Calling All Socially-Minded Techies; Kiva Launches API Platform

Kiva.org , the non-profit people-to-people microlending organization, is rolling out an open-source API platform for techies interested in building tools and new applications for the microfinance/microlending community. Kiva wants ' build.kiva.org' to become a hub for socially-minded developers who want a make a difference in the world (and create cool applications). Here's a list of the current APIs . Kiva advises that they are going to add more. Some examples of data developers can access through the API include: