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How to give one new Kiva loan per month for a year
It made me
happy to help
 "Wonderful"
How I did it: It's the easiest thing in the world if you already have a Paypal account set-up. It could not be a more straightforward lending process. This is my favorite philanthropic website, and I'll keep on lending until they shut it down, which I hope never happens. I mixed up the loans between the short term (4 months) and the longer term (year+). Lessons & tips: If you don't have a lot of money to lend, do shorter term loans so you can get the money back faster, which you can then re-lend. |
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yeahthatlois swings from trees
It made me
Happy
How I did it: As a poor broke college student, charity usually isn't on the top of my list but with Kiva, I was able to make a difference without killing my wallet.I started with $100 dollars and divided it up into four seperate loans, laddered by repayment months. I prefer short term ones. Every couple of months when I had some extra money, I'd put more in my Kiva account and reloan any remaining Kiva credit. I'm at 15 loans so far, my goal now is to … Read how I did it…
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frontiermidwife has a new Dharma name now
Number ten
4 weeks ago
I made another loan to a young single mom in Nicaragua. meanwhile all my other loans are being paid back.
May - Month #12
1 month ago
I loaned Margie Jimenez, of the Philippines, $25 to help grow her food vending business. She has hopes for her 12 year old son’s future.
frontiermidwife has a new Dharma name now
Nine loans now
2 months ago
i’m going on more than a year, but I’m getting close to 12. I just made loan #9 to a groups of people in Sierra Leone. I have a special connection there. A dear friend who calls me “sister” was born there. There were no loans for Central America right now, so I guess it’s time to branch out. I’m now doing all mu loans with Kiva credit because my portfolio is doing well from previous loans. I’m sure I’ll just keep on recyling the money as I get it..maybe forever!
April - Month #11
2 months ago
Dédé ATANDJI in Agoe, Togo wants to purchase 132 pairs of shoes to continue her shoe selling business, which she has been involved in for many years. I contributed by lending her $25. I wish her much success!
RCHipsterDoofus ...
i luv giving kiva loans...
3 months ago
i can’t stop myself… this is one of the coolest things i’ve ever been involved in…
Bob1623 thinking there is no such thing as "Global Warming".
Loans #10 and #11 - March 2009
3 months ago
I had got busy this month and had forgot about the Kiva loans until I got an e:mail from Kiva telling me about credit I now had due to previous loans being repaid. I now had over $50 in credit so this allowed me to make 2 loans this month.
One went to Nguyen Thi Sy in Viet Nam who wanted a loan to expand a motorcycle repair business.
The other went to Djamoliddin Rahmonov in Tajikistan, who is a farmer and needs a loan for potatoe seeds and fertilizer.
Good Luck to both of them in all their endevours.
March - Month #10
3 months ago
I have made a loan to Nazario, in Tarma, Peru, who would like to purchase fertilizer for his thoughtfully planned and developed agricultural endeavors.
smartstuff a world of nouns
Hey guys
3 months ago
I’m dropping out of posting my updates. I haven’t been very good at doing it regularly every month. But I have a couple hundred dollars invested in the system now, so my plan is to just keep cycling that money around again as it becomes available… no plan to quit any time soon, just needing to streamline my 43 goals!
frontiermidwife has a new Dharma name now
Found one
3 months ago
I found another lady from Nicaragua so out went some money. Meanwhile one of my earlier loans is nearly paid off. I have a fair amount of Kiva credit now.
