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Kiva Lending Team: LOTUS: Lend Out To Uplift Self-sufficiency

A Common Interest team on Kiva.org since Feb 5, 2009
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Location:
Global
Category:
Common Interest
Team URL:
http://www.kiva.org/team/lotus
We loan because:
We care about people striving to enhance their economic self-sufficiency and wish to support their entrepreneurial endeavors. It just takes one small step by each of us lending on kiva. Together we can make it easier for hard working people to get the much-needed capital to sustain and grow their business. We feel blessed to be able to support the aspirations of so many loan recipients who persevere tenaciously for a better quality of life with dignity. Kudos to Kiva.org that allows us to connect for this common cause.
About us:
In our team, we have a vision to change lives in novel ways. Our team's origin began with a Kiva Card (gift certificate) whose recipient founded this team. Inspired by Kiva Fellow, Jessica Heinzelman's talk, our founder dreamed to take us on a cruise, beyond the realm of lending targets and team statistics. Frequent & occasional lenders are free to choose who to lend to, how much and when in an amiable team ambience nurtured by Kiva Fellows, Kiva Editor & Translators, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, workers, retired people, families, parent + kid(s), students, teachers, and professionals. Our diversity & portfolio enable our discovery of social values inherent in the Kiva micro-lending ecosystem whose issues we debate objectively. Experienced members are gratified to enhance our grasp of nuances in lending. We wish to work with volunteers in the team, Kiva Friends, kivafriends.org and our supporters to engage in activities that promote Kiva. Our journey to strengthen and grow the Kiva ecosystem has room for more. JOIN NOW, and check out our team, to convince yourself that it can be your team too.

LINKS TO SEE ALSO:
1. Kiva Updates:www.kiva.org/updates/kiva
2. KF Blogs:www.kiva.org/updates/fellows

(Thanks Anh D Pham for letting LOTUS team on Kiva to use the exquisite image of the lotus flower you photographed in Vietnam)
Team Since:
Feb 5, 2009

Rankings

In Common Interest Category
Rank Statistic Name Time Period
#7 New Users All Time
#7 Amount Loaned All Time
#6 Amount Loaned This Month
#8 Amount Loaned Last Month

Impact of LOTUS: Lend Out To Uplift Self-sufficiency

Statistic Name Graph Total Impact
Number of Team Members 1,319
Number of Loans 38,393
Number of Loans per Member 29.1
Total Amount Loaned $1,048,700
*Team statistics updated daily

Latest Activity

  • Rebecca
    Miami, FL, USA
  • teresa and rick
    Annandale, VA, USA
  • Caleb
    Pullman, Wa, USA
    Eng
    Eng
    Furniture Making
    Cambodia
    Raised
    0% repaid
  • Scott
    Long Beach, CA, USA
    Moein
    Moein
    Farming
    Iraq
    Raising funds
    4% raised
  • Joanne
    Black River Falls, WI, USA
  • Default lender image
    Markus
    Mannheim , Germany
  • Lisa
    Dayboro, Queensland, Australia
  • Julie
    Providence, RI, USA
  • ravi
    Bay Area, CA, USA
    Lilly
    Lilly
    Services
    Zambia
    Raising funds
    6% raised
  • Cathy
    Arlington, VA, USA
    Omar
    Omar
    Construction
    Lebanon
    Expired
    0% repaid
  • Teresa
    Farmington, UT, USA
    Ruby Susana
    Ruby Susana
    General Store
    Colombia
    Paying back
    0% repaid
  • shree
    LOTUS Team, Bay Area, CA, USA
    Chola
    Chola
    Services
    Zambia
    Raising funds
    50% raised

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