Vittana

Vittana
Founded2008
FounderKushal Chakrabarti
Brett Witt
Defunct2014
FocusEducation
Location
Region served
Worldwide
MethodMicrocredit
Websitewww.vittana.org (formally, now a personal finance blog)

Vittana was a non-governmental organization that allowed people to lend money via the Internet to students in the developing world.[1] It was a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle.[2] Vittana focused on student loans because student loans are nearly unavailable in developing countries.[3][4]

Vittana ceased operations in 2014.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Rao, Leena (2010-03-15). "Vittana Applies The Kiva Model To Help Finance Education In Developing Countries". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  2. ↑ "About". Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  3. ↑ A. Villiani, Storytelling: Tall Tales On Online Platforms? Viewed on 11 Mar 2011, http://beyondprofit.com/storytelling-tall-tales-on-online-platforms/ Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Vittana Funds Education Through Microloans". WSJ.
  5. ↑ Soper, Taylor (29 August 2014). "Educational microloan non-profit Vittana shutting down". GeekWire. Retrieved 23 February 2016.


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