6. Beatrice Mensah — 2 hours ago
A lady in Ghana who wants to expand her food market business.
Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
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Happy Phantom is looking forward to a real vacation
payment — 2 days ago
Yay!
Dear [Happy Phantom],
The loan you have made to Rubi Gonzales Bocanegra has received a
repayment of $232.00. The total amount repaid is now $232.00. This
repayment will be divided amongst all the lenders who helped to fund
this business, depending upon the percentage each lender contributed.
# 9 Vilma needs Gold and Silver... — 5 days ago
Another loan I had extended paid up in full. So I have another loan I am able to fund. As always, I like to enable exitsing entrepreneurs by giving them a little bit of juice to keep up what it is that they do best…
Vilma belongs to the Sonrisa Village Bank.
She is married, is 30 and has 2 children. Vilma produces silver and gold jewelry with her husband and sells this jewelry in a craft market stall.
She helps her husband with the joins and the alterations and also has a stall in the same market where she sells scarves, pullovers, wallets she purchases from the producers. On Saturdays and Sundays, she is a mobile CD woman in a central street of the city.
Vilma needs a loan of 2400 soles ($875 USD) to buy silver and gold.
Tio D. going for 1,000,403 grains of rice at freerice.com wants Huntington Disease cured or made treatable
43 countries - a coincidence? — 6 days ago
Number of countries Kiva Field Partners are located in: 43
According to kivafriends.org
Waterfall Nymph is an underwater jaguar. Rrrrrrrr
Loan 15 - 1st made with previously repaid loans — 6 days ago
Mambo from Mbeya, Tanzania! This is 47 year-old Tatu Ramadhani. She is married and has five children, aged between 14 and 33. In 1996, Tatu established her charcoal business. Working seven days a week, and nine to twelve hours a day, she earns about US $170 every month from this business. Tatu requires a loan in order to buy more charcoal in bulk.
Tio D. going for 1,000,403 grains of rice at freerice.com wants Huntington Disease cured or made treatable
4 new countries — 1 week ago
Recently made loans in four new countries. Nearing half-way point on this.
redbandita is working on her figure and seeing results
Loan no. 7 — 1 week ago
This loan went to the group of Thi Huong Nguyen in Viet Nam. 6 ladies trying their best to better themselves.
Tio D. going for 1,000,403 grains of rice at freerice.com wants Huntington Disease cured or made treatable
2 new loans — 1 week ago
What a thrill it is to send money back out into the world which was recently repaid by other borrowers. That’s money karma for sure. Is it me or are there so many great lending opportunities on kiva?
Abigail is a busy bee.
Loan #15 — 2 weeks ago
Here’s number 15. I searched for loans to give in the “Arts” category, and saw this beautiful silk being woven – the picture won me over.
suzisuzi is optimistic
Loans #1 and #2 — 2 weeks ago
I picked loans with only a few days to go where I thought my contribution would make a difference in Dominican Republic and Nigeria
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Ask for advice: Get help from people who've accomplished this goal
 Amsterdam
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redbandita asks,
“Have you noticed that many women (in Pakistan, for example) will give the money to their husbands? Does that concern you when you loan? Do you choose your fund recipients by gender?””
— 4 months ago |
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 Burlington
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Lou is putting down roots asks,
“Poll: How many loans do you have open at one time? Do you wait for one loan to be paid back first before making another?”
— 9 months ago |
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