Kiva Lender: Dr. Patrick Mendis
| Location: | Reston, VA United States |
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| Occupation: | Vice President, The Osgood Center |
| I loan because: | These courageous micro-entrepreneurs remind me that I was like one of them when I was growing up with 13 water-buffaloes in a three-acre rice field in Sri Lanka. I know the value of micro-loan, which helped my family to break away from the cycle of poverty caused by poor rice harvest, unpredictable monsoon, or simply being poor. A small loan could transform a person, a family, a village, and a nation. |
| About me: | With an AFS scholarship I came to Minnesota to study. Now I am an educator in the United States, teaching face-2-face and online students from Afghanistan to South Africa. With the sales of my recent book on globalization and the Washington Consensus, I established a number of tsunami scholarships and a Peace Prize in Sri Lanka. All proceeds after income tax are donated to tsunami scholarship projects and micro-finance programs. [Photo: With Jessica Jackley Flannery, the co-founder of Kiva at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC]. |
| Check out: | www.patrickmendis.com |
| Member Since: | Oct 25, 2007 |
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Dr. Patrick Mendis's Invites
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Flavia
Herndon, VA
United States
Portfolio Distribution
| Gender | |
| female | 72.7% |
| male | 27.3% |
| Country | |
| Cambodia | 15.9% |
| Tanzania | 9.1% |
| Tajikistan | 9.1% |
| Pakistan | 6.8% |
| Kenya | 6.8% |
| Peru | 6.8% |
| Paraguay | 6.8% |
| Nicaragua | 4.5% |
| Bolivia | 4.5% |
| Lebanon | 4.5% |
| Viet Nam | 4.5% |
| Mexico | 4.5% |
| Afghanistan | 4.5% |
| Cameroon | 2.3% |
| Philippines | 2.3% |
| Samoa | 2.3% |
| Sierra Leone | 2.3% |
| Costa Rica | 2.3% |
| Sector | |
| Food | 27.3% |
| Services | 20.5% |
| Retail | 18.2% |
| Agriculture | 9.1% |
| Clothing | 6.8% |
| Housing | 6.8% |
| Arts | 4.5% |
| Health | 2.3% |
| Construction | 2.3% |
| Transportation | 2.3% |
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