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Team: Genealogists for Families
166 members
$14,725 in loans
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Team since Sep 2011
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The Amigas group is in its third loan cycle. The group took this name because the members have been friends and neighbors for a number of years. The group consists of seven members, including Maria…
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44-year-old Cristina is a very responsible lady who is dedicated to her work. She is married and her husband Gaudencio makes breeze blocks. They have 3 children: Andrea, 4, is in the first year of…
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The group "Aroma" consists of 10 hardworking and responsible women. The name of their group was chosen after the members had a difficult time deciding whether to name their group after some type of…
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Blanca is a hard working woman, 44 years old, happily married to Ramón who delivers packages by neighborhood taxi in the town of Ayutla de los libres, Guerrero. They only have 2 children who are…
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A group of neighbors and friends formed the communal bank "Jesús Divino Amor" (Jesus Divine Love) in the city of Cuzco. This communal bank is comprised of people who, in every moment, seek…
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Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Shelley, combat poverty daily by making small loans to borrowers around the world. We believe in fair access to affordable capital for people to improve their own lives.
Often only a relatively small amount of money stands in the way of Kiva borrowers and their dreams. Whether it’s a Kenyan farmer who needs $500 in order to double her grain production, or a young Bolivian woman who lacks the $1,500 tuition for nursing school, Kiva lenders provide a hand up to these and countless other borrowers.
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We each took time to explain why we use Kiva, but this is just a fraction of Kiva's many active users around the world.
How Does Kiva Work?
- Choose a borrower.
Your loan reaches borrowers via our Field Partners, who vet, distribute, and administer each loan. - Follow your loan.
You’ll get periodic updates about the progress of your loan, including repayments as they become available. - Do it all again!
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Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
About Free Trials
What better way to try Kiva than to try it for free? Free trial loans are available while supplies last to the first users who join Kiva through this promotion and make a free trial loan.
These free trials will be financed by friends of Kiva, allowing the new lender to make one $25 loan free of charge. These free trial loans are disbursed to borrowers in the same way other loans are disbursed on Kiva. However, since the sponsor is funding the free trial loan, any repayment funds from the free trial loan will go back to the sponsor, not to the free trial lender. New lenders invited during the promotion may choose to use their own funds to make a loan, in which case repayments will go back to the lender.
Supplies of free trials are limited to one (1) per new user, and will be made available on a "first claimed" basis.
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