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« Reply To This #870 on: August 31, 2009, 11:50:27 AM » |
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Welcome Bastet - and I too think that housing is basic to a family life... I joined the team and credited my first housing loan... Jose Dolores Acuña Granados ...He sells plastics and domestic appliances. His plan is to be able to finish building his house to give his family more security.... 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 #871 on: September 01, 2009, 04:02:33 AM » |
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Hi Bastet!  Glad you found Kiva Friends! Jane |
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind... Kahlil Gibran
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« Reply To This #872 on: October 01, 2009, 07:04:44 AM » |
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Hi!
My name is Anita and I am 28 years old. I just discovered this forum and decided to participate to discuss various Kiva subjects and Kiva experiences. Googling for some information about microfinance I discovered Kiva. At the beginning I was not really sure whether to donate or not as I am really cautious with such things. But a friend of mine has shared his experience, that he visited one of his entrepreneurs without Kiva knowing about it, that he found that woman and that she really received her loan and was very happy with it. This was the moment I decided to join and I do not regret it by now.
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« Reply To This #873 on: October 01, 2009, 07:06:35 AM » |
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Anita I hope you enjoy the lively debate and great conversations and information here at kivafriends.
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« Reply To This #874 on: October 01, 2009, 07:11:13 AM » |
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Anita Glad you stopped by to tell us about yourself. Jane |
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind... Kahlil Gibran
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« Reply To This #875 on: October 01, 2009, 10:22:27 AM » |
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Thank you for your warm welcome, cjp1973 and mejane!
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« Reply To This #876 on: October 01, 2009, 10:25:46 AM » |
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 howdy Anita... Thanks for stopping in, we're glad to meet you. Hope you find new friends and help us find answers to our questions. Of course, you do realize, it's an addiction that we are all struggling with...  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 #877 on: October 01, 2009, 04:30:33 PM » |
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Welcome, Anita! (I'm always a little late on this site) I, too, have visited borrowers (in Uganda, with Kiva staff's knowledge and help). It was a wonderful experience. Hope you join in chats if we can get anyone in there anymore.  |
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« Reply To This #878 on: October 02, 2009, 03:05:26 AM » |
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howdy Anita... Thanks for stopping in, we're glad to meet you. Hope you find new friends and help us find answers to our questions. Of course, you do realize, it's an addiction that we are all struggling with... jan Hi Jan, Thanks for your welcoming words! Yes, I indeed realized that it is an addiction. I mean, what are 25$ to me? I spent it many many times in things I do not really need, in clothes I never wore, so it's much better to lend it to someone who really needs it. But to channel it a bit I bought the Kiva-Piggybank  If there's money enough inside to make a new loan I do so. Thent it is a win-win situation. But I think I do not have to explain such basic things to an experienced member as you are. |
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« Reply To This #879 on: October 02, 2009, 03:21:08 AM » |
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Welcome Anita, we're happy you joined us here. I also have a Kiva piggy bank, I put it on my desk at work and when I have coins in change from buying my coffee in the cafeteria, they go into the bank toward a loan, so I understand completely! (Having the bank on my desk at work also gives me a chance to tell others about Kiva, and sometimes they come by and put their coins in also.)
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