
I've just made my fourth Kiva loan, and it feels good to think about reaching a helping hand out to one of my sisters across the miles. I always make my loans to women. There will be more than enough people to loan to the men who apply for help from Kiva, I am sure, but I know that women are generally the oppressed of the oppressed, and so in solidarity with the global sisterhood, my loans go to women. As with every Kiva loan, 100% of my money will go to help the entrepreneur I select, and this time it is Ama Akotu. The Kiva blurb about her told me that "Ama Akotu sells maize and plantains at Ayensudu near Elmina. Ama has received no formal education. She is married and has 6 dependents. Her husband is a commercial driver. Ama has been selling maize and plantains for some time now. She is responsible for paying bills for her household. Her loan will be used to purchase more food supplies to increase her clientele and expand her business. She hopes to use the new profits from her business to educate her children." As soon as I saw the fact that she has received no formal education in her lifetime but is hoping to make enough money to educate her children, I knew she was the one to whom I wanted to direct this loan.
With my dollars and cents go myriad wishes for good health and good fortune for Ama and her family. May their future be better than their past has been.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Another Kiva Loan
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment