Re: You love Microloans, dontcha?

Shay Corcoran wrote:

> Think about getting behind this
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> http://kiva.org/
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On 8/26/07, Shane Corcoran <kinshane@bear411.com> wrote:

That is pretty frigging cool. How you find out about it?

On 8/26/07, Shane Corcoran <kinshane@bear411.com> wrote:

Write that shit up on CB, yo. I went through the website and I’m definitely getting involved. I think it would gain access from 5-7 more people if’n you wrote it up.

On 8/26/07, Shay Corcoran <kinshay@RealMenWearPink.com> wrote:

I subscribe to the Truemors rss feed. Dumb Little Man suggested it for socially retarded folks like myself so we can have talking points in our interactions.

I saw the link, love me some micro loans, and checked it out. Seems real legit, good write ups, good partners. I tried using a gift card for $25 I had hanging around, but Paypal took $1, then tried charging the $25. So it got rejected. And cost me a dollar. What the fuck I am supposed to do with a $24 gift card?

When I gets some time, I’ll hit up the nice Pakistani woman looking to make sausage. I love me some sausage. The whole world deserves sausage. Meat grinders for all.

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On 8/26/07, Shane Corcoran <kinshane@bear411.com> wrote:

Hi!

I just made a loan to someone in the developing world using a revolutionary new website called Kiva.

You can go to Kiva’s website and lend to someone in the developing world who needs a loan for their business – like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks. Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent – and you get updates letting you know how the business is going. The best part is, when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back – and Kiva’s loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly.

I just made a loan to an entrepreneur named Abdusamad Samadov in Tajikistan. They still need another $1,100.00 to complete their loan request of $1,200.00 (you can loan as little as $25.00!). Help me get this business off the ground by clicking on the link below to make a loan to Abdusamad Samadov too:

http://kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=15843&referralId=49190

It’s finally easy to actually do something about poverty – using Kiva I know exactly who my money is loaned to and what they’re using it for. And most of all, I know that I’m helping them build a sustainable business that will provide income to feed, clothe, house and educate their family long after my loan is paid back.

Join me in changing the world – one loan at a time.

Thanks!

Shane Corcoran

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What others are saying about http://www.Kiva.org:

‘Revolutionising how donors and lenders in the US are connecting with small entrepreneurs in developing countries.’

— BBC

‘If you’ve got 25 bucks, a PC and a PayPal account, you’ve now got the wherewithal to be an international financier.’

— CNN Money

‘Smaller investors can make loans of as little as $25 to specific individual entrepreneurs through a service launched last fall by Kiva.org.’

— The Wall Street Journal

‘An inexpensive feel-good investment opportunity…All loaned funds go directly to the applicants, and most loans are repaid in full.’

— Entrepreneur Magazine

~ by kinshay on 2007-08-26.