The Non-profit that keeps on giving

Finally a non-profit with a unique marketing vision to help others!
“Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.”
Through Kiva, their partners (existing expert microfinance institutions) upload their entrepreneur profiles directly to the site so individuals can lend to them.

I found Kiva by reading an email article I received from PINK Magazine.
The story was so compelling I decided to visit Kiva.org to see for myself.
After just a few minutes on their site I was driven to act.
The following is the account of how simple it was to give.

There are many possible well deserving entrepreneurs to select from.

I selected an individual named Christiana Chukwu, from Nigeria.
The following is her story:

Christiana Chukwu, 50 years old and married with seven children, lives in Benin City with her family. She has sold provisions and a local gin called Ogogoro for several years, and now hopes to expand her business through a loan to purchase more provisions and gin to sell. Christiana says a big thank you to all Kiva lenders.
Loan request: $600.00
Repayment Term: 8 months
Loan Use: To purchase more local gin and provisions to sell

Within minutes I donated a small amount ad a day later I returned to the site and realized that she had received the full amount from additional loans.

Within a few weeks I received a surprising email stating that 85 percent of the loan had already been paid!
Well the story does not end there. The best part is that Kiva gives you the option to relend that money to another person in need or get your money back.
I’m sure you can guess what most people do.
So in the spirit of Christmas if, you are thinking of a unique gift to give a loved one, visit Kiva.org and send them a gift certificate. It will be the only gift that keeps on giving.

Happy Holidays!

Jennie Quimbita

Help Reach 10 Million Clicks in September & Give An Additional 100 Mammograms!

4,583,124 CLICKS SO FAR. ONLY 13 DAYS LEFT!  

How You Can Help In Mere Seconds — Every Day

The Breast Cancer Site provides a feel-good way to help promote awareness of breast cancer and provide free mammograms for women in need every day — through easy and quick online activities.

With a simple, daily click of the pink “Click Here to Give – it’s FREE” button at The Breast Cancer Site, visitors help to provide free mammograms for women in need. Visitors pay nothing. Mammograms are provided by our charitable partners.

Please remember to click every day to fund free mammograms and give hope to women in need. Every click counts toward the goal of early detection, which allows for the best possible treatment options.

Visit: http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ and start clicking today!  

You can sign up for a free daily reminder so you don’t forget.  Check out the links at the top if you want to help support Hunger, Child Health, Literacy, Rainforest or Animal Rescue also.  

 

About The Breast Cancer Site:

Your click on the “Click Here to Give – it’s FREE” button helps fund free mammograms for women in need — low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. Your click is paid for by site sponsors, and mammogram funding is provided to clinics throughout the U.S. through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Inland Empire Race for the Cure®

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®

Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Promenade Mall In Temecula

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series raises significant funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. These events celebrate breast cancer survivorship and honor those who have lost their battle with the disease. The largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world, the Komen Race for the Cure® Series has grown from one local Race with 800 participants in Dallas in 1983 to a series of more than 120 Races with more than 1.5 million participants this year alone. Funds raised during the Komen Race for the Cure® Series support the Komen vision of a world without breast cancer. Up to 75 percent of the net income from each Race stays in the community to fund local breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment projects. A minimum of 25 percent of the net income from each Race supports the Komen Award and Research Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research.

For more information or to register visit: http://komenie.org/

Orange County Race for the Cure®

17th Annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®

September 28, 2008

at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series raises significant funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. These events celebrate breast cancer survivorship and honor those who have lost their battle with the disease. The largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world, the Komen Race for the Cure® Series has grown from one local Race with 800 participants in Dallas in 1983 to a series of more than 120 Races with more than 1.5 million participants this year alone. Funds raised during the Komen Race for the Cure® Series support the Komen vision of a world without breast cancer. Up to 75 percent of the net income from each Race stays in the community to fund local breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment projects. A minimum of 25 percent of the net income from each Race supports the Komen Award and Research Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research.

For more information or to register visit: http://ockomen.org/