few hours after their profiles were posted on Kiva’s website although the loans have up to 30 days to get funded. One can see the KIVA loans available for Strathmore students
here.
For more information as to how to receive a laptop, full or partial tuition loan through Kiva, please contact the Financial Aid Desk in the Admissions Department.
Students who will receive the loans created their own profiles by writing their stories and providing a photograph of themselves with the help of the Financial Aid Desk in the Admissions Department.
These profiles were then uploaded onto kiva.org where Kiva lenders are able to read the student’s stories and contribute to their loan. Go here to see the students who were funded and to check out the new profiles of other Strathmore students applying for laptop and partial tuition loans.
This marks the beginning of what is hoped to be a very fruitful partnership between Strathmore and Kiva with the full tuition, partial tuition and laptop loans that are being offered to needy students.
Kiva is an organization whose mission is to connect people in order to alleviate poverty. Kiva.org allows anyone in the world to support microfinance by giving a loan of $25 USD or 1,942 KES to support an entrepreneur or a student.
Kiva loans are made possible by field partners who vet, administer, and disburse each loan. Strathmore is Kiva’s pioneer partner in the field of higher education loans.
By Nessa French
Nessa is a KIVA fellow working at the Advancement & External Relations Office. She is also one of the lenders to Strathmore University students on KIVA. See her KIVA profile here.
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| Reuben Muhindi |
Good Initiative that will help Strathmore. Kudos KIVA!
Comment made on 2012-02-18 11:56:47 |
| Advancement and External Relations Office |
This is great!!! Loan funded in 2hours 14 minutes
Comment made on 2012-02-21 07:36:40 |
| Kariuki |
Wish they could have a long term loan for the on-going student
Comment made on 2012-02-21 11:57:25 |
| Sospeter |
This is G.R.E.A.T.
Comment made on 2012-02-22 01:25:32 |
| JACINTA MULI |
Am a student in KCA UNIVERSITY pursuing Computer science.I like kiva website and their work to help students.please can they do the same to other universities or it is only Strathmore?
Comment made on 2012-02-23 05:45:32 |
| pauline |
This is a good initiative. i just wonder, can students from other universities eg ku also apply for the loan?
Comment made on 2012-02-23 06:23:46 |
| Wanjiku |
I can see a great and bright future
Comment made on 2012-02-23 07:59:55 |
| John |
I love the link up with Kiva and future leaders of Kenya
Comment made on 2012-02-27 10:10:32 |
| rosemary |
I'm more than grateful to KIVA.
thanks a lot.
Comment made on 2012-02-28 08:46:01 |
| john baariu |
i am a student at meru university college of science and technology kindly assist me how to get your assistance.Kindly you assistance is highly appreciated.
Comment made on 2012-02-29 04:52:48 |
| Raphael |
This is another step in the right direction by Strathmore University, the premier college of choice.
I like being associated with 'Strath'
Kudos! strath council, management, students and staffs.
Comment made on 2012-03-07 04:34:05 |
