A power house team up (and some of our favorite orgs) were all in one place last night at Kiva’s 1st event in NYC, which proved to be the perfect mix of schmoozing, social education and do-gooding.

Of course with Etsy involved, it was sure to be cute and clever too. complete with a game that explained the Kiva model, which “lets you connect with and loan money to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.”

The whole event, you were either an entrepreneur or an lender: entrepreneurs chose the profile of one of 7 actual groups up for funding with Kiva and got a cute orange felt bee badge to identify them. Lenders were given tickets to dole our to the entrepreneurs–the price, a good pitch. I was a Yasmeen, a widow from Lahore in need of a loan to pay for cloth in bulk. Needless to say being a widow helped my ticket count (the group with the most tickets that night received donations for the group they represented) but it wasn’t enough to win. Someone else was giving a great pitch about how socks make the world a better place (you had to hear it…it’s true). But you can still give a ticket (and by ticket I mean a loan) to me (and by me I mean the real Yasmee) here.

The rest of the night included a speech by Jessica Flannery, co-founder of Kiva, not to mention the company of some clever and motivated people, drinks and sustainable snacks, and the beautiful Felissimo townhouse as a venue (The Felissimo group helped launch Design 21) Lets just say we can’t wait for the next one. Check out Kiva to find out more about their microlending programs, and if you still haven’t sign up for that subscription, do the GOOD deed here, and %100 of your subscription charge will go to Kiva.