tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052699235803395035.post5108956607397297057..comments2024-03-19T16:59:13.972-04:00Comments on Kindness Activist: Kiva Kindness - a REQUEST to YOUSTGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11250015231001004499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052699235803395035.post-56161975051173110122016-06-04T13:07:19.443-04:002016-06-04T13:07:19.443-04:00Great! I am glad to hear that you are going to lo...Great! I am glad to hear that you are going to log back in and give again! The money should have been repaid from your first loan and will be just WAITING for you to choose who to loan it to next! :)STGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11250015231001004499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052699235803395035.post-66080630250638550992016-06-03T13:34:50.082-04:002016-06-03T13:34:50.082-04:00I have donated once to Kiva because of you. I need...I have donated once to Kiva because of you. I need to get back on and do another loan!! Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052699235803395035.post-90679889650541587232016-06-03T13:34:44.726-04:002016-06-03T13:34:44.726-04:00I have donated once to Kiva because of you. I need...I have donated once to Kiva because of you. I need to get back on and do another loan!! Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052699235803395035.post-34814427557936834732016-06-02T21:41:59.953-04:002016-06-02T21:41:59.953-04:00Wow wow wow WOW!!!! I love your plan so much!! It ...Wow wow wow WOW!!!! I love your plan so much!! It is brilliant. And thanks for the book recommendation. I had not heard of that book, but will certainly read it now!!! And I think you definitely qualify for a Kindness Activist button!! Par Please send me a private message via the Kindness Activist Facebook page with your address so I can send one to you!!Susan TGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524614713319327449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052699235803395035.post-75474161796932564952016-06-02T20:44:32.702-04:002016-06-02T20:44:32.702-04:00I'm a few days behind in reading this, but I w...I'm a few days behind in reading this, but I want to endorse it. I'm a big Kiva fan, too. I just pulled up my Kiva page to see what my totals are. I've loaned a total of $1600--but the cool thing is that that required only $800 in deposits, because half of my loans are from recycled repayments, as you describe. It's a total of 56 loans in 44 different countries. (I'm trying eventually to make at least one in each of the 88 countries Kiva serves.) <br /><br />My current plan is to keep depositing at least $25 every month, plus recycling whatever repayments I got that month. The idea is that as I pump more into the system, monthly repayments will grow and grow over time, so that I'll be able to make several loans a month while still putting in only $25-$45 or so (how much I need to deposit to make loans in $25 chunks depends on how much I've gotten in repayments). Last month for the first time, I had $50 in repayments, so I was able to make 3 loans for just my usual $25 monthly investment. I hope it will keep snowballing like that over the years to come. <br /><br />If you have not done so already, you MUST read a book called "The International Bank of Bob." It's about a guy who used inheritance money to make a ton of Kiva loans, then went around the world meeting some of the people he had loaned to. His story, and theirs, will make you want to give ALL of your money to Kiva. It really is heartwarming. Plus, you'll understand a ton more of the nitty-gritty of how Kiva works. <br /><br />India is a special problem, though. It has strange laws that until just last year kept Kiva from operating there at all. Even now, it can only do so under the peculiar rule that loans won't even start to get repaid until 2-3 years after they're made. So as much as I'd like to help some of the BILLION people that live there, their laws make it really difficult. Rakewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873391354585352712noreply@blogger.com