We've just heard about a great microcredit scheme, Kiva.org, that allows you to lend as little as US$ 25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur of your choice in the developing world.
We think it's such a great way of helping people out of poverty that we've set up a BritishExpat.com team on Kiva.
You can find out more about it on the BE Editor's Blog:
BE Editor's Blog: Kiva - give the world's poor a leg-up
And you can join the BritishExpat.com lending team here:
Kiva - BritishExpat.com team page