Join Team Meh. and help people around the World. (Unofficial)

@KDemo I am not sure about that. But I completely understand. Even if you can't do it, thank you so much for considering it :)

@mfladd - Looks like I have to join and click all the way through to find out. Aaaand, the answer is yes!
And done. It should display my name as 'J'.

@KDemo (you beat me too it) Actually, it appears that Kiva does accept Paypal. I have had a revolving account with them for so long I couldn't remember.

and while I am starring my own post (which I despise), I am starring @kDemo for her contribution!

^ i starred that

@mfladd - Oh, such adorable children. Thanks for starting the team, and for matching the contribution. Good thought.

@katylava Thanks!

@mfladd Fantastic idea. I'm in. Just added a contribution to the Zambia school project.

@mfladd just add where you see fit, please. This was a good thing you started 😄

@mfladd - Awesome for Frank and his school & kids. Hope this team keeps growing.

@KDemo So do I.

@emt305 Yes, this is very Legit (but check it out yourself) Since Kiva was founded in 2005: 1,297,136 Kiva lenders $712,390,700in loans 98.72% repayment rate We work with: 296 Field Partners 450 volunteers around the world 85 different countries

@mfladd Cool! I'll check it out!

@emt305

@emt305 - I linked Charity Navigator in my post above: "I've checked out Kiva before."

@KDemo hah, beat me to the Charity Navigator link! Very few "charities" are rated as highly as Kiva, including some big name examples. We've been running all charities we consider thru CN for years. For repeat donations it is worth checking every year since the ratings change.

@KDemo is the link being removed by someone? Again: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12978

Thanks, @RedOak, I use the site extensively as well. Invaluable when considering who deserves your donation.

@vonjon :) you are frick'in awesome. Thank you. Now I just have to keep track.

@somf69 Don't worry about about it. The fact you took the time to read the thread is enough.

@mfladd Wow that was fast. Ursilina was only 50% funded when I picked her. How about Dali in Georgia, and if that is funded before you get there, then just add it where you see fit. Thanks for doing this!

@Trillian Yea, wondering myself. A couple of the loans had some dollars to go, but then *poof^, fully funded. Inquiring minds want to know.

@Trillian believe it or not there are two Dalis in Georgia..you pick. I owe you :)

@mfladd the one with only a few hours left to go. Hurry!

@Trillian Look at our team page. It is done. Thank you.

@mfladd I see it! I hope she gets the rest before the deadline. Thanks again!

@Trillian you will be glad to know Dali was fully funded.

@rkwilcox if you did it under Meh. and you see your loan the person was probably already funded (I am seeing everyone funded). Pick another and tell me and I will fund it.

@mfladd My loan went to Cruz Piedad

@rkwilcox Yes, fully funded. Pick another deserving person and I will see it done (in the morning, I need sleep).

@mfladd for the record, I wasn't annoyed and found them helpful

@mnchick27 Thanks. :)

@mfladd I’m work mnchick. I love reading these!! I only get paid once a month so all my expendable income tends to be gone by the 5th. But I’m in for next month!

@mfladd WITH. really swype? Work? ?

@ivannabc @mfladd We can probably start a GoFundMe to fix your swype…Or mehbe try responding to a post less than 3 YEARS OLD.

@mfladd @therealjrn yeesh. I didn’t notice that it was an old post until well after i posted but thanks for making me feel stupid about it again hours after the fact. But point taken. I’ll be sure to limit my comments on any other threads for the future.

@ivannabc Haha…I have done it before too. No worries. You can join the team anytime without having to lend until you wish to. We would love to have you. @therealjrn was just poking you in fun (post away

@ivannabc @mfladd Indeed! I was just joshing! Please feel welcome!

@mfladd How about helping to buy a goat in narfcake's honor? http://www.kiva.org/lend/876793

@einrad Yes!, I will put in $25. Done. Are you able to participate? Thanks for the post. @narfcake this is your goat. (well maybe not the one pictured, since he wants to buy another)

@mfladd Of course I'll chip in to help fund a successor to @narfcake :)

@narfcake You should know that "S" and "M" (yes I know know how that sounds) also have loaned money to this project for YOUR goat! They are awesome.

