So what the heck is Kiva you ask. It is an organization that helps people in other countries to find small loans for business, home improvements, education, agriculture and more. There is a video below that describes how it works.
I started loaning small amounts a few years ago, I didn’t have the money then, still don’t ,but the people that needed the money had even less. In some the countries I lent money to the annual income is less than three thousand a year. I know people here that spend that every month here on entertainment . I certainly do not.
If I can find the money to loan so can you. When the repayment comes back I re lend it out to other loans. I don’t do it to make myself feel better (although it does). I do it because I think we need to pull together as a planet and help each other, too much dog eat dog mentality exists out there.
Today I lent money to a woman in a country I never heard of Timor Leste. So I did a little research about her country and what I found was disturbing about the slaughter of the people by the Indonesian government and later gangs.
If any like that happened here the whole world would be outraged.
We all did nothing. I didn’t even know. The UN finally sent in a peacekeeping force and now the little country is trying to rebuild.
Read about it here.
The woman stills needs more to complete her loan. So give up a night at the movies and cough up $25.00. Her story is here. When i posted this she needed another $250. By now there are many others that need your help.
Who knows, maybe you will find other loans like I did and keep recirculating small amounts of cash that can help other people to help themselves.
[notice][/notice]Update she has been granted the loan. That’s good news. There are hundreds more like her that need some cash find one and help out. Maybe one day it might be you that needs the help.
Rod
If you need an invitation click on this link.
It may be the only chance to see what I look like, I am a little camera shy. Haha
Have a great day.
Below here you can find some clips from Woodstock and at the very bottom of the page a documentary about the history of the greatest music fest that ever happened.
Great shots from Woodstock . Go to the bottom of the page if you want to know more about Wood stock. Woodstock happened 45 years ago this weekend. over 500.000 people.
Three song day
How Kiva Works from Kiva on Vimeo.
https://youtu.be/J7-8sCLWwLk
“I’d Love To Change The World”
Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
‘Til there are no rich no more
I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you
Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey, who needs money, No none for me
I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you
Oh yeah!
World pollution, there’s no solution
Institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor
Senators stop the war
I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you
“A Little Help From My Friends”
What would you think if sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me ?
Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song
And I’ll try not to sing out of key.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
What do I do when my love is away
(Does it worry you to be alone ?)
How do I feel by the end of the day,
(Are you sad because you’re on your own ?)
No, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody
I need somebody to love
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love.
Would you believe in a love at first sight
Yes I’m certain that it happen all the time
What do you see when you turn out the light
I can’t tell you but I know it’s mine,
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody, I just need someone to love
Could it be anybody, I want somebody to love.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
with a little help from my friends.
“Imagine”
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one