http://www.kiva.org/

Why would someone lend to some stranger -no matter the amount- halfway across the world when they could just do the same to the homeless dude they pass every day on the way to work? how many people would toss a $5 bill down for a hobo? how about a 10? lets call it 25 bucks. thats what this website asks you to do. well, actually, they call it a loan, but something tells me there is very little protection from default, given the international nature of the transaction.

and does the extremity of the charity make it better? does the distance make it more humane? fuck impoverished people in third world countries. illegally immigrate to the first world like normal people.