Good Morning America-Kelly Clarkson at Central Park

Fall TV Season 2009

The television season is coming up in four or five weeks away. My fall Television picks are:

Sunday

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 9/27

Desperate Housewives 9/27

Brothers & Sisters 9/27

Monday

Dancing with The Stars 9/21 *

Castle 9/21

One Three Hill 9/14

Gossip Girl 9/14

Tuesday

Dancing with The Stars Results

Wednesday

America's Next Top Model 9/9

Law & Order : SUV 9/23

Thursday

The Vampire Diaries 9/10

Grey's Anatomy 9/24

Private Practice 10/1

Friday

Ugly Betty 10/9

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*My Dancing with the Stars commentary is coming back on September 21, 2009 .

Blogathon 2010

Blogathon 2010 is