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South Sudan
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Kiva Lender Elizabeth
- Location:
- Carmel IN United States
- Occupation:
- Stay-at-home Mom
- I loan because:
- "Where you live should not decide whether you live or whether you die."
-- Bono, "Crumbs From Your Table."
The happenstance of birthplace has made me one of the wealthiest 1% of people in the world: I'm a middle-class Mid-Western stay-at-home-mom. Few of my peers would recognise themselves as such -- the average American suburbanite might be aware that they among the top 50% in the US, but when they think of "wealth" they think of Bill Gates and Donald Trump. Compared to the top 0.001%, we in the top 1% may have a modest lifestyle -- but compared the other 99% of humanity we are rich beyond their wildest dreams.
Neither my wealth, nor another's poverty, has come to us in the vacuum of our own unaided acts. Where we are born is the single greatest factor in deciding our lot in life. I've been lucky, but I don't think I have ever shown the strength, determination and ingenuity of the entrepreneurs requesting loans through Kiva. I admire and respect these men and women -- and the least I can do as a moral person is to share with them some of the wealth that chance has given me.
"We are born to be killers, of plants if nothing else. And we are killed. It's a bloody business, living off others so that eventually they will live off you. Still, here and there in the food web one finds spaces where there's room for something more than just killing and being killed.
"Imagine the island of blue in the middle of a tropical storm, its eye of peace.
"You must admit that the hurricane is there. To do otherwise is self-deception, which in nature is fatal, or worse, hypocritical. Even honest, decent, generous folk must fight to survive when the driving winds blow.
"And yet, such folk will also do whatever they can, whenever they can, to expand the blue. To increase that gentle, centered realm where patience prevails and no law is made by tooth or claw.
"You are never entirely helpless, nor ever entirely in it for yourself. You can always do something to expand the blue."
-- David Brin, "Earth." - Check out:
- http://www.aluluei.com
- Member Since:
- Mar 18, 2007
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Elizabeth's Loans
List View Map View1-28 of 131 loans
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TailoringKenyaPaying back -
Fuel/FirewoodKenyaPaying back -
Grocery StoreKenyaPaying back -
General StorePhilippinesPaying back -
Clothing SalesPeruPaying back -
Home Products SalesLebanonPaying back -
Home Products SalesJordanPaying back -
TaxiPalestinePaying back -
FoodSouth SudanPaid back100% repaid -
Education providerUnited StatesPaying back -
TaxiPalestinePaying back -
FarmingPeruPaying back -
Fruits & VegetablesNicaraguaPaid back100% repaid -
AgriculturePeruPaid back100% repaid -
CraftsEcuadorPaid back100% repaid -
DairyBoliviaPaying back -
Fruits & VegetablesPeruPaid back100% repaid -
General StoreKenyaPaid back100% repaid -
Clothing SalesRwandaPaid back100% repaid -
PharmacyKyrgyzstanPaying back -
TailoringIraqPaying back -
Food Production/SalesPakistanPaid back100% repaid -
Food Production/SalesMaliPaid back100% repaid -
RickshawPakistanPaid back100% repaid -
FarmingKenyaPaid back100% repaid -
AgricultureEcuadorPaying back -
AgriculturePhilippinesPaid back100% repaid
Elizabeth's Teams
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Team Obama
Common Interest52,716 loans -
Atheists,…
Common Interest246,014 loans
Elizabeth's Invites
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Portfolio Distribution
- By Gender
- By Country
- By Sector
- By Partner
Gender
| Gender | % |
|---|---|
| Female | 93.89% |
| Male | 6.11% |
Country
| Country | % |
|---|---|
| Tajikistan | 7.63% |
| Nigeria | 7.63% |
| Kenya | 6.87% |
| Philippines | 6.87% |
| Pakistan | 6.11% |
| Togo | 6.11% |
| Samoa | 5.34% |
| Ghana | 5.34% |
| Peru | 5.34% |
| Cambodia | 5.34% |
| Ecuador | 3.82% |
| Lebanon | 3.05% |
| Uganda | 3.05% |
| South Sudan | 2.29% |
| Bolivia | 2.29% |
| Ukraine | 2.29% |
| Nicaragua | 2.29% |
| Palestine | 1.53% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1.53% |
| El Salvador | 1.53% |
| Azerbaijan | 1.53% |
| Bulgaria | 1.53% |
| Tanzania | 1.53% |
| Dominican Republic | 1.53% |
| United States | 0.76% |
| Sierra Leone | 0.76% |
| Mongolia | 0.76% |
| Israel | 0.76% |
| Iraq | 0.76% |
| Jordan | 0.76% |
| Mali | 0.76% |
| Rwanda | 0.76% |
| Mexico | 0.76% |
| Senegal | 0.76% |
Sector
| Sector | % |
|---|---|
| Food | 30.53% |
| Retail | 21.37% |
| Agriculture | 18.32% |
| Clothing | 11.45% |
| Services | 6.87% |
| Transportation | 3.82% |
| Arts | 2.29% |
| Construction | 1.53% |
| Education | 1.53% |
| Housing | 1.53% |
| Health | 0.76% |
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