Kiva Lender Maria

Location:: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation:: Single Mother & Small home business owner
I loan because:: We all need help once in a while. Today I am blessed with good health and good prospects and I am in a position to help in a small way. I live in the best country in the world and I like to help those with the spirit to try and make their lives better. I admire the tenacity and ingenuity evident in the many faces I see on KIVA. They are inspiring. The lenders too are inspiring, varied as the applicants it is a joy to be a part of this great organisation.
About me:: I am taking a nursing refresher course at the moment. Something we have to do if we have not practices for more than six years. Although I did work overseas it was casual and not enough to count so it was back to the books fo me. Not a bad thing but just a slow process. Sometimes I feel like I will never get through it. I had fully expected to have to pay for my studies but I was lucky to be granted the entire cost by our provincial government in Alberta. There are not many people who have this privilege. I look at some of the people on KIVA and know that but for my privilege of birth and circumstance I too could be in their situation. I do a little volunteering in the arts here in the city.
Member Since:: Nov 27, 2007
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Female	61.54%
Male	38.46%

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Distribution By Field Partner
Field Partner	%
KREDIT Ltd.	15.38%
Aqroinvest Credit Union	7.69%
Christian Rural Aid Network (CRAN)	7.69%
Microfund Togo	7.69%
CSC MDO "IMON International"	5.13%
MLO Humo And Partners	5.13%
Microinvest	5.13%
XacBank	5.13%
Vision Finance Company S.a. (VFC), A Partner Of World Vision International	5.13%
Asociación ASDIR	5.13%
TYM Fund	2.56%
UIMCEC, A Partner Of ChildFund International	2.56%
MLF Microinvest, A Partner Of ACDI/VOCA	2.56%
Hattha Kaksekar Limited (HKL), A Partner Of Save The Children	2.56%
Asasah	2.56%
AMK (Angkor Microfinance Kampuchea)	2.56%
Al Majmoua Lebanese Association For Development	2.56%
BRAC Tanzania	2.56%
Friendship Bridge	2.56%
MAXIMA Mikroheranhvatho	2.56%
AFODENIC	2.56%
Microfinanzas Prisma	2.56%

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