Kiva update

Já aqui falei da organização Kiva. Neste site podemos emprestar dinheiro a uma pessoa à nossa escolha para ajudar a financiar um pequeno negócio. Quando o negócio começa a dar lucro, o dinheiro é-nos restituído para a nossa conta paypal e podemos retirá-lo ou emprestá-lo novamente. Com o dinheiro que recebi da Lilia estou a ajudar a financiar a Cipriana, que precisa de comprar materiais para fazer bolsas em couro para garrafas termos: couro, fio, tintas, agulhas, cola... Confesso que a escolha foi um bocadinho tendenciosa!

As I wrote here, Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website. You can make a direct loan of as little as $25 to an entrepreneur to purchase business-related items such as sewing machines or livestock. When the business starts to be profitable, the money is returned to you and you can loan it again or not. With the money I received from Lilia, I'm financing Cipriana's craft business.

Cipriana is 64 years old, married and has four children. She's dedicated to making and selling leather thermoses for more than 25 years. She learned her craft from her parents, who taught her how to work with this activity. She is requesting a loan to purchase large quantities of leather, threads, paints, special needles, glue, etc.