I left you this same note on KivaFriends, but just in case you don't get alerted to messages there, I figured I'd leave a comment here as well.
I was amazed to see how many loans you've made and I was really inspired by your passion for Kiva. About two years ago, laid the foundation for a partnership with Kiva and it just launched in April. You may already be familiar with it, but if not, I wanted to be sure to let you know as I'd be very interested to get your feedback. The KivaB4B Project is a first of its kind for Kiva. It's basically a matching program. Advanta empowers its customers (nearly 1.5 million) to 'double the impact' of Kiva loans. Anytime a lender uses their Advanta credit card (or the new KivaB4B card) to make a loan, Advanta will match it - dollar for dollar - up to $200 per month per account. Additionally, Advanta gave Kiva $100,000 and gives them a donation for every new card activated. You can check out the project at www.kivab4b.com...and we have a blog at b4bcommunity.org.
Look forward to hearing back from you and take good care.
Hi Julia
ReplyDeleteI left you this same note on KivaFriends, but just in case you don't get alerted to messages there, I figured I'd leave a comment here as well.
I was amazed to see how many loans you've made and I was really inspired by your passion for Kiva. About two years ago, laid the foundation for a partnership with Kiva and it just launched in April. You may already be familiar with it, but if not, I wanted to be sure to let you know as I'd be very interested to get your feedback. The KivaB4B Project is a first of its kind for Kiva. It's basically a matching program. Advanta empowers its customers (nearly 1.5 million) to 'double the impact' of Kiva loans. Anytime a lender uses their Advanta credit card (or the new KivaB4B card) to make a loan, Advanta will match it - dollar for dollar - up to $200 per month per account. Additionally, Advanta gave Kiva $100,000 and gives them a donation for every new card activated. You can check out the project at www.kivab4b.com...and we have a blog at b4bcommunity.org.
Look forward to hearing back from you and take good care.
Erick Brownstein
Advanta Bank
Innovation Team
Great idea!
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