@mfladd I matched the $25 I promised on this one.

@einrad Thank you. I just added $25 to Henry. Who just wants to buy meat, flour, eggs, salt, cheese, and cooking oil for preparing fried foods. We can't even imagine.

@mfladd The goat is funded!

@mikey that is fantastic!

@OldCatLady Thank you so much for joining the team! And I do understand about your concerns. I even sent Kiva an email concerning loan rates by some microfinance companies. You can learn more about it on the site. But I will trust their near perfect score on Charity Navigator. I have also added $25 for Christine. 3 other members have also jumped on board!

@mfladd In countries where corruption and bribery are the rule, anything that gives people hope is to be encouraged. Context is everything.

@OldCatLady true, true. I should clarify that the email I sent was probably almost two years ago while researching Kiva. The response was quite long and spoke about how they work with what micro-finance ccompanies they can. The companies are continually scrutinized and Kiva has even parted ways with a few of them.

@mfladd Christine is fully funded! Thank you all so much.

@OldCatLady I went with Christine, too! (3rd, I think?) I also poked around the numbers for a bit of reality, first.

@Thumperchick You are also awesome. Pick a worthy individual and I will back them in your name.

@mfladd Thanks! You pick :)

@OldCatLady In some communities, if one person defaults (or is about to default), the rest of them "kick in" what that person owes. They have a 100% repayment rate as a whole, even though am individual project here or there didn't pan out.

@mikey Don't think I didn't notice your contribution. Thank you! :)

@sneakydave You are a wonderful Meh'tizen!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome :)

@sneakydave She already is! Two other Meh team members jumped board to help!

@annwat And your help is appreciated by all of us! You Rock!

@Collin1000 There are a few of us like that here. No, some people are actually on multiple teams and split their loans , But I exclusively loan for Team Meh now. Previous loans are always in your profile but they don't count to our team.

@mfladd Ah, darn. I never even knew Kiva had teams until now.

@Trin Thank you sooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!

@pitamuffin Thank you for joining, and loaning!!!!!!!!!!!! You are too nice. But I am just the honorary captain of the ship, everyone here is the wonderful crew that makes it sail!

@pitamuffin I also just matched your loan. Thanks again!

Kenya: Margaret is 39 years old, married to Henry and she supports a family of 8 family members. She has been a dairy farmer for the last 2 years and the business earns her an income of KES 9,000 per month. She has applied for her first loan of KES 25,000 from Vision Fund Kenya to purchase a dairy cow for increased milk production and supply to clients. She plans to use the anticipated profits to repay the loan and educate her children. Her hope is to be financially stable.

@mfladd I don't think he was properly summoned. Let's try again: @JonT?

@pitamuffin thank you. I was in such a hurry, I didn't even notice.

@olddognewtricks Thank you! You are a Rock Star!

@olddognewtricks Just so you know it is not showing up under Team Meh. Did yoou choose out team first?

@Lotsofgoats Yes, a couple of years back I emailed about the interest rates. They sent back a lengthy reply about how it works and it is what it is in different parts of the world. They scrutinize these lenders often and have let a few go in the past. Zip I need to look at more because I have never used it. But thanks for doing the due diligence about loans like I did.

@mfladd yep, the problem with the rates being what they are is that this is supposed to be a charitable service, but 30% interest is a business and not a charity. obviously that's not entirely on Kiva, but it's still a pretty broken system.

I'm trying to find out more about Zip as well, because 0% interest with only a slightly worse repayment rate sounds like there's a catch. let me know if you find anything of interest!

@Lotsofgoats I hear you. I am still trust Charity Navigators Highest rating. Without Kiva these people proabable would not get loans at all to better their lives. Let me know what you find out about Zip.

