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« Reply To This #50 on: May 17, 2010, 06:46:03 PM » |
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Wonderful new post from Teresa Dunbar... Diane, did you ever run into her food stall in San Francisco  Jan, thanks for posting, what a wonderful outcome for Teresa, and lucky Oikocredit! I don't recall having seen her food stall, it sounds yummy... but sadly coconut sticky rice and I would have major internal disagreements (and that's probably more than I should have said already... heh). It's heartening to know that sometimes the good folks do rise to the top. --Diane. |
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« Reply To This #51 on: May 21, 2010, 09:39:11 AM » |
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This new Fellows Blog, PADECOMSM & El Salvador’s Civil war is so quietly written but I felt myself drawn into the words and admiring the birth and growth of PADECOMSM's mission of rebuilding their country. It is easy to forget the essential role that field partners, like PADECOMSM Credito, have in Kiva’s mission. But without them, it is unlikely that any of us would be able to give our support to the entrepreneurs of this war torn region. This is after all, why we are here at Kiva, when we could be out enjoying the spring rains  -jan- |
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"The place God calls you to is the place where your deepest gladness and the world's deepest hunger meet" - Fredrick Buechner (in Wishful Thinking). "Every child should be well born, well fed, well taught, well housed and well treated." Maude Riley, Alberta Council on Child and Family Welfare 1923 "Each of us feels that we are just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less without that missing drop." --Mother Teresa 1 click per person per day on this link means 1 additional cent for the Fistula Foundation - thanks! |
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« Reply To This #52 on: May 21, 2010, 10:24:14 AM » |
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On Friday May 21st, 2010 you should be able to find PADECOMSM Credito’s field partner page and start find borrowers whom you can support. That would be today -- I'll be refreshing the Partners page and watching for # 161 (assuming the numbers are assigned sequentially...). EDIT: Whoops, they're Partner #167! --Diane. |
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« Reply To This #54 on: July 08, 2010, 10:21:00 AM » |
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Some excellent musings on the value of microfinance today from KF Drew Loizeaux Happy Entrepreneurs and Harsh Accusations: Conversations about Microfinanceand an example of the girl effect and classic microfinance in action from KF Chris Baker Cutting Out the (Middle) Man in Kathmandu-Kerry- |
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"Our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons, and our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity - men and women - to reach their full potential. I do not believe that women must make the same choices as men in order to be equal, and I respect those women who choose to live their lives in traditional roles. But it should be their choice. That is why the United States will partner with any Muslim-majority country to support expanded literacy for girls, and to help young women pursue employment through micro-financing that helps people live their dreams." - President Barack Obama, June 4, 2009
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waywardcats
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« Reply To This #55 on: July 23, 2010, 07:14:14 PM » |
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It’s the Little Things that Countby Matt Raimondi, KF11 My favorite quote: One of the greatest things I came away with from my Kiva Fellowship is the importance of having an open mind. Life happens (good and bad), every experience is an opportunity to learn. An open mind is like a key to the world. It allows you to make the most of every experience and enables you to learn and grow as a person.
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"Our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons, and our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity - men and women - to reach their full potential. I do not believe that women must make the same choices as men in order to be equal, and I respect those women who choose to live their lives in traditional roles. But it should be their choice. That is why the United States will partner with any Muslim-majority country to support expanded literacy for girls, and to help young women pursue employment through micro-financing that helps people live their dreams." - President Barack Obama, June 4, 2009
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waywardcats
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« Reply To This #56 on: July 30, 2010, 08:17:14 PM » |
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The Working Poor vs The Unbanked.by Drew Loizeaux, KF11, Uganda Many times, poor and unbanked are synonymous, but other times they are not and it is important to recognize the difference between the two and how each group can help a community. To illustrate this point I want to introduce you to Fred.
 Fred is does not fall into the category of “working poor”. He owns a fairly large carpentry shop and is currently running for mayor in his village (see picture for his campaign poster). Despite owning a very successful business, in the past, finding outside funding for his business had been difficult because his village is hours away from any major town. However, a Hofokam loan officer now serves his area and Fred has been receiving loans for about two years now. Read the rest of this blog entry here.
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"Our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons, and our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity - men and women - to reach their full potential. I do not believe that women must make the same choices as men in order to be equal, and I respect those women who choose to live their lives in traditional roles. But it should be their choice. That is why the United States will partner with any Muslim-majority country to support expanded literacy for girls, and to help young women pursue employment through micro-financing that helps people live their dreams." - President Barack Obama, June 4, 2009
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