Collect possible future 2010 calendar photos here

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[Christopher]

With the polls started for the 2009 calendar it is now time to start thinking about and collecting possible future 2010 calendar photos here so they don't get lost through the year.

All submissions are most welcome including profile and journal photos, though please consider the minimum requirement is that the original* image must be at least 1024x768 pixels. Dates, colour casts, exposure (over or under), or a little loss of focus / blurring, does not necessarily rule out a photo - if in doubt please do post a link.

*To get to the original image is quite straight forward:

• Select the entrepreneur's profile (example)
• Click on the entrepreneur's photo on their profile page (example)
• In the address bar replace w800 with orig (example).

Code:

So:       http://kiva.s3.amazonaws.com/img/w800/5484.jpg
Becomes:  http://kiva.s3.amazonaws.com/img/orig/5484.jpg

Some dos and donts:

• Do remember to include a link to your entrepreneur's profile eg: http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=2048
• If it is a journal photo please say so
• Please don't include the original as an image in your post - use the w800 version instead
• Do feel free to promote your choice

[Alphecca]

I really like this lady opening the door in welcome to her hotel/pub!

Name: Moussou Sagna Baccolo Business Name: Hotel Location: ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal Primary Activity: Hotel, Inn Loan Use: To equip her inn Date Posted: May 6, 2008; 12 months

And the guy with the party characters.  Mexico

Name: Jose Daniel Rodriguez Aranda Business Name: Daniel's Parties Location: Linares, Mexico Primary Activity: Entertainment Loan Use: To buy a cart to sell snacks Date Posted: Jul 16, 2008, 6 months

And the lady with the hat, happy at work.. Viet Nam

Name: Nguyen Thi Lien Location: Ninh Giang, Viet Nam Primary Activity: Food Market Loan Use: she wants to buy more pigs to sell the meat at the market Loan Posted: Jul 3, 2007, 12 months

Ukrainian smiling clothes seller - really nice colors

Name: Olga Gryaznova Location: Simferopol, Ukraine Primary Activity: Clothing Sales Loan Use: To increase her stock and turnover Loan Posted:  Aug 8, 2008

Pakistan ladies group - large range of ages!

Name: Kalsoom M. Afzal's Group Business Name: Group Loan Location: Arifwala, Pakistan Primary Activity: selling wooden sticks (to burn in stoves Loan Use: To expand their businesses Loan Posted:  Jul 26, 2008; 12 months

More clothes, Nigeria

Name: Gloria Osaijie Business Name: Vicky Stores Location: Benin City, Nigeria Primary Activity: Clothing Sales Loan Use: To buy more women's wrappers for sale Loan Posted:  Aug 4, 2008; 12 months

The gentleman farmer in Azerbaijan was dressed for the photo-op!

Name: Salim Aslanov Business Name: Calf Breeding Location: Saatli, Azerbaijan Primary Activity: Livestock Loan Use: To purchase four calves and fodder Loan Posted:  Jul 17, 2008; 18 months

The mill is center of attention in this one from Cambodia

Name: Oeurn Sohan Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia Primary Activity: Raising Pigs Loan Use: Construction of a hall for a rice-grinding machine Loan Posted:  Jul 30, 2008; 18 months

Colorful soup ingredients - Nigeria

Name: Caro Isibor Business Name: Caro's Soup Ingredients Location: Benin City, Nigeria Primary Activity: Food Market Loan Use: To buy more soup ingredients for sale Loan Posted:  Aug 8, 2008; 8 months

And a wonderful carpentry shop in Nigeria

Name: Paul Osadiaye Business Name: estimony Block Industries Location: Benin City, Nigeria Primary Activity: Manufacturing Loan Use: To buy one molding machine for the production of blocks for sale Loan Posted:  Aug 9, 2008; 8 months

I love the cocoa colors in this one from Nigeria
 

Name: Esther Egharevba Business Name: Esther's Produce Location: Benin City, Nigeria Primary Activity: Food Production/Sales Loan Use: To buy more cocoa for sale Loan Posted:  Aug 10, 2008; 8 months

And a chicken seller from Bolivia:

Name: Alcira De Business Name: Ninguno Location: Bolivia Primary Activity: Food Loan Use: To buy chickens to sell for meat. Loan Posted:  Jul 21, 2008; 24 months

Senegal - mountain of fruit!

