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

[cosmosgrove]

Thanks for that Cosmosgrove.  Anyone else that wants to look, you need to put a g in org.

Woops :8} I thought the link was going to stretch the page, I must've deleted the g when I was trying to stop that happening.

[triple_pox_on_it]

Just found this thread. What a great idea.

And yes I have just rushed and signed up and done my first loan .... brilliant.

Thanks for sharing.

[cosmosgrove]

Just found this thread. What a great idea.

And yes I have just rushed and signed up and done my first loan .... brilliant.

Thanks for sharing.

:-x

[azureline**]

UPDATE on my Kiva loan:

You Loaned: $25.00

Newly Repaid: $4.17

Total Repaid So Far: $25.00

(100.00% of your loan) Repayment

Status: Paid back

off to find a new person to lend to :-x

[cosmosgrove]

UPDATE on my Kiva loan:

You Loaned: $25.00

Newly Repaid: $4.17

Total Repaid So Far: $25.00

(100.00% of your loan) Repayment

Status: Paid back

off to find a new person to lend to :-x

What a coincidence I added an extra dollar or so last night and lent again. 😄

I really need to get my work collegues together as we have enough repaid on that account to lend again also.

[kopenhagen5]

What a tremendous concept/project.

Thank you for the introduction.

Off to set up a loan. 😄

Just to re-post the site address - www.kiva.org

[kopenhagen5]

Did a $50 loan to start.

Love the way it works, it's become my new thing I tell everyone about.

Thanks again for the intro. 🙂

[cosmosgrove]

When I started this thread I was just a proud mum, I had no idea it would encourage so many to fund their own Kiva loans.

So thank you :-x

[azureline**]

Thank you Cosmo :-x

[cosmosgrove]

If anyone is interested in trying out Kiva, below is an invitation for a free trial.

http://www.kiva.org/invitedby/thetimes1206

I've also just finished reading this as I was interested in what happens with the loans that expire without being fully funded. There has been a large increase in these and this kind of explains why.

http://www.kiva.org/updates/kiva/2012/08/13/q-expiring-loans-credit-limits-and.html