Moi
- Rae Leigh
- Chicago, IL
- 22 year old RN. I work in neuroscience, everything head and up. (brain trauma, bleeds, strokes, aneurysms, brain tumors, etc). Married to the man of my dreams. Head over heels in love with Chicago. I enjoy causing trouble and stirring up interest. & in my spare time, I hang out with homeless people...and do arts and crafts.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Let's Talk about KIVA!
www.kiva.org
The story of a KIVA loan
Wow. What an amazing company. You donate money to offer small business loans to companies in other countries. Alex and I got this as a wedding gift from one of my dear friends Aimee Tarr. With the money we were able to make two small loans to two different companies.
One was a Liberian group called "Unity for Peace" which is essentially a thrift store in Liberia.
We love thrift stores so we lent them money.
http://www.kiva.org/lend/229834
The other was a farming group in Cambodia:
This village bank loan consists of twenty people who live in Svay Pang Ankrang village in Kandal province. Mrs. Phalla Oem, 35, is the village bank president. She was selected for this role by the other members, who will use their portions of the loan to support their different businesses. Mrs. Phalla Oem and her husband, Mr. Ra Tith, are farmers who own a plot of land on which they cultivate leeks and bananas. The couple have four children; three are farmers and the other is a fruit seller in the local market. They work very hard to support their family. They will use the requested loan from AMK to buy fertilizer for their farm.
http://www.kiva.org/lend/219045
So if your are looking for somewhere wonderful to donate your money, KIVA is it :)
The story of a KIVA loan
Wow. What an amazing company. You donate money to offer small business loans to companies in other countries. Alex and I got this as a wedding gift from one of my dear friends Aimee Tarr. With the money we were able to make two small loans to two different companies.
One was a Liberian group called "Unity for Peace" which is essentially a thrift store in Liberia.
We love thrift stores so we lent them money.
http://www.kiva.org/lend/229834
The other was a farming group in Cambodia:
This village bank loan consists of twenty people who live in Svay Pang Ankrang village in Kandal province. Mrs. Phalla Oem, 35, is the village bank president. She was selected for this role by the other members, who will use their portions of the loan to support their different businesses. Mrs. Phalla Oem and her husband, Mr. Ra Tith, are farmers who own a plot of land on which they cultivate leeks and bananas. The couple have four children; three are farmers and the other is a fruit seller in the local market. They work very hard to support their family. They will use the requested loan from AMK to buy fertilizer for their farm.
http://www.kiva.org/lend/219045
So if your are looking for somewhere wonderful to donate your money, KIVA is it :)
Honeymoon Roadtrip Summary!
I find myself writing for the first time since the honeymoon.........
I stopped blogging on the actual honeymoon as I stopped finding internet the further west we moved. We were gone for three weeks. Here are the highlights after what I already blogged:
We hung out in arches national park in Moab Utah for a day (above and below)
Went accidentally off-roading. Had a picnic in a parking lot. (again). and took in the beautiful landscape! wow.
This beautiful picture is taken about an hour outside of salt lake city driving from southeast Utah. What a beautiful drive! wow. i recommend it. except for when our car top carrier opened, things blew way down the highway and we had to track them down....lol
Stayed in a hostel in salt lake city. Drove the temple, ended up ordering pizza and watching shark week on my computer in our little bunk bed! That hostel had sooo many rules though.
We had to stop at the giant salt lake......I told alex it is true, it's so salty YOU FLOAT when you go in....so we had to try.
AFTER THE "SWIM" in the disgusting salt lake. We literally power washed each other down and we still smelled. But...we did float. :) We then proceeded to drive across NV, and ended up where anybody driving across northern NV hopes to end up........
and we gambled in RENO....lived large and stayed in the EL dorado...which is actually really cheap. lol. after a night and morning of gambling,,,we broke even and got a free dinner out of it! we're just that good.
After Reno we headed to CA, our stop would eventually be crescent city. Along the way we see Mount Shasta......
We also stop in Weed, CA. Where we no joke, get offered weed by some folks at a gas station. (we politely decline). We also see a lady in a wheelchair beat up a man. (crazy). and we also aid a victim of domestic violence (sort of) by helping her hide behind a bush. lol. That was a crazy city.
the next morning in crescent city, we found ourselves tunneling through a hollowed out redwood
we then went to an aqaurium where he asked for volunteers. I volunteered, but because i was older, he made me lick a sea anemoe, which injected poison into my tongue and made me drool. ha. i also pet a shark.
this seal was so cute!
Just hanging out in the redwoods on our favorite stump. Right before a lady broke her ankle on a trail and we had to come to the rescue!
That night we hung out at the campground, met some hitchhikers, who were absoultely lovely to talk with......and "shotgunned" PBRs with them. we had a great time and they were excellent company. the next morning i left them a bottle of wine with this note: "Tom and Amy, thanks for shotgunning PBRs with us. enjoy this wine and feel classy! Stay adventurous and never settle down completely! Enjoy the journey. See you in another life. Cheers. Rae and Alex"
I stopped blogging on the actual honeymoon as I stopped finding internet the further west we moved. We were gone for three weeks. Here are the highlights after what I already blogged:
We hung out in arches national park in Moab Utah for a day (above and below)Went accidentally off-roading. Had a picnic in a parking lot. (again). and took in the beautiful landscape! wow.
This beautiful picture is taken about an hour outside of salt lake city driving from southeast Utah. What a beautiful drive! wow. i recommend it. except for when our car top carrier opened, things blew way down the highway and we had to track them down....lol
Stayed in a hostel in salt lake city. Drove the temple, ended up ordering pizza and watching shark week on my computer in our little bunk bed! That hostel had sooo many rules though.
We had to stop at the giant salt lake......I told alex it is true, it's so salty YOU FLOAT when you go in....so we had to try.
AFTER THE "SWIM" in the disgusting salt lake. We literally power washed each other down and we still smelled. But...we did float. :) We then proceeded to drive across NV, and ended up where anybody driving across northern NV hopes to end up........
and we gambled in RENO....lived large and stayed in the EL dorado...which is actually really cheap. lol. after a night and morning of gambling,,,we broke even and got a free dinner out of it! we're just that good.
After Reno we headed to CA, our stop would eventually be crescent city. Along the way we see Mount Shasta......
We also stop in Weed, CA. Where we no joke, get offered weed by some folks at a gas station. (we politely decline). We also see a lady in a wheelchair beat up a man. (crazy). and we also aid a victim of domestic violence (sort of) by helping her hide behind a bush. lol. That was a crazy city.
the next morning in crescent city, we found ourselves tunneling through a hollowed out redwood
we then went to an aqaurium where he asked for volunteers. I volunteered, but because i was older, he made me lick a sea anemoe, which injected poison into my tongue and made me drool. ha. i also pet a shark.
this seal was so cute!
Just hanging out in the redwoods on our favorite stump. Right before a lady broke her ankle on a trail and we had to come to the rescue!
That night we hung out at the campground, met some hitchhikers, who were absoultely lovely to talk with......and "shotgunned" PBRs with them. we had a great time and they were excellent company. the next morning i left them a bottle of wine with this note: "Tom and Amy, thanks for shotgunning PBRs with us. enjoy this wine and feel classy! Stay adventurous and never settle down completely! Enjoy the journey. See you in another life. Cheers. Rae and Alex"
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