and UP and UP and UP and UP! **insert drumroll here**
$2,501.17 
You people certainly are a generous lot, and you touch my heart continually.

In just 13 days, you have donated over $2500 to Kiva!

I would like to thank all of you generous contributors, but would especially like to thank our anonymous donor

who instigated the Kiva Friends Kiva Donation Challenge. Along the way I have seen all of

's matching donations, and in anticipation of this goal, the final matching donation has been made and verified by me. The

is one giving KivaFriend.
What is also exciting, not only about doubling your donation by participating in this challenge and helping Kiva with operating expenses, but how many Kiva Friends have participated. In the final tally, there were forty different KF from seven different countries! The countries represented were Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
So thank you to everyone for your collective participation in reaching the goals of this challenge.

Your generosity has made a difference!
With much appreciation,

Eli