College Loans as Development Aid

December 8, 2009, The New York Times - Three months ago, Kushal Chakrabarti likes to say, the organization he co-founded, Vittana.org, amounted to little more than “three guys and a dog.”

Then readers of The Huffington Post chose Mr. Chakrabarti as the “Ultimate Game Changer in Philanthropy,” and suddenly Vittana, which is pioneering student loans in the developing world, was the next new thing in charity.