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A Kiva Loan to Samoa
Our first ever Kiva Loan to Samao went to Tali Moui, a 49 year old mother of five children. Read more of her story here on Kiva http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=155040&_tpos=f&_tpg=h This was our 24th loan ...
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September, October, November and December 08 Kiva Loans
Continuing with our monthly commitment to Kiva, Generation Wonder made the following loans for the months of September to December 08. Loaning is becoming even easier because many of our initial recipients have paid back their loans. This means we ...
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May, June, July and August Kiva Loans
You'll remember that as a part of the charter we set for ourselves in October 07, Generation Wonder makes loans to entrepreneurs working their way out of poverty, each month, via www.Kiva.org. It's not a handout, it's a hand up. In less than a year, 4 ...
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The wonderful ladies of the Fatima Self Help Centre
New in Store in April 08 are wonderful products from Thailand. These travel from the Fatima Self Help Centre, an organization started by the Sisters of Good Shepherd in a particularly poor district of Bangkok. The Sisters started the centre in 1981 ...
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April 08 Kiva loan
This month we again scoured the pages of www.Kiva.org to find an entrepreneur to connect with. We found the Masanda group, a group of five ladies from Uganda selling pre-loved clothing. I think we like to call that "vintage" over here??! ...
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March 08 Kiva loan
Our March 08 Kiva loan went to Fallou Niang from Senegal. He requested a loan to help with the customs, handling and transport costs of clearing his inventory of tyres from the port of Dakar. We fully empathised with the cost of customs so we very ...
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January 08 and February 08 Kiva loans
The first two loan recipients for 2008 were the Mercedes Condes Sulca Group from Peru and Yat Yav from Cambodia. Yat Yav is a 25 year old mother of two, living in Cambodia. She and her husband grow vegetables from their land, earning their family ...
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December 2007 Kiva loan
This month, we chose Rolando Parades Mahari from Peru to be the recipient of our business loan. Mr Mahari is a fruit farmer, having learnt his trade from his family. His hope is to one day get married and have his own grocery store. We wish him every ...
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November 2007 Business Loan
Our commitment after we celebrated our one year anniversary was to sponsor a business loan monthly at www.kiva.org. Kiva connects people working their way out of poverty with people on the other side of the world willing to engage in their efforts. All ...
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October 2007 Business Loan
We were so thrilled to find www.Kiva.org. (via Oprah, naturally!). Through Kiva, ordinary people can connect with and support extraordinary people working their way out of poverty. By providing a business loan we contribute to their efforts to achieve ...
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