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kiva: KIVA Updates - Ya Gotta Read Your Email To Get 'Em - 11/08/07 07:27 AM
Sebastian, Florida
It's important to not only check your email, but the RIGHT email.  Found I'd been getting regular reports about Asia and Dilorom (our two entrepeneurs) and didn't know it.  I had established a new email account on Yahoo that I'd totally spaced on - so here's the latest on KIVA loan repayment as of  an email received 29 Oct 2007:

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Dilorom Kasimova Retail, Tajikistan Paying Back 58% repaid
Asia Karova Clothing Sales, … (1 comments)

kiva: KIVA and ActiveRain Can Shine Together - 11/07/07 06:59 AM
Sebastian, Florida and Points West
                                           KIVA + AR + 56,623 = X    What's the answer?  What's "X"?  Read on.
I see our ActiveRain has placed a banner ad- or rotating banner or whatever it is - of KIVA on the site  (or vice versa) home page.  Great opportunity for ActiveRainers to get involved - economically and spiritually. 
We also have a KIVA group on AR, found here:  http://activerain.com/groups/KIVA.
KIVA is a company that provides - through "sponsors" - MICROLOANS to entrepreneurs and small business persons in Third World nations.  The receivers of these loans are carefully screened by the KIVA field partners (banks) in their own … (2 comments)

kiva: KIVA Loans Are Repaid - Ready for Your Involvement? - 05/30/07 12:06 PM
30 May 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
The biggest fear everyone seems to have when getting involved with certain charities is that of being duped.  Very valid.  One of the aspects of KIVA.org- the efficient and worthwhile microlending website - that I enjoy is the ability to both check on those we sponsor AND get updating emails (which I read but don't always post).
Here's what our little slice of enterprising humanity is doing since early April 2007:
Paying back loans
As you can see, Dilorom is paying back her investors at a decent rate.  It's fun to participate in this very real situation of growth … (9 comments)

kiva: All the Substance Without the Abuse - Your Wallet is Safe with TD - 03/27/07 09:19 AM
Those of us in the lending business are always looking for ways to improve our presence - and our bottom line - in our geographic area and lending niche.  Most of the mortgage "gurus" (didn't The Beatles bring that term to the American public?) are quite proud of their little pearls of wisdom and charge fees for their "kits" that would make Donald Trump wince.
An exception to this fraternity of Gouging Gurus is an individual living in Florida named Tom Domin.  Armed with a couple of decades of real estate experience as a trainer, sales leader, and Mortgage Broker, Tom can provide information … (9 comments)

kiva: KIVA TALKATHON A SCREAMING SUCCESS - 03/20/07 05:10 PM
20 March 2007 - First Day of Spring
KIVATHON called a screaming success!  TalkShoe (http://www.talkshoe.com) - our premiere podcasting relationship (and the place where you can find our archived radio shows) - staged a 24-hour KIVATHON from March 18th thru March 19th, Noon to Noon.  The Your Home-Your Money radio Mortgage Guys - Bill and Art - hosted one of the hours and had a blast.  The interactive podcast talkathon - the first of its kind - raised money and awareness for http://www.kiva.org/, the world leader in online microlending.
Microlending consists of giving small loans to (very) small businesses and entrepeneurs in developing nations, … (6 comments)

kiva: KIVA.ORG and the KIVA-THON March 18th and 19th - 03/13/07 02:14 PM
Reposted from the KIVALOANS YAHOO GROUP and the KIVALOANS Madison, Wisconsin Group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kivaloans/message/127
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kivaloans_madison/message/1
Mark this time and date: March 18, 2007 NOON (EDT) thru March 19,2007 (NOON) EDTTalkShoe and the TalkShoe Hosts will be running a "KIVA-THON" to raisemoney for the Kiva.org entrepeneurs.Details will be forthcoming. You can check out TalkShoe atwww.TalkShoe.com and watch for episode postings.Me - I'm just a podcaster (we call them TalkCasts at TalkShoe) and nowa member of this Yahoo group. Hopefully I'll be invited to host, butone never knows...but I'll be listening.Art Blanchet#1009,#10392,#10690
The KIVA-THON will be taking place here (http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=14678)and Bill Quigley and I will be co-hosting a … (6 comments)

 

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