Kiva Zip Kenya - Reference for a potential Kiva Zip Trustee

Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, to alleviate poverty.

A Little Background
- Kiva.org (www.kiva.org) is a not-for-profit based in the U.S that uses the power of the internet to connect people through micro-lending
- Today, the majority of loans on Kiva are made through Kiva’s microfinance partners
- In November of 2011, Kiva launched a pilot program called Kiva Zip, a web-based platform
- The purpose of the pilot is to explore ways Kiva can make its existing model more direct
- Kiva is currently piloting Zip in two geographies: Kenya and the U.S.

What is Kiva Zip?
- Kiva Zip is a website, NOT a bank or a microfinance institution
- Kiva Zip provides 0% interest loans, NOT grants
- The loans are received and repaid through M-PESA
- Kiva Zip does not fund the loans, lenders from around the world fund the loans through Kiva Zip’s website
- Kiva Zip lenders are regular people. They are people who trust the borrowers with their money because they believe in them and their business
- Kiva Zip is a community of people. Our platform is based on building relationships. Lenders and borrowers communicate through SMS

Our Trustees
- Trustees plays a pivotal role in ensuring Kiva Zip builds a strong foundation
- They are individuals or organizations that have a long-standing relationship with entrepreneurs in a community
- They ensure that the borrowers on Zip are credit-worthy and of high-character
- They ensure underbanked borrowers can access Zip and understand what makes the program unique
- They help ensure borrowers repay their loans

You will be extremely helpful to assess the fit of your contact with the Kiva Zip trustee role. We really appreciate your input by filling out the following survey!

Thank you!

The Kiva Zip team
zip.kiva.org

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* 1. Please enter your name.

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* 2. Please enter the name of the potential Kiva trustee (organization and your contact) you are providing the reference for.

Organization's name

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* 3. For how long have you known the organization?

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* 4. Could you describe to me what the organization's mission is and what they do?

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* 5. Would you recommend them as a trustee for Kiva?

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* 6. Can you describe their motivation to become a Kiva trustee?

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* 7. How would you rate your contact in the following skills?

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Ability to assess character of borrowers	Ability to assess character of borrowers Novice	Ability to assess character of borrowers	Ability to assess character of borrowers	Ability to assess character of borrowers	Ability to assess character of borrowers Expert
Business skills	Business skills Novice	Business skills	Business skills	Business skills	Business skills Expert
Technical skills (e.g. internet, mobile, camera usage)	Technical skills (e.g. internet, mobile, camera usage) Novice	Technical skills (e.g. internet, mobile, camera usage)	Technical skills (e.g. internet, mobile, camera usage)	Technical skills (e.g. internet, mobile, camera usage)	Technical skills (e.g. internet, mobile, camera usage) Expert
Ability to train and mentor others	Ability to train and mentor others Novice	Ability to train and mentor others	Ability to train and mentor others	Ability to train and mentor others	Ability to train and mentor others Expert

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* 8. Can you tell us about a situation in which he/she had to make a character judgement and was extremely precise in his judgment?

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* 9. If you would like to invest 50,000 Ksh of your personal savings in a new venture, would you leave it to him/her to decide where the money is invested?