@mfladd so it looks like the biggest way Zip changes the equation is by using paypal, which shrinks operational costs a ton

the other thing is that for foreign loans (only Kenya atm), the lender assumes all risk in exchange fluctuations and Kiva takes all profits from exchange fluctuations to pay costs (and also for legal reasons)

it sounds like a better system for borrowers so I think I'm in on that

@Lotsofgoats Sounds good. Thanks for looking into it and becoming active :)

@mfladd After doing a lot more digging, while the concept is good the fact that it limits loans to Kenya and the U.S. at this time is something I don't like.

@mfladd true, but it's still in an alpha stage. hopefully they can expand upon the model.

@Lotsofgoats I agree, it would be great to cut out most of the micro-lenders.

@Lotsofgoats That bothered me when I first started using Kiva a few years back. But these are small loans that means admin costs are high and then there is the lender default/political/currency risks.
There is no other way the lenders can get loans.

AND when you get repaid, you can lend it again.
(You have option to take your money out) But if I were just donating to help someone that's it, stops there. This way that same donation gets recycled again and again. More people are helped.
I like that part.

ps no need to donate to Kiva if you don't want. They add a suggested donation based on your loan, but you can make it zero or a lower/higher amount if you like. Any donation to Kiva directly( not the loan) is tax deductible in case that matters to anyone.

@Einherjar13 Thanks you for asking (I think you mean you are joining and they are asking who sent you), but no. Just join us on Team Meh, and let me know :)

@Einherjar13 - You can use the link in the original post :-)

@stardate820926 You are awesome. it's great to have you aboard. It will better in the future to have loans spread out. There is only so much everyone can do :)

@mfladd

@OldCatLady Thank you again, my feline friend. Whats great was your loan was already matched by the Pearson Team. Details of your loan below.

Haruna is a 25-year-old, entrepreneur and volunteer Camfed Learner Guide, living with her parents in the Kilombero district. Volunteering as a Learner Guide, she teaches life skills to her students in the nearby secondary school. Her lessons focus on effective communication and on building her students’ confidence. As she currently doesn't have her own business, Haruna is now requesting a Kiva loan in order to launch a venture in the local market by opening her own small market stall. She will use the loan to buy products with which to launch her own market stall. Haruna plans to use the profits she earns to build herself a strong house and support her daily expenses. The interest on her “social-interest” loan will be repaid through her weekly two and a half hours of volunteering, which are so valuable for Camfed’s younger students.

@OldCatLady I thought you would like to know Haruna is fully funded. That is what is great about matching loans they fund very quickly.

@DrunkCat You do not make any returns. Also you don't have to pay Kiva $3.75. They just ask that, Hit the edit button and change it to 0.00 if you wish. I usually give them a dollar for operational costs. When, and if the loan is repaid, you can pull your money out. It is a way to help people make a better life for their families.

@mfladd Thanks for the clarification.

@mikibell Congrats!

@Thumperchick Super!

@Thumperchick So did I, and found mysef wondering what harvest season is like there. I'm very glad for her, and thanks to everyone who is part of Unofficial Team Meh. It feels good.

@annwat I'm going to wait until my loan is repaid and then roll it over to the next person.

@annwat I wonder whether @mfladd has any updates on the Kiva lenders - those who charge higher interest rates in underserved regions. I understand the risk factor. I was hoping that Kiva has been able to find some way to ease the burden on the borrowers.

@OldCatLady let me see what I can find (may take some time as I have to go out of town for business for a few days).

@OldCatLady I will be on the road soon, but when I have a chance I am going to send an email to Kiva asking them a number of questions. I have done so in the past about interest rates and they did respond but I no longer have that email.

@annwat sorry for the delay. There are probably a number of people who will wait until loans are repaid. But there are also a number of people who back loans regularly.

How about you take a couple of days and find a loan you would like to back and post it here. I will then take it and send it out to the entire team by Kiva mail. I will also back it :)

@OldCatLady Many many questions sent to Kiva. Now we just wait for a response.

@mfladd Thanks for taking lead on this.

