KIVA $25 Free Trials are available for your friends. COME ON, MAKE A LOAN FOR FREE!!! 22MAR12

I just made two more loans through Kiva using the funds paid  back from previous loans, so it didn't cost me anything. YOU can get a feel for micro-financing through the free trials now being offered by Kiva Free trials sponsored by Reid Hoffman Kiva board member, founder of LinkedIn & co-author of recently released The Startup of You. As a new member you can make one free loan thanks to Mr Hoffman. So I hope you will click this link and take advantage of his generosity and help someone here in the U.S. or around the world with a loan. http://www.kiva.org/invitedby/craig8627

Here's my two latest loans, both sponsored by Kiva field partner BRAC

BRAC Liberia Microfinance Company Limited administers this loan. Learn more

This field partner possesses these important
Social Performance Strengths:

Anti-Poverty Focus

Vulnerable Group Focus

Fully Funded

A loan of $200 helped Rose to purchase more bitter ball (squash), peppers, onions, Vita and many other items for her business.

Rose lives in New Kru town. She is 28 years old, single, with two children ages 5 and 9, who are in school and live at home. For the past three years she has been operating a small table market where she sells bitter ball (squash), peppers, onions, Vita, and many other items. She started this business by selling dried fish around in her community with the little goods she could afford, and learned this way of selling from her friends. She is requesting a loan to purchase more bitter ball, peppers, onions, Vita and many other items for her business. Her plan is to expand her business even more.

About the Country

Country:

Liberia

Average Annual Income:

500

Currency:

Liberia Dollars (LRD)

Exchange Rate:

72.5500 LRD = 1 USD

A loan of $250 helps Maima to purchase rice, onion, oil, and others items.

Maima is 36 years old and has two children. She lives in Logan Town. She sells rice, onion, oil, and others items, which she has been doing for six years. She started this business by selling to friends.
Maima is requesting a loan, which she will use to purchase more rice, onion, oil, and others items for her business. In the future, she wishes to build a store.