Kiva loan :)

[cosmosgrove]

Aww my 14 year old son just happily paid for a Kiva loan out of his own money. I suggested it to him after showing him the one I did last night and he didn't hesitate to say yes.

Just a little bit proud that he did that :-x

[j*oono]

It's a great project isn't it Tcm.  

If you would like to join our community spirit team, that would be really good.  Here is an invite in case you (or anyone) is interested!

http://www.kiva.org/invitedto/community_spirit/by/jacqui3910

[tcmsecretuseid]

Thanks, Joono. I'll make sure that I join the team when I donate again. 

[j*oono]

Eight new repayments in my latest email so a new loan tomorrow.  

I don't quite know what this repayment means.  It was to a women's group in Iraq months ago and it says 

Note: Since this loan was part of a promotion funded by Kiva's donors the repayment will be returned to the promotional account.

How sad that they are caught up in such a horrible war.

[tcmsecretuseid]

I got my first installment repayment today! 

They included a picture of the woman who got the loan. I love this program, and I'm spreading the word in the U.S. 

Thanks again for informing everybody about the program. 

[kopenhagen5]

joono if you did a promo loan where you make one and get one free, the repayments don't go back to your account, they go back to the firm that gave you the $25 to lend. So in effect they loan you 25 to lend to someone.

I will also have enough in repayments for another loan and next month I think I may have enough for 2 loans.

tcm, I know, it's such a simple and effective system. It's fun too. 

[j*oono]

Thanks Kopen.  I understand now.

[j*oono]

We have a new team member.  That's great Prim!  I'm glad you joined us.

[cosmosgrove]

We are sitting on 262 loans with just over 2 months to go to reach our goal of 300. We breezed through that first goal of 100 in 12 months but I think we are going to struggle to achieve this one (200 in 2 years) maybe by the end of the year?

[thecatspjs]

270 loans given  for a total of $6775 loaned .......wow !!

  only 30 loans to go to hit the target by Oct 23....... mmm might be a stretch,

but ya never know ...

[j*oono]

I think we can do it Cats.  I still haven't done the one I promised recently.  I forgot all about it.