Collect possible 2009 calendar Quotes here

[Guest]

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[Peter S]

"It's good to give - and get it back when they're done."

Fourth grader Tristan B, Grafton Public School, Grafton, Ontario


Source, February 2008 feature in Northumberland Today - see:
http://www.kivafriends.org/index.php/topic,1220.msg23398.html#msg23398

[JoanW]

Cloudia

Nothing in my life has opened up my eyes to so many new things as Kiva has... from a better understanding of poverty, to the different cultures and places around the world.  I no longer hear world news items from a distance, but wonder if I have borrowers there and what they must be facing.  To me this has been priceless.

[NevadaStars]

"I had dinner with Kiva founder Matt Flannery one evening and his passion for what Kiva does is catching!"

Looking at this individual's profile, it appears that it was an expensive dinner!
http://www.kiva.org/lender/dave2993

[waywardcats]

Kiva is all about connecting people over disparate worlds as equal business partners. - Matt Flannery

She is very thankful to her lenders for availing themselves to be used as instruments of change to restore human dignity. - Frank Owusu-Boakye (Kiva journal)
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=46163

You should know that your assistance is priceless this is you who helped Nodira in the development of her business.  - Jahongir Abdulloev (Kiva journal)
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=34638

-Kerry-

[charity]

I know many of them may not be very useful out of context, but attached is a couple pages of quotes I put together, mostly from "Banker to the Poor" and "The End of Poverty."

[Peter S]

Great work, Charity.

My favourite is the very last one, from Muhammad Yunus in Banker to the Poor:


“We have created a slavery-free world, a smallpox-free world, and apartheid-free world.  Creating a poverty-free world would be greater than all those accomplishments while at the same time reinforcing them.  This would be a world that we could all be proud to live in.”