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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 :)

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