I know one new member - @Katherine - Meh staffer!!! She has rock star status, so treat her as such Mediocre Labs.

2nd member joining is (drum roll please) @ceagee

Yea!!!!

Ok, literally in the time it took me to post this all the double your impact loans were fully funded. Oh well, I will still look for two more to fund. Sorry about that.

Also, anyone new reading this and is already on a Kiva team, please consider coming over to ours. We are way cooler!

@mfladd it's ok. good reminder to check my account.

@mfladd thanks for the reminder to use my repayment credit. It wasn't quite enough for 2 but I will do another one soon.

Thanks for bumping this, @mfladd. - My guy has become anonymous and has not started paying back. He's a little delinquent on his first payment. I choose to believe the money went for the stated purpose. I don't regret loaning the money, but I would hesitate to loan again.

@KDemo I see that. I see that is was also categorized as an experimental loan. Sorry, to hear this. I have had 100% of all of my loans paid back and current loans are all up to date with repayment. I am on my 19th loan. You may want to stay away from the experimental type. Please don't let this dissuade you from loaning again.

@mfladd - Guess I never noticed that qualification. You're doing a good thing,
Edit - I still don't see where it says experimental. It would be good to know where to look.
Edit 2 - It looks like the lender is rated experimental. I think I did see that, but there were reassurances.

@KDemo I'm on my 10th loan and have only had one end with a loss (3% of the total loan). I haven't done an experimental one though.

@mfladd I just lent (loaned?) for the first time! Exciting. Both of the ones I went with had double impact / anonymous matching.

@KDemo look to the bottom right column under - Field Partner Risk Rating

@becca Yea! And you picked team Meh! Thank you!!!! We have 41 team members now :)

@mfladd I was out of the country on the first go around, but just joined and funded $25. Thanks for leading the charge - I've been meaning to join for some time and this was the perfect reason to.

@v Welcome! And thanks for joining our team!

We now have 42 team members and have 68 loans!

@OldCatLady Still appreciated! Yeah, there are certain foundations that commonly do x2 loans. I need to be better about posting them, but I don't always get an email about them.

@mfladd If you do it about this time of night, you might catch a few people watching...

@mfladd @OldCatLady I found an option in the search for loans section. You can check it along with your other search criteria and it will bring up the ones currently being matched. Not sure if that is helpful or not.

@trisk You did see the answer @mfladd got when he asked about such questions and other things right?
Kiva Interest Rate Questions

@trisk This question has been asked many times here and on other threads. And there are no perfect solutions for people in parts of the world that would not otherwise even be eligible for any type of loan to help them better their lives.

And @Dashcloud is correct that I reached out to Kiva about this and the answer they gave was posted earlier in this thread. It is has also been discussed how all charities have issues of some kind. How someone decides to help others is an individual decision and many here have done their research into Kiva before joining this team. In fact, many of our members are people who were already making Kiva loans but were unaware of a team platform.

@mfladd I didn't post in the other threads because I wasn't in the forum for a few days around the time you left and I missed what went down and didn't think you'd see replies anyway. Now that you're in here and have said you're kinda lurking, I just wanted to say I'm sorry to see that you're not posting anymore. You are missed.

@mfladd Thanks, friend. I'll miss you here, but I'll always be comforted terrified knowing that you're out there watching us.

@mfladd
Your post inspired me to go check my acct. and re-loan what had been paid back recently. Found some matching loans too. And yes, supported the one @christinewas picked. That's what a team does, eh?

And speaking of teams......
Well I don't even have to say anymore do I ;-)

@ceagee Did you expect less from me?

@mfladd Isn't that a bit of orange bra peeking out ? Like you know, a Denver fan would wear.

@PurplePawprints

Thanks.

@ceagee Thanks.

p.s. - I am the monster :)

@mfladd It says I have to be a "friend" to view it.
Whatever. I'm sure it was something very nice and wonderful and it's the thought that counts, eh?
I need some coaching advice.
give me a min . then check your email plse

@mfladd there it is. : )

@mfladd I just loaned to Rina Gladys. I did use your email as who referred me. You do good things, friend. C'mon, bring it on in, hug time!

