Loaning to a Julia while travelling.

I'm traveling and found a town with free wireless.  Made a kiva loan to a Julia in Kenya.

ulia is 25 years old and has a grocery business in Kangundo town. She has been running it for five years now and it has been profitable. She is married and together with her spouse has been blessed with three children. She plans to use this loan to buy more stock of vegetables, carrots, onions, tomatoes, bananas, and oranges for sale. She will use the anticipated profits to pay school fees for her children. This is her fourth loan term and she paid back her previous loans successfully. In the future Julia hopes to expand her business and open another grocery store and also educate her children.

Kiva loan to a Julia in Honduras who sews

Made a loan to Martha Julia in Honduras who has a home sewing business.

Going on a road trip for the next few weeks. Will try to change the world in micro ways.

kiva loans

Made 13 loans to Honduras today with Kiva. And Prism.

Julia in Bolivia

Made a kiva loan to a Julia in Bolivia today.

kiva loans to julia's

Made 3 kiva loans today to Julia's.

Smithsonian

Renewed my membership in the Smithsonian.

It's our National Treasure. Those who can need to help keep it alive.

Kiva loan to Julia in Colombia

Julia, at 67 years of age, has her own business, a stall where she sells meals and fried food. Her stall is located besides a very busy highway in the Córdoba region. She has had this business for 10 years and works Monday to Saturday, from 6 a.m. till 2 p.m. She has one other person to help her. In this way she generates sufficient income to support her household and to help her three grown children financially since this burden fell on her after her husband died.

This client states that her age does not prevent her from continuing to work since she enjoys what she is doing and feels useful. Currently she is requesting a loan in order to purchase chairs and tables as well as supplies wholesale (meat, oil, vegetables and soft drinks, among other items) and to make some improvements in the space where she is located.This will enable her to improve her business’ image and provide her diners with a more comfortable experience. In addition she will have supplies available to expand production and sales. All this will be reflected in an increase in earnings. Thus she will be able to continue supporting her family.

Kiva loan

Just made a Kiva loan to Gantumur in Mongolia.

Gantumur Tsolmon is 45 years old and lives with his wife and three children in a house in the Selenge province of Mongolia. His oldest daughter and son both attend university, and his youngest son attends a local high school. Gantumur's wife helps him with his business. He operates a vegetable trading business, where he plants and grows a variety of vegetables on his own three hectare field to sell to dealers in the local markets.

He also owns a bee farm, which consists of 19 beehives. During winter months, he keeps his bees in a special cellar, and in May he travels through the countryside to pasture his bees. When he has gone to migrate his bees, his children and wife are responsible for growing the vegetables. He started his vegetable planting business in 1992, and has since built a stable operation. Since 1998, he has been producing honey.

During the past 12 years he has gained a lot of agricultural experience and knowledge of both his businesses. The family sells their seeds and honey during the warm months. They pickle their vegetables and sell those during the winter months. All family members are very hardworking people. Gantumur is a modest and experienced business man and says, "we work very hard during all warm months." He is requesting a 3,500,000 MNT loan to purchase a large amount of seeds while the price for such products is cheap.

Kiva loan to Julia in Nakuru, Kenya

Made a Kiva loan to Julia in Nakuru, Kenya.  Julia is in the business of offering computer and printing services. This loan will help buy printing papers, binding spirals, toners and cartridges.

Kiva loans - 20 to Honduras

Caught up on some Kiva.org credit - made 20 loans to Julia's and people in Honduras.

I'm building up my kiva funds to use as emergency funds - instead of money sitting in a savings account it's getting used. And it's there if I need it.

Science Conference

I was at a science conference for a week, presenting research and learning.

I had the opportunity to support the Easter Seals, a lady was selling scarfs in a pub I was at.  They were mostly fleece and she had them hanging from hangers on the wall, with a sign. She made $1200 last year. Figured out a way of making money while doing what she liked to do and was doing anyhow.  I bought a few and gave them away and they were very appreciated.  It was a win-win-win-win situation.

Modest needs. org.

I made my first donation to someone on modest needs . org. It was recommended from facebook.  It's a site where people can ask for a bit of help to keep them going over the edge.

