Title:
The International Bank of Bob : connecting our worlds one $25 kiva loan at a time
Author:
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
New York : Walker & Co., c2013.
Physical Description:
xii, 400 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780802777515
Abstract:
Hired to review some of the most luxurious accommodations on Earth, and then inspired by a chance encounter in Dubai with the impoverished workers whose backbreaking jobs create such opulence, Bob Harris had an epiphany: he would turn his own good fortune into an effort to make lives like theirs better. Bob found his way to Kiva.org, the leading portal through which individuals make microloans all over the world: for as little as $25-50, businesses are financed and people are uplifted. Astonishingly, the repayment rate was nearly 99%, so he re-loaned the money to others over and over again. After making hundreds of microloans online, Bob wanted to see the results first-hand, and in this book he travels from Peru and Bosnia to Rwanda and Cambodia, introducing us to some of the most inspiring and enterprising people we've ever met, while illuminating day-to-day life--political and emotional--in a world that Americans never see.--From publisher description.
Contents:
The French Riviera, Dubai, and the world -- Singapore, Bali, and Beijing -- Chicago, Fiji, and Broadway -- The mission -- The sacred valley of the Incas -- Welcome to Sarajevo -- The great rift valley and Nairobi -- Rwanda -- Dar es Salaam, Andhra Pradesh, and a walk to the sea -- Magellan's cross, Hanoi, and Cambodia -- Kathmandu -- India -- Beirut -- Home.
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