@mfladd Since mine is now funded, I've found this gentleman. Gerardo
http://www.kiva.org/lend/986604

@jaremelz You have been matched. I can't even give you an evil gif because i care too much that you loaned...damn you!

@mfladd I'd suggest that you try using a nice one, but I get it, that just goes too far!

And again, thank YOU for being a force for such good in the world. It evens out the evil you do.

@jaremelz ack.

@mfladd I know, being nice kind of makes my head hurt.

@OldCatLady I luv you too.

@mfladd Smiling. This is me, smiling as I go to sleep.

@mfladd

That looks like it would look good grilled in bbq sauce.

Your pick has been matched by me (and doubled on kiva) We have done good. Thank you.

@mehbee Welcome to the (unofficial ) meh kiva group/ team thing.

@ceagee Thanks. Nice to be part of a great group.

@mfladd Yeah, I figured if I was going to do it might as well pick one that would be matched. This late at night I really couldn't read through all the choices so I picked one that was almost funded. Sounded like a great group. Will be looking for another one next payday.

@mfladd Just went back and looked and that loan is 100% funded now!

@mehbee "bee"cause you helped. Too pun'y? Ok, stepping back from the puns.

@mfladd caused I bee-lieved in the cause!

@mehbee and you bee awesome!

Duck, everyone, @mfladd and @mehbee are taking a stab at bee puns

@jaremelz don't bee jealous.

@mfladd What a knockout

@mehbee You can filter through them all sorts of ways. I am trying to do different country every time. Brushes up on my geography ;-) Plus interesting to learn more about other people and places that way.
I even ran into a bee keeper once ;)

@jaremelz Aw come on, you know puns are all the buzz. Does that take the sting out of it for you?

@ceagee No way not a bee keeper?! I bet he had a hive of activity going on.(ok that was way lame)

@DMlivezey Thank you for joining. I matched your loan.

@momcobb thank you for considering kiva. Here is what you requested.
http://www.kiva.org/about/supportus/monthly

@OldCatLady I got your back. Loan made :)

@OldCatLady I added to her loan, I'll advise my Kiva friends outside of Meh. too

@lajivzy Thank you.

Also you should let them know they can be on multiple teams.

@mfladd You still have your V card flying there. ;)

@OldCatLady @annwat also backed your loan. She is good doobie :)

@OldCatLady Aww hell, I'm in too.

@jaremelz well aren't you just sweet. Thanks.

@mfladd Sssh, that's my secret.

@jaremelz @mfladd first you leave then you put mildly appropriate gifs in your gif war. What's next flowers and chocolates?

@sohmageek This thread means too much to defile it with our past behaviors. And since he is only here to support his lovely kiva, you all are safe.

@jaremelz Not really, we just let you pretend it is.

@ceagee No..ack...I'm dark and evil, not sweet. Pfft.

This just happens to be a very good thing to give to, I hope it garners even more team members.

@jaremelz wink wink nod nod

@OldCatLady That is excellent news!

@mfladd Thanks for the reminder! I have been repaid and need to re-lend!
Yes, those who are against it, move along, we get it. But if you're one of the folks who has been considering it, now is the time! You don't need to give away the whole stack, even a rocks.

@jaremelz You're Awesome!

@mfladd Thanks for the reminder, too. I thought I was keeping up, but I have quite a bit of credit (aka loans people have repaid) and It will go back out today. Watching BBC for reminders on where it can be most usefully placed today.

@ceagee Done. I am in! Thanks for posting.

@ceagee Thanks for the link. I made a loan to her too.

@ceagee @hallmike Mehwish is fully funded! We are the #3 team contributing behind Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the HP foundation that jumped on it quick and threw in most of the loan money.

@hallmike Welcome to the team!

@hallmike Thank you! And, welcome aboard!

@hallmike Woohoo! The team just became so much cooler.

