Hello Cromrades, Once again it’s time to throw our money at a problem and see if we can’t make someone’s life a little better. Sadly (?), the loans that you suggested were already fully funded when I checked (less than 48 hours after you made the suggestion, I swear). So I just went with our …

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Hey Cromrades, pay day was this week, so we’ve got a hole burning in our Paypal account. Help me spend our money by going to Kiva.org and picking out your favourite project. We have enough cash this round to fund FOUR projects (owing to loan repayments and a really stellar month of March), so let’s get …

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Hey Cromrades, I didn’t hear much from you with regard to our Kiva project, so I donated all the money to Invisible Children. Joking. But I didn’t have time to go through the Kiva.org website and really closely scrutinize the projects, so I just picked a couple at semi-random. This is why I need y’all …

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Hey Cromrades, I was slacking a bit last month and did not make any contributions to our Kiva project. I’ve since taken the liberty and the initiative, and picked two loans for us to support: John from Kenya John, 39 years old, is a mixed crop farmer. He is married to Susan, also a farmer, …

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Hello Cromrades, Once again, we have the opportunity to spend some of our money to make the world a slightly better place. We’ve already made our first loans, and now we have another chance to do it again. So fly, my pretties! Go to Kiva.org, pick out your favourite loan (please keep it to a …

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I received this e-mail last night: This is an update on your loan to Gulshan Mammadova in Azerbaijan. Thanks to you and 95 other Kiva Lenders, the $2,550.00 loan request in Azerbaijan has been 100% funded. This loan will be used for the purpose of: to purchase cleaning solutions Over the 20 months of this loan, Kiva’s …

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Hey Cromrades, I received this e-mail last night: This is an update on your loan to Godeffroy Edgar in Benin. Thanks to you and 36 other Kiva Lenders, the $1,000.00 loan request in Benin has been 100% funded. This loan will be used for the purpose of: buy 3 batches of oil and other items. Over the …

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Cromrades, We have done a great thing today. We have stood in the face of great economic disparity, and unflinchingly taken a tiny step toward reducing it. The cry went up, Cromrades, and we answered it to the tune of 2 Kiva loans. The first, to Gulshan Mammadova in Azerbaijan: Gulshan needs 2000 AZN to …

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