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Podcast: Innerspace: Deep, Meaningful Conversations with Brett Kaufman
Episode: 97. Teaching People to Fish & Putting Investment Over Charitable Dissonance with Jessica Jackley
Description: Jessica Jackley is the Co-founder of Kiva and a leader in the groundbreaking microloan movement that’s now helping people everywhere lift themselves out of poverty on a constant basis. Kiva alone is responsible for over $1.5 billion in loans facilitated to date – and that number doesn’t even account for all the work done by the many similar organizations it has inspired since its launch. Growing up in Pittsburgh as a key member of her family’s church, Jessica always sought to help others wherever and however she could. She volunteered a lot, but none of the charity w...