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 The Super Bowl is coming, capping off one of the most exciting American football seasons in years. More about that in a minute. Much like this football season, Kiva's 2011 was a year of milestones passed, records broken, and lessons learned. Success on the FieldIn 2011, we introduced social performance badges; twenty six new field partners, including non-traditional partners; Kiva City; and a pilot person to person lending program called Kiva Zip. All of these touchdowns (yes, there will be gratuitous football references throughout this message) are really points scored for our borrowers as we help the working poor around the world access the resources they need to improve their own lives.  The Kiva office staff, volunteers, and interns. And of course, none of this would have happened without some amazing “assists” and ongoing cheering from our lenders. In November, we set a record of $8.8 million in loans funded, only to smash that record in December with $10.5 million in loans for thousands of borrowers around the world. In total, Kiva lenders funded $90 million in loans in 2011, up 26% from 2010. It was a big year for Kiva staff and volunteers as well. Kiva staff visited over 53 countries, Kiva volunteer translators & editors performed the work of 53 full time employees, 81 Kiva Fellows spent 41,080 hours with our Field Partners, and 87 interns worked on nearly every project across every department at Kiva. We're excited to be kicking off a New Year, with a goal to do even more in 2012. Check out our full year in review on the blog to learn more. Are you ready for some football?Now, to the Super Bowl! If you're not an American football fan, our non-football-loving Kivans have put together some super fascinating data about how football and Kiva surprisingly relate to one other. For the rest of you, we've got a fun proposition. You might think that the Super Bowl is on February 5, but you're only partially correct. Starting today (January 27) at 12:01am Pacific, the Kiva Super Bowl is officially on. The New England Patriots Lending Team is taking on the New York Giants Lending Team. The winning team is the team that lends the most money between January 27 at 12:01am and the time the last whistle is blown during the Super Bowl on February 5th. The winning team gets eternal glory, bragging rights, and the satisfaction that they've helped change a lot of lives. So who's it going to be? Will the fans of The Patriots with Tom Brady in his record-tying fifth Super Bowl prevail? Or will the Giants faithful emulate Eli Manning to score another upset? Join a team today, invite your friends, and find out! |
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Felipa Agueda
A loan of $625 helps Felipa Agueda purchase ingredients to prepare her dishes.
44% raised, $350 to go
- Repayment Term:
- 7 months (more info)
- Repayment Schedule:
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Jan 19, 2012
- Listed
- Jan 27, 2012
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- Possible
- Default Protection
- Not Covered
Your funds will be used to backfill this loan.
Repayments will go to you.
Doña Felipa is requesting a loan to buy more ingredients to prepare her foods such as green chili, dried chilies, onion, garlic, tomatoes, chicken, beef, and vegetables to make salads. She is grateful to Fundación for putting their trust in her and helping her business to grow.
Translated from Spanish
by Kiva Volunteer, Ann Achilli
About the Country
- Country:
- Mexico
- Average Annual Income:
- $11,249
- Currency:
- Mexico Pesos (MXN)
- Exchange Rate:
- 13.1758 MXN = 1 USD
Marlon
A loan of $10,000 helps Marlon to pay for bedding materials.6% raised, $9,325 to go- Repayment Term:
- 32 months (more info)
- Repayment Schedule:
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Dec 30, 2011
- Listed
- Jan 27, 2012
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- N/A
- Default Protection
- Not Covered
Your funds will be used to backfill this loan.Repayments will go to you.
Marlon is the proud owner of White Lotus Home, an organic bedding company that makes mattresses, pillows and other bedding products, out of organic fiber. The original business was established in 1981 and Marlon began working at the company in 2002, becoming the sole owner in 2006. Marlon sells his products on the internet, for wholesale and in his store operated out of Highland Park, New Jersey. Marlon works with over 70 distribution partners in over 20 states. In addition, he recently began selling his products in Canada. Customers rave on his website about the quality of product and amazing customer service. Marlon needs capital to purchase bedding materials, in order to keep up with the sales growth in 2011. A loan will help him to make this purchase, also enabling business growth and new customer acquisition. Additional information about this loan
Important information
Kiva realizes that access to credit is a challenge for entrepreneurs everywhere. Kiva started out as a website focused on developing-world entrepreneurs. In June 2009, Kiva began experimenting with allowing entrepreneurs in the United States to raise money on its website. If this is something you support, please feel free to fund this loan. If you have questions, including how an entrepreneur in your neighborhood might get a loan, please visit our Help Center and click on "Loans in the United States."About the Country
- Country:
- United States
- Average Annual Income:
- $47,000
- Currency:
- United States Dollars (USD)
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