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« on: October 13, 2009, 03:50:27 AM » |
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Please add quotes as you find them in this thread! The kiva fellow quotes are a great way to highlight the work that they do. So instead of trying to wade through hundreds of blogs in September, please leave the quotes as you find them. Make sure you include the blog it comes from, to make sure information and names are accurate.
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waywardcats
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« Reply To This #1 on: October 13, 2009, 11:28:43 AM » |
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Here are a couple of suggestions: ‘Connecting people through lending,’ precedes ‘alleviating poverty,’ in Kiva’s mission statement. I have come to believe that the goal might actually be of a higher as opposed to a simple aesthetic preference. I mean, maybe we could eradicate poverty individually, but with the concerted effort of a community it can be done more effectively. In a community one can share ideas, efforts, problems, solutions and risks. Unsung Heros by KF9 Fellow Shereef Zaki *** People are not merely numbers or statistics and their problems are not inputs into functions. Their problems are real and have voices. Voices that are not full of sob stories, but that are pragmatic and eager to get things done. They do not need economists in white coats to solve their problems, nor do they need bags full of money. They merely need to be enabled to pursue their ideas, plans and dreams. Tchau Moçambique by KF8 Fellow Cameron Morris -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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« Reply To This #2 on: October 13, 2009, 11:56:58 AM » |
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Those are great quotes and I am glad this thread was started as a way to get a good start on next years calendar! I will have to keep this in mind as I read the Kiva Fellow blogs!!
Thanks!
Charity
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waywardcats
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« Reply To This #3 on: October 21, 2009, 10:24:41 PM » |
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They work and endure, without expecting an instant fix. “Get-rich-quick” is not an option. They know tomorrow and the next day and the next may not be any easier than today, but they persevere. They battle through Malaria, and worse. They are business people, entrepreneurs, innovators. They are working for their children, for all children to come. A Rough Start by KF9 Fellow Rebecca Corey |
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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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« Reply To This #4 on: November 02, 2009, 09:39:41 AM » |
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“Ahorre sus centavitos para poder contribuir cuando sea necesario” she’d often tell me, which essentially means, save wisely in order to contribute when called upon. This principle, beyond an important basis for our financial decisions and the reason I became a Kiva lender, drills down to the basis of a community. Giving and receiving connects people. Kiva makes that happen. We can all contribute. We are all in need. My Kiva Fellowship Kicks off in 5 Hours by Dennis Espinoza heading to Cameroon, including quote attributed to his grandmother . |
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waywardcats
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« Reply To This #5 on: November 05, 2009, 06:40:33 PM » |
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there is a certain sadness that most of these borrowers have. for some it’s buried deep beneath stoicism and the victories of subsequent success, but for others it’s brimming at the surface, and you get the feeling that one more slight push would send them into the chasm. when i take their photos, they never smile – and i thought of asking them to, but i don’t want to if there’s nothing to smile about. the truth is, life has been hard for them. The People Who Borrow by Jane Lim, KF9 Mongolia |
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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 #6 on: November 10, 2009, 02:21:17 PM » |
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I am truly honored to work with the incredible organization that is Kiva, because say what you might about its flaws, I have personally seen how the river of loans from Kiva lenders leads to reaching new areas untouched by the financial system. I am humbled to have had the chance to meet these newest borrowers, and I can’t thank Kiva lenders enough for allowing our MFI partners to push frontiers and cross into the lives or the worlds’ most rural poor. Suzy Marinkovich, KF8 Peru & KF9 Bolivia in why me? |
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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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« Reply To This #7 on: November 10, 2009, 02:29:47 PM » |
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This is a side-comment, but if you haven't gone yet to read Suzy's piece "why me?" from which Kerry pulled the above quote, please do. I am still wiping away the tears.
--Diane.
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« Reply To This #8 on: November 10, 2009, 09:56:02 PM » |
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This is a side-comment, but if you haven't gone yet to read Suzy's piece "why me?" from which Kerry pulled the above quote, please do. I am still wiping away the tears.
--Diane.
Wow! That was well worth the effort took to read. I posted to the link to that on some of my teams. I don't see how anyone could read that without feeling the urge to lend! |
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Jan & John
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« Reply To This #9 on: November 10, 2009, 10:26:29 PM » |
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oh my, can that girl write and bring the tears!
and how badly we needed to hear those words, today for sure.
-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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