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Kiva Fellow Ron

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Location:
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:
Financial Planner
I loan because:
Having travelled extensively in Africa in the 1970's and having followed the failure of government to government aid, I see micro-lending as the most-likely-to-succeed method of bringing these countries out of poverty
About me:
I help people achieve their financial goals
Member Since:
Dec 26, 2006
Bio:
Ron finally completed his formal education 21 years ago at the age of 40. It seems hardly to matter now, but his university training comprises a B.Sc in Math (1972) from McGill University, Montreal; a teaching diploma (1975), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC; an M.Ed in Counselling (1980), McGill; and an MBA (1989), McGill. More related to the Fellowship position is the nine months he spent travelling Africa in his relative youth, an almost life long interest in third world countries, and that he and a group of friends established a $100,000 micro lending facility in Kingston Ontario aimed at helping primarily the disadvantaged. Ron has lived and worked in five of Canada's 10 provinces and one of its northern territories. Over the last several years, one of his prime interests has been volunteering on the boards of local and national not-for-profits. He is currently president of Neurofibromatosis Canada. His two wonderful children are grown up and he was looking for something to pull him out of the routine of the last 15 years. As a Kiva lender since 2006, he finds the fellowship a perfect stepping stone to the next stage of life.
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Ron's Kiva Fellowships

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Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF12

Fellow at Vision Finance Company s.a. (VFC), a partner of World Vision International

Rwanda

Jun 30, 2010 to Jul 9, 2010

Ron's Loans

16 loans

  

Ron's Invites

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Portfolio Distribution

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Gender

Distribution By Gender
Gender %
Female56.25%
Male43.75%

Country

Distribution By Country
Country %
Kenya25.00%
Cambodia18.75%
Tajikistan6.25%
Viet Nam6.25%
Paraguay6.25%
Tanzania6.25%
Mongolia6.25%
Ecuador6.25%
Ghana6.25%
Azerbaijan6.25%
Nicaragua6.25%

Sector

Distribution By Sector
Sector %
Agriculture31.25%
Services18.75%
Food18.75%
Manufacturing12.50%
Construction12.50%
Clothing6.25%

Partner

Distribution By Field Partner
Field Partner %
AMK (Angkor Microfinance Kampuchea)12.50%
Kraban Support Foundation (KSF)6.25%
Komak Credit Union6.25%
KREDIT Ltd.6.25%
TYM Fund6.25%
XacBank6.25%
Kenya Agency For Development Of Enterprise And Technology (KADET), A Partner Of World Vision…6.25%
MIFEX6.25%
K-Met Savings And Credit Cooperative Ltd6.25%
CSC MDO "IMON International"6.25%
BRAC Tanzania6.25%
Ebony Foundation (Eb-F)6.25%
Fundación Paraguaya6.25%
Juhudi Kilimo6.25%
ADIM (Asociación Alternativa Para El Desarrollo Integral De Las Mujeres)6.25%

Ron's Lending Activity by Country

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