Name: Awa Guèye Location: LELO;Thiès;, Senegal Primary Activity: Fruits & Vegetables Loan Use: To sell local fruit Loan Posted:  Aug 10, 2008; 6 months

Poignant Beauty in Nigeria

Name: Beauty Imuentinyan Business Name: Beauty's Table Water Location: Benin City, Nigeria Primary Activity: Goods Distribution Loan Use: To buy more table water for distribution to retailers Loan Posted: Aug 9, 2008; 8 months

My friend saw many of these mortar and pestle operations on her Africa tour. Threshing millet is hard work!

Name: Sitope Adjahlo Business Name: Bar Mokpoko Location: Adéta, Togo Primary Activity: Restaurant Loan Use: To buy more yams and goats meat

A nice seamstress smile...or two

Name: PAULINE DAGO Business Name: ADD BUSINESS NAME HERE Location: Port-Bouët, Cote D'Ivoire Primary Activity: Clothing Sales Loan Use: purchase a stock of school uniforms.

Name: Abdul Wasah Dawood Shah Business Name: Tailoring Location: Kabul, Afghanistan Loan Use: To buy new machines

Name: Eva Beatriz Mendoza Yanique Location: La Paz, Bolivia Primary Activity: Home Products Sales Loan Use: Purchase groceries in bulk to stock her business Loan Terms: A   Jun 27, 2008; 5 months

(I'll be modifying this entry and adding more suggestions, rather than posting separately...)

Alph

[Cloudia]

Thanks for these instructions, Christopher.   I've just discovered that some of my favourites have the hidden away larger dimensions required.

Victoria Aigbe, Nigeria ~ Timber Sales
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=50025

Abdusamad Mirzoev, Tajikistan ~ Cradle Maker
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=40476

Comfort Awotwe, Ghana ~ Fish Seller
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=45644

Hout Sothy, Cambodia ~ Marble carver
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=55923

[Eli]

A nice smile of a woman proud of her plantains:

Mercy Odigie of Benin City, Nigeria

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=59224&_tpos=f&_tpg=h

EDIT:  (Still funding as of this posting!)

2nd Edit  Raised!

[mejane]

Here are a few pictures for consideration for 2010.  I am wondering if when we submit pictures it is better to at least post a small picture so that we can easily tell if we have duplicated an entry.
Jane

Name: Bibizor Uldosheva Location:  Tajikistan Primary Activity  Agriculture/buy more mineral fertilizer Original picture:  2816 x 2112

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=50739&_tpos=2&_tpg=1 Name: Theoneste Iyakaremye Location:  Rwanda Primary Activity  Trade/Store Original picture:  3072 x 2304 http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=59671&_tpos=f&_tpg=h Name: Mihneta Sprečo Location:  Bosnia and Herzegovina Primary Activity  Cattle/Dairy Farm Original picture:  2816 x 2112 http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=59661&_tpos=f&_tpg=h Name: Rose Edose Location:  Nigeria Primary Activity  Seamstress Original picture:  2151 x 1613 http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=59220&_tpos=f&_tpg=h (Margie.... this sewing machine is for YOU!)

[michael]

Here are a few is one to consider. 


http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=53372


(editted to remove those pics not big enuf.  but they sure were pretty!)

[Christopher]

No need to post the "orig" image anywhere, but as the person suggesting the image you need to have viewed the "orig" image to ensure it makes the minimum criteria of 1024x768.  It will eventually be downloaded but the person laying out the calendar should it make it through the various rounds of voting.