@jaremelz @hallmike Which was pretty hard to do considering the people already on the team.
Welcome.

@ceagee Exactly! The kick ass kids just added another awesome player to the team. I fancy the shit out of us.

@jaremelz @ceagee @mfladd Thanks! But I really have you all fooled.

@hallmike @mfladd @jaremelz

@hallmike Also, because you arenew to this team (not including your years of lending on kiva). Pick a loan you like. I will match it. Find something interesting :)

@mfladd Just used up all my credit on Mehwish.

@hallmike still pick one. I got you covered. Post it here.

@mfladd I would probably choose this one if I was lending again. Looks like it will help create jobs.
https://www.kiva.org/lend/1055190

@hallmike

Guillermo Lima, Peru
A loan to to purchase new production equipment that will provide 8,500 jobs for recyclers, 1,000 jobs for installers, and impact 950 low-income rural andean homes.

Done!

@OldCatLady I usually lower it because I contribute to them through Amazon Smile.

@mikibell Damn. I saw your post earlier, but just clinked on your link now. She needed one more loan. Put it in my basket and it was gone :(

Pick someone you would like me to loan to. It shall be done. Choose wisely :)

@mfladd Done

@mfladd Done. I had some credit just sitting there anyway. I forgot to log in as Team Meh, though.

@mfladd @jaremelz @OldCatLady Thanks for joining me !

@OldCatLady Nope, you are showing as a lender of team meh.

@mfladd Fine, so I have to tag you. There.

@OldCatLady if you go to http://smile.amazon.com there is a link under the search bar to set up the charity. When you shop Amazon, always go to that smile link and your charity will get a percentage of your purchase price.

@mikibell I just logged in and gave someone money for garden supplies.

@looseneck cool… do you have the link?

@mikibell https://www.kiva.org/lend/1298245

@looseneck So did I. Can we get Samoa lenders?

@OldCatLady @looseneck me three…

@mikibell @oldcatlady I love gardening and helping others grow.
/image thank you girls

@looseneck Me four, does this mean I don’t have to actually eat my vegetables tonight?

@therealjrn Yes! I’m eating apps at Friday’s. My salad hasn’t finished growing yet

@looseneck She’s already funded! That was fast, do they usually go that quickly?

@therealjrn I don’t know. It’s my first time.

@therealjrn When we, as a group, funded some teachers on a site that does that we managed to fully fund a bunch of them. if we start choosing individual projects, posting them, and then funding them we could make sure people were fully funded fairly quickly.

I looked at Cambodia, as that is where my daughter is from, and so many, many need basics just to farm. Poverty is still so high. And that is just one country… there are so many people and so many countries with so many basic needs. Makes me feel like my problems are small in comparison.

@f00l

@mikibell

@f00l I’ve had a couple drinks. Do you want to pick another person before I sober up? I’m feeling generous and happy that my pick went from 0 to fully funded within hours

@looseneck

Hope you haven’t sobered up yet. A few posts down below this one, @Kawa and ppl are trying to find this project:

https://www.kiva.org/lend/1284841

So I just chipped in. You can too, even if you need to get drunk again in order to do it.

@Kawa’s post is here:

@looseneck
Ok I’ll try again and not get distracted.

@Kawa’s post is here:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/join-team-meh--and-help-people-around-the-world#592396a5e62a550954f2a027

@f00l Jose got funded before I woke up and got sober
/giphy who’s next?

@OldCatLady
@mfladd seems to be taking a break. I hope that’s all this absence means, anyway.

I think he should be moving into the house he recently purchased about now, if he didn’t just finish moving. So perhaps he’s surrounded by unpacked boxes.

I really hope he’s ok. And I really hope he comes back around soon. I need the target practice.

@f00l I just want him to come back because I miss him. @mfladd - Shadowhunters and Wynonna Earp are back on, who am I going to discuss them with without you?

@Kawa Matched. Let’s get Jose funded!

@Kawa
Chipped in.

@Kawa Did it, I have been known to be a great supporter of grain products.

