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29
Sep 11

Quick Kiva Update

We love Kiva.  The thought of helping families grow a business and build a better life for themselves is inspirational.  The Pape household is now up to 57 loans.

Here are our three most recent loans (translated from partner website).

Lilia Joy from Kiva.org

Lilia Joy is 51 years old and lives in the Philippines. She is married with 3 children. Lilia Joy has a shop that sells canned goods, snacks & beverages. She has had this business for 10 years. She requested a loan of PHP 10,000 to buy stock for her shop.

Magdalena from Kiva.org

Magdalena is 42 years old and lives in the Philippines. She is married with 5 children. Magdalena has a shop that sells canned goods, snacks & beverages. She has had this business for 4 years. She requested a loan of PHP 8,000 to buy canned goods, snacks & beverages.

Violeta from Kiva.org

Violeta is 45 years old and lives in the Philippines. She is married with 6 children. Violeta has a shop that sells green & yellow bananas. She has had this business for 6 years. She requested a loan for PHP 11,000 to buy bananas for sale.

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19
Apr 11

Kiva update – 4/18/2011

Updated loan amounts to Kiva.org. Funded two more loans yesterday. Just two loans away from my goal of 50 loans.

Chea Nen

Dongkor, Cambodia Personal Use | Vehicle

Chea Nen, 62, is a farmer and her husband is a construction worker, and they can earn a daily income $1.66 per day. Chea Nen has six children, five of whom are married while the remaining one is single. There of her children were employed as sewing workers and have a formal salary every month.

She intends to buy a new motorcycle and repair her old house. This loan can make life easier for them as they can go anywhere faster than before. As for her future expectations, she hopes to sells all kinds of meals and vegetables in front of her house.

http://www.kiva.org/lend/287951

Chak’s Group

Location Undisclosed, Cambodia Agriculture | Farm Supplies

For privacy reasons, the Field Partner has requested that last names and location be undisclosed

This village bank loan consists of twenty-four members who hope that they can use their portions to improve their families’ standard of living. Mrs. Chak, born in 1964, was selected to be the village bank president by the other members.

Mrs. Chak is a farmer who owns a 1.20-hectare plot of land which she uses to grow rice for a living. She would like to ask for a loan to buy a water machine to support her crop growing. Her husband is a vice village chief who is able to earn a small salary to support their family, and he also helps his wife with farming. The couple has four children: one works for a mobile company and the other three are students who also assist with farming.

http://www.kiva.org/lend/281488

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18
Apr 11

Kickstarter Projects I Funded

I <3 the Kickstarter organization. I think its great that we can help artists and small business people get their ideas turned into reality. It's crowdsourcing the American dream and making life better one $5 contribution at a time.

Here are some of my projects and why.

Name: A City in Portraits : The Ypsi Project Exhibit
Why: Wanted to help a local Michigan photographer capture the beautiful and special people in her neighborhood. Big picture, special people are often overlooked. This project that takes time to celebrate the small differences and a communities beautiful diversity.

Name: Decentralize the web with Diaspora
Why: Four NYU students want to create an alternative to Facebook. It’s a noble goal which will spawn ambitious projects and new ways of thinking on privacy and sharing information. Too many companies are trying to imitate Facebook. I think it will take individuals to dream up something different.

Name:Libyan Youth in the Revolution: video reports from Libya
Why: first the background, reporter is in Libya embedded with youth groups. Revolution breaks out and funds dry up. Reporter asks for funds to cover events since it is being overlooked by mainstream media at the time.I didn’t think this story would be told. I didn’t think anyone would come to defend the people of Libya. I wanted to make sure this story was told unlike the story of Bahrain.

Name: No Time To Explain indie game
Why: More dreamers that want to use technology to make something cool and entertaining. Plus, I get a free copy of the game when done.




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17
Apr 11

Bicycle City

The Bicycle City. Trailer from Greg Sucharew on Vimeo.

Sponsored the Bicycle City movie project today. Pretty excited and I can’t wait to see it.

Click the box below for more info.

Become a Gold Sponsor for only $500. What a deal.

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24
Mar 11

Kiva Update – 3/24/2011

Updated loan amounts to Kiva.org. Very close to my goal of 50 kiva loans.

Sara Patricia Herrera Alemán

San Rafael, Nicaragua Housing | Personal Housing Expenses

Sara Patricia Herrera Alemán currently works for a government organization in San Rafael as the assistant treasurer, and has worked for this organization for twenty three years. She is married. She has had seven loans with CEPRODEL and each one has been used to purchase building materials such as sand, cement, stone, gravel, blocks, etc., to improve and enlarge the house where she lives. These loans with CEPRODEL have been of great help to her since through them she has improved her living conditions and those of her family.

http://www.kiva.org/lend/278406?_te=ty

Edik Grigoryan

Ijevan, Armenia Services | Auto Repair

Edik Grigoryan was born in 1966. He lives in Ijevan city. Edik is married and has three children. His elder daughter is married and lives separately. His younger daughter and his son go to school. Edik’s wife is at home.