What you have don't is great, though some of the "orig" images don't quite make the size requirement.
C

Am confused as to where to post the "orig" if you want to w800 here, so forgive me if this is wrong, but....

[mejane]

Michael,
Your pictures are great but only one of them meets the size requirements.  It is the lady from Ukraine
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=53372

What you need to do to check the picture size is what Christopher posted in the beginning of this thread.  It took me awhile to learn how to do this but now I check the original size before even posting the picture.  I am trying to save Christopher the work or "weeding out" the ones that don't meet size requirements.  I would be glad to help you if you are having trouble understanding how this works.

Jane

[JoanW]

Mohammad Zahar Haraf


Lorenzo


June Ailuai

[KivanSteven]

A whole lot of these are really great--fabulous even--well on the way to having enough pics for next year.  Terrific job!

[mejane]

Name: Abdul Wali Location:  Afghanistan Primary Activity  Livestock Original picture:  1024 x 768

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=59898&_tpos=f&_tpg=h

[mejane]

Name: Joel Ibhawoh Location:  Nigeria Primary Activity  Bricks Original picture:  1556 x 1167

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=59471&_tpos=f&_tpg=h

[mejane]

Name: Deborah Joseph Location:  Nigeria Primary Activity  Divine Fabric Shop / Cloth & Dressmaking Supplies Original picture:  1815 x 1361

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=59528&_tpos=f&_tpg=h

[mejane]

Name: Arame Faye Location:  Senegal Primary Activity  Fruit & Vegetable Sales Original picture:  3264 x 2448 At first glance there doesn't seem much that is remarkable about this picture.  However, here is the proprietor, on the plains of Africa, on a dirt floor, doing a "juggling act" to sell her fruit.  The contrast between the poverty and her ingenuity was wonderful!!    Jane

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=59770&_tpos=f&_tpg=h

[NevadaStars]

Juana owns a mini-market in the Dominican Republic and is blind.  (Colmado = Grocer)

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=41328

[mejane]

Here is a group photo that I think has potential for next year.  It is one of my current loans and will run through April 2009.  What drew me in was the story.  (The story is actually very long but I will try to trim it down for the post.)  The colors of the ladies dresses are wonderful and they make these clothes in their business.  Jane

Name: Belen Cerro de Oro (Group 1) Location:  Guatemala Primary Activity  Weaving Original picture:  2000 x 1500 Across from school’s cement courtyard, where turkeys spread their tails, mocking the unfortunate fate of the fried chickens being sold for lunch, sit 28 women under the shade of an avocado tree. Shifting periodically to avoid the sun's glare as it tracks across the sky, the women of the Belen communal bank are perched on rocks, steps or sitting flat on the ground, waiting for their meeting to begin. They have come from all over their town of Cerro de Oro, by foot, tuc tuc, or bus, to this central spot where they have been meeting once a month for the past seven years. Surrounded by poverty, this avocado tree brings them hope with each meeting. It is under this tree that they receive their loans from Friendship Bridge and learn how to best invest to change their futures.

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=38887 Long before the monthly meetings under the avocado tree, the women of Belen worked long days in the factories of other weavers, earning meager incomes that could barely provide food or shelter for their families. Since joining Friendship Bridge, all 28 women have become their own bosses, opening their own businesses, employing as many as five other women in turn. They are also teaching their daughters the trade, which is an important aspect of the Atitlán culture. However, their dreams go further for their children. Their children all attend the local school, and their mothers dream that they will learn to read and write, acquiring knowledge of other things, so that someday they can break free from the struggles of their parents and enter a world full of opportunity.

[Christopher]

Unfortunately plans have had to be changed :http://www.kivafriends.org/index.php/topic,2405.msg40356.html#msg40356.

In the future we look forward to photos from Kivafellows, but until then there plenty of threads to view and post interesting pictures of entrepreneurs - thankfully RichardF compiled this list not long ago: http://www.kivafriends.org/index.php/topic,2345.msg37259.html#msg37259