Mali – vote for your favourite for the 2009 calendar

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[Christopher]

Welcome to the first round of voting for the 2009 Kiva Calendar.  There are 27 concurrent polls (one for each country) – remember to vote in each one.

You have up to 1 votes in this poll, nominally for: Female individual.

Below are links to each  entrepreneurs' profile and a thumbnail (which in turn is linked to the full-sized image – be warned some are a couple of MB or more)

The winners of each country will then go through to the next round of voting*. (Results will be available after the poll has ended).

Kiva profile: Aminata Diallo

Kiva profile: Elisabeth Djoné

*I am currently reserving the right that if there is a tie I will have the casting vote (I will not have voted in the poll, however tempting it might be).

Where possible the casting vote will be used to ensure:
- a balance of male and female entrepreneurs (as to the Kiva ratio)
- a balance of businesses (farming, shops, repairs, food, markets etc).

[B. Right]

Both nice, in that they show people actually working, not just posing.
Even if the calfpettingpic are kind of cute, I think I'll go with Elisabeth; struggling with her thirsty grass or whatever that is. - Just so I doesn't have to spend an entire month, looking at a cows butt...

[KivanSteven]

Im with you Right.  Even the best pics would be ruined by cow hynies.

[JoanW]

Also her story shows how with some help form Kiva she is making a difference in the future of her corner of the world - 7 more children get an education - 40 more women get an opportunity to educate their children.  That is a lot of impact from one woman watering a few veggies by hand.