I think that's important. So many people live so close to falling.

This is the one I donated to. It's a veteran who is about to go homeless and lose their companion animals. This would spiral the person downhill fast.  Helping them at this point in their lives would really change it.

https://www.modestneeds.org/features/ledger/viewapp.asp?source=BrowseRequest&mode=upd&rp=l&id=262593

If you make a donation, register first. You don't get the chance to during check out.

Kiva loans to Julia's

Made kiva.org loans to 5 julia's today!

Kiva loan to a Julia for Nursing School

New Kiva loan to a Julia

Julia is studying a degree in nursing. She would like to be able to complete her studies in order to help her family with the income she will earn. She is a dedicated and exemplary person. She says that she helps in the family business while also studying, because she wants to be a successful professional and helpful to others. She requests this loan in order to be able to invest it in her degree fees, to be able to continue studying and to strive for her future goal.

kiva loan to a Julia in Colombia

A loan of $525 helps Julia Pilar to buy stock in bulk (cakes, fizzy drinks, biscuits, sweets, coffee and so on) and to make a few small changes .Julia lives in Colombia.
www.kiva.org loan.

kiva loan to a julia in El Salvadore.

Julia lives in her own house. Her husband and children live in the United States. She has sold tortillas for the past few years. She is a friendly, responsible, honest person who is dedicated to her work. She has a good income and there is much demand for her product because of it's quality and cleanliness. Thanks to her efforts she has managed to pay some of her expenses. 

Julia is requesting a loan to buy corn by the quintal, lime and utensils she uses in the elaboration of her tortillas. She hopes that through this she will be able to create more income, fulfill the demand she now has and improve her quality of life.

Kidney Foundation

Made a donation to support a friend in a walk for kidney foundation

If you want to help her you can here - http://donate.kidney.org/site/TR/Walk/SouthernCalifornia?px=2371200&pg=personal&fr_id=5900

Kiva loan to a Lydia

www.kiva.org loan -

A married mother of three, 40-year-old Lydia resides in Paynesville South, a suburb just outside Monrovia, Liberia It is one of the most populated areas in Montserrado County and has one of the best standards of living in the country. Good roads, access to clean water, affordable rents and plentiful transportation options make Paynesville South one of the most popular places to live. 


Lydia runs a table business selling lappa (African clothes mostly used by women) in the local market. Describing herself as a serious businesswoman, she started her enterprise two years ago, using money given by her mother. Lydia typically works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Saturday, transporting her goods to the market by bus. She cites her greatest challenge as small capital reserves. 



Proud of her business because it supports her home, Lydia has requested this loan to purchase more lappa to resell. In the future, she plans to build her house. She sincerely thanks you in advance for your support.

Kiva loan to Honduras

Franklin is enterprising, honest, serious and hard working. He lives with his wife and 3 children in the south of Honduras. His business is buying and selling cattle. 

Franklin needs this loan to buy more cattle, as they're selling at a good price. With this investment, he hopes his business sales increase, as he can offer more to his clients and cover their needs, and that way improve his and his family's economic situation. 

Franklin hopes that in the next 2 years, his business will continue growing and consolidating so it can turn into the largest and most well-known in the area. He also hopes to continue supporting his family so that his children finish their studies and become honest people with principles and values.

Kiva loan to Honduras

Gloria is 37 years old, a mother of two children, housewife and a farmer. She has been in a common-law relationship for many years, one that gets stronger every day. Her children are still minors, one of them attends primary school. Along with her partner she is involved in the different farming activities such as: cleaning, harvesting the coffee beans, pruning, adding fertilizer and manure etc. Her parents taught her how to farm from an early age and she has been farming coffee for many years. She thanks God for having given them the opportunity to have their own land, which is located one kilometer from their house. 

Gloria has requested a loan from COMIXMUL in order to buy fertilizer, manure and foliar spray fertilizer. These products are necessary to keep the leaves and the plant in good condition, thus harvesting a quality bean in the end. 

Her plans are to buy a little more land on which she would plant a different, more competitive and desirable species. This would have the purpose of generating more income, boosting the family economy and offering her children a better education and higher standard of living.