Since 1990, Edik has engaged in auto servicing. Now he is renting a workshop where he repairs cars, but he also has his own dilapidated workshop. He is asking for a 600.000 AMD loan to reconstruct this workshop. This will allow him to run his business at his own workshop and thus cut down his business expenses.

This is Edik’s third loan from Nor Horizon.

http://www.kiva.org/lend/280453?_te=ty

Maria Del Transito Rodriguez Pozo

Leon, Nicaragua Retail | Cosmetics Sales

Maria Del Trancito is 42 years old and married. She lives with her partner and their four children. For the last 3 years she has worked selling cosmetics. All of Maria’s customers are located in areas near the city and she gets around easily on foot while taking advantage to show her products to passers-by. Her dream is to have a larger inventory to offer variety to her customers. He greatest challenge is her competition, which with her experience she has managed to control and which is why she is always in search of new markets and good prices. She is requesting this loan for the purchase of lipstick, creams, perfumes, bags, underwear and general cosmetics.

http://www.kiva.org/lend/283418?_te=ty

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2
Mar 11

Kiva Update – 3/2/2011

Added three more Kiva loans bringing the total to 43.  50 loans will be a big milestone for us and I can’t wait to hit it.

Erika Del Rosario Orozco Aguirre

  • Location: Managua, Nicaragua
  • Sector: Clothing
  • Activity: Clothing Sales
  • Loan Use: To invest in the purchase of school uniforms and cosmetics to increase her sales

Erika is a small merchant. She began her activity six years ago with the aim of giving financial support to her family. She began selling clothes and cosmetics through catalogues. She acquired customers thanks to her husband who is a supervisor in a private company, and she was granted loans by the microfinance institution Afodenic. She expanded her product range and successfully won and kept customers. She sells for cash and on credit.

She will use her new loan to buy school uniforms and cosmetics to meet the higher demand over the course of years.

Mut Vang’s Group

  • Location: Tuol Krang village, Cambodia
  • Sector: Food
  • Activity: Food Market
  • Loan Use: To buy more rice to resell

This group loan consists of four members. They are located in Tuol Krang village in Kandal province.

Mrs. Mut Vang was born in 1968 and is a group leader. She was selected to be the group leader by the other members.

Her husband, Mr. Hing Hun, is a farm laborer and can earn a small income to help support his family. He also owns a plot of land for growing rice. This couple has two children; both children are laborers.

Mrs. Mut Vang earns her living by selling rice in the local village. In order to support and enlarge her business, she would like to ask for a loan to buy more rice to resell. With this loan, she hopes to increase her income to improve the living conditions of her family.

Nathalia Rivas

  • Location: Caaguazú, Paraguay
  • Sector: Agriculture
  • Activity: Flowers
  • Loan Use: to buy ornamental plants, flowers, and seeds for seedlings that will be used for reforestation

Ms. Nathalia Rivas is 24 years old, single, and lives with her parents and five siblings. They work together to run their family business, which is a nursery they have had for 11 years.

Nathalia is working to continue this business, which is very important to the whole family because they depend on it to cover their daily needs, school expenses, and other typical family expenses.

She finished a two-year technical program in plastic arts and she would like to pursue another university degree sometime in the future.

Nathalia is requesting this loan to buy ornamental plants, flowers, and seeds for seedlings that will be used for reforestation.

 

 

 

 

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1
Feb 11

Kiva Update: Just made our 40th Loan

Added three loans to Kiva.org.  I’m really happy that we are able to help out some families with small children.

Divina Raymundo

  • Location: Jala-jala, Rizal, Philippines
  • Loan Use: to buy fishing net, fish traps, and provide working capital

Tough, hardworking and a good mother of three are characteristics that describe Divina, a 39 year old woman. She is married to Jericko, who is also 39, and they work closely together as fishermen. The couple is motivated to work harder by their children, who live with them.

Flordeliza Fie

  • Location: Brgy. Banganan, Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
  • Loan Use: To purchase additional products to sell

Flordeliza Fie is from the village of Brgy. Bangana, Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. She is 44 years old. Flordeliza is married and has 4 school-aged children. To make a living, Flordeliza owns and operates a business venture in the food sector making and selling food. The main source of income for the business comes from preparing and selling cooked food for daily meals. Flordeliza has been engaged in her business for over 8 years and earns approximately 4,500 PHP a month for these activities.

Gina Villegas

  • Location: Brgy.Banganan, Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
  • Loan Use: To purchase new items to expand product offerings

Gina Villegas is from the village of Brgy. Banganan, Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. She is 40 years old. Gina is married and has 3 school-aged children. To make a living, Gina owns and operates a general store. The main source of income for the business comes from selling both food and daily use products in the local community. Gina has been engaged in her business for over 7 years and earns approximately 4,000 PHP a month for these activities.

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