Kiva’s mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending. If you are interested in doing something good but don’t want to commit to a monthly gift like child sponsorship, than Kiva might be exactly what you are looking... 

I’m pretty excited about an organization I found called Clean The World (you should definitely check them out here). Basically they take little soap ends and melt them down and make them into usable bars for people who need them. Here is some info from their site: Clean the World recycles soap and saves lives. Everyday in America, thousands of hotels discard millions of pounds of soap and shampoo. These products often end up in already overflowing...