Charities
brightfive commit to supporting charities that we believe will make a difference.
Each year we choose two charities; one which has a positive social impact on people either home or abroad and one which supports the industries which we work in.
In 2008 we will be supporting KIVA and Cake Software Foundation
KIVA is a not for profit social venture which allows lenders to give to a specific entrepreneur in a poor or developing world country.
This remarkably simple system highlights the power of online communities and enables supporters to have a big impact with a small amount of money.
Since Kiva.org was launched more than two years ago, it has brokered more than $6.5 million in interest-free loans to more than 9,000 businesses around the world.
For more information, visit www.kiva.org
Cake Software Foundation is the not for profit software organisation behind CakePHP.
Cake PHP is a free open-source rapid development framework for PHP – the programming language which we use for the majority of our web applications.
Their primary goal is to enable their users to work in a structured and rapid manner – without loss of flexibility.