Christmas Kiva Lending
I haven’t blogged about my Kiva lending for a while now, but with Christmas in the air I think it’s time to talk about giving again. It was several Christmases ago that I bought every member of my immediate family a Kiva loan coupon as their gift. They went unspent for a while because apparently the technology was a bit confusing, so I took back the coupons and started to manage the lending myself. Since then I’ve also been lucky enough to receive coupons as gifts myself (thanks Chris and Jill!). One of the things I love about Kiva is the fact that one $25 investment can be re-loaned again and again. This will be my third year as a lender, and I’ve re-loaned twelve times since I started. That blows my mind.
Anyway, I don’t want to make this just a sales pitch for Kiva. There are a lot of great causes out there. I just want you, dear reader, to consider finding the one that makes you happy and giving what you can. Charity Navigator is a good place to start.
So who is the man on the couch up there? That would be Azianfo Gnagblokou; a father supporting seven kids through furniture sales. I usually lend to women, mostly because I feel they are more likely to be the ones raising children on their own and lacking societal advantages that men might have, but I had to give props to this guy taking care of his brood LIKE A BOSS.
Originally published at Delicat.ca