I am following up on posting the second certificate for Kiva.org that I promised to give away via Twitter a few weeks ago. See that page for more information on Kiva or go to the Kiva.org website.

Unfortunately, this is first come, first served, and only the first person will be served because there is only one code to be used.

Why am I doing this? Because I want to promote Kiva.org — it fits with me personally as a former Peace Corps Business Development volunteer. By the way, Kiva has has recently seen phenomenal success and been nominated for a Crunchie.

Here is the link for the free $25 gift certificate: CERTIFICATE HAS ALREADY BEEN REDEEMED

Please comment on this post or tweet me when you have used the certificate so that I can update this page. I’ll update this page as soon as I am informed that the certificate is used, but can’t guarantee that that if you still see the above link that it has not been used. If you tried to use it and it failed, you might also leave me a quick note in case the person who used it failed to let me know.

If you are new to peer to peer lending, my website covers the companies facilitating peer-to-peer lending and advice for P2P lending. For example, I collected advice from several other bloggers before starting to lending and I have posted some tutorial videos.

If you are more interested in an investment for your money than the international development microlending opportunities of Kiva.org, I recommend signing up with Lending Club to try out P2P lending. I have had better returns with Lending Club than Prosper (besides Prosper is in a quiet period). Lending Club is easy to use and you can sell you notes on the secondary market if you need to cash out.

By the way, I will be posting updated return information on both my Prosper Marketplace and Lending Club return on investment next week. Also, I will post a few more Kiva gift certificates throughout the year both via twitter and my regular blog posts, so stay subscribed if you are interested in trying Kiva.org for free.

This is a first time experiment so we’ll just have to see how this goes. No warranties/promises.