@Kawa looka like he’s funded now, well done!

@Yoda_Daenerys Ok

@Yoda_Daenerys Zoom! 100% funded

Thanks for funding her! She is from my kid’s country. My kid left there when she was 9 years 11 mo old.

@Kidsandliz that was fast, go Meh.!

@Kidsandliz and it’s hard to be on your own when you are 9 years 11 mo old.

@therealjrn Yup - she also went from the stone age to the space age in 36 hours as well. Also took her months to realize that there would be enough food. Every. Single. Day.

@Kidsandliz Trippy.

@therealjrn Conditions in Cambodia when she was there was poverty at a level I had never seen before. Made the families and kids in the feed the children ads look like they lived in relative luxury. That is why I started an NGO (with a Cambodian) there in 1999. I was in grad school at the time and some of my student loans went to it initially (while I don’t regret it in one sense, it is contributing to my financial problems now). Several orphanages, schools, a couple of wells, dental work for all the kids at school and in the villages, adult vocational training… I am really lucky it is more or less self running at this point in time. It is largely funded by someone from a foundation in England, the schools by an individual in England and the dental work by a family in Austria who go once a year and do the dental work.

@Kidsandliz Very interesting! What made your interest in Cambodia initially?

@therealjrn Saw my daughter on a waiting child list with no idea, initially, which SE Asian country she was from.

@therealjrn COOL! It is now funded!

@therealjrn Donated under our team! Love this team!

@therealjrn

@Kawa Yea! She is funded. Always like to see people funded in my child’s home country.

@f00l Sorry, I see that when the activity picked up was a time I was really absent, and this post just found me moving into my new house. Sorry.

@mflassy what does @mfladd think? i think i am in…

/image i think i am in

/giphy i think i am in

/youtube i think i am in

@Yoda_Daenerys i’m all in too

@mfladdy I chose this:

https://www.kiva.org/lend/1362388

it’s a ‘blue light special’, loan expiring shortly, so jump on in aMeh.ricans!

@mfladdy i chose this:
https://www.kiva.org/lend/1394742

go team Meh.!

@Yoda_Daenerys Your choice is at 100% the other one has 10 hours to go and is only 40% funded.

@Kidsandliz yikes! 40%?

i guess these aMeh.rican, Meh.xican and caMeh.dian Meh.tizens better get going!

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@mfladd

@mfladd thx for the reminder, joined in, tell @mflassy i say hey!

/youtube i say hey

/giphy i say hey

/image i say hey

/8ball i say hey?
Better not tell you now

@mfladd funded.

@RiotDemon You rock!

@mfladd I didn’t do anything. I just looked at it.

@RiotDemon You still rock

@annwat I loaned money to a US group of recovering addicts running a coffee shop.

@therealjrn i must have missed them - it seemed like everyone i looked at should have been loaning me money!

@annwat It’s called Coffee Connection in Rochester, NY

https://www.kiva.org/lend/1309249

@therealjrn oh yes, that looks like it was a good one to lend to!

@moondrake Thank you, @moondrake! Welcome to the team

@therealjrn I had one that defaulted completely. First one ever. They said they had problems with the region and had to suspend activities in that area.

@mfladd Looks like we done did good:

Thanks to lenders like you, this community came together to invest in the dreams of 13,251 women this International Women’s Day – soaring past our (ambitious) goal of 10,000!

It’s no accident that more than 80% of borrowers on Kiva are women, because we believe that communities flourish when women thrive.

Together, we’re building a more equitable world and we’re honored that you’re a part of this movement. Thank you, James, and congratulations on the impact you’re making.

Best wishes,
The Kiva team

@therealjrn I am glad it was a success.

@mfladd @therealjrn I love the name James-- might have named my son James, except it woulda been weird since that is my brother inlaw’s name.

Mf… I haven’t gotten back $25 yet, even though I have two loans out…hmm will have to see what happened there. But didn’t see your note until too late, sorry I missed the doubling. Will let you know when my funds get back to $25 and who I donate to!