Pledge “Microfinance”
"I will make a $25 Microloan through kiva.org but only if 10 other people worldwide will do the same."
— Birrell Walsh, San Francisco (contact)
Deadline to sign up by: 2nd February 2008
9 people signed up, 1 more was needed
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Microfinance makes very small loans to very small businesses in very poor countries. The business survives, the family eats, the kids go to school; and the economic spiral goes up rather than down. kiva.org lets people make micro-loans via Paypal to businesses and individuals you choose from their lists. AND it is not a gift - 99.8% are repaid so far. So you can withdraw your "investment," or re-loan again.
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Birrell Walsh, the Pledge Creator, joined by:
- Charlotte Brinkmann
- Red Dana
- Harold
- Kathy Sato
- Tim Yarham
- Sarah Fawcett
- jane blake
- Jonathan Gano
- 1 person who did not want to give their name, all of whom have done the pledge
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