Kiva Kiwis is a little something started by me and a few friends in Oamaru, New Zealand, to encourage and enable Kiwis to support small businesses in developing countries by making loans to them through an organisation called Kiva.
We are just starting this, and this website is an ongoing project ...but for now check out the how to loan page, meet the kiva kiwis, and do contact me with any comments or questions.
Cheers- Finn
We are just starting this, and this website is an ongoing project ...but for now check out the how to loan page, meet the kiva kiwis, and do contact me with any comments or questions.
Cheers- Finn
Su Yin in Auckland has loaned to ....
.....Litiana Faleni in Samoa.
Litiana is 30, is married with four children. She has five years of experience in the BBQ business; she sells to the public at a food market three days per week. These loans are Litiana’s only access to capital because she was never able to qualify for a loan with the traditional banks. Part of her loan is being used be used for her children's educational needs, the remainder for running her business and improving her home.
.....Litiana Faleni in Samoa.
Litiana is 30, is married with four children. She has five years of experience in the BBQ business; she sells to the public at a food market three days per week. These loans are Litiana’s only access to capital because she was never able to qualify for a loan with the traditional banks. Part of her loan is being used be used for her children's educational needs, the remainder for running her business and improving her home.
....Kossi Apedo in Togo. Kossi, 41, is married and the father of four children.He is a fisherman and with his loan hopes to have a dam built so that he can raise fish.
...Sabina Shrestha in Nepal. Sabina is a 24-year-old married woman. She lives with her husband and one daughter. Mrs. Shrestha 's husband's name is Kumar. He is a photographer who works in a photo studio but he is not satisfied with his salary there and it's difficult for him to meet the needs of his family. He decided to open his own photo studio and to help her husband to do this she has loaned US $150.
(This Kowhaiwhai, Mangotipi, from Mataatua, Tuhoe, draws its inspriation from the white pointer shark. Courtesy Maori.org)