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Today is blog action day, which this year is focused on poverty. We have highlighted various uses of appropriate technology, many of which help those in poverty improve their lives. Such as: Water Pump Merry-go-Round and Smokeless Stove Uses 80% Less Fuel.
I am also very interested in using micro loans to help entrepreneur improve their lives - I have written about Kiva before. Kiva fellows are funded by Kiva (fellows are unpaid) to go to spend time in the countries Kiva facilitates loans for working with the local partners. This post is about Rita Bashnet (in photo) an entrepreneur from Nepal:
Great story, and exactly my hope for using capitalism to improve the standard of living for people around the globe.
If you haven’t loaned money through Kiva, please consider it now. If you do (or already have a Kiva page), send me your Kiva lender link and I will add it to Curious Cat Kivans. I would love to add more of our readers to that page.
Related: Using Capitalism to Make a Better World - Appropriate Technology - Fixing the World on $2 a Day - Trickle Up
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October 15th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
i love kiva.
am currently unable to make a donation though, so i put up its banner on my blog, as well as that of freerice (rice donation via gameplay) and goodsearch (donation per search).
it’s great that you’re participating in blog action day.
November 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am
“I also save every month,” says Frew, who has over $40 stored in a cooperative savings fund. The capital he has saved with other people in his group is used to provide loans to group members at a low interest rate.
December 1st, 2008 at 3:40 am
If we all just gave up a $1 a day and made a donation it would help so many people.
I’m involved with a sponsoring program call Compassion and always am feel blessed that I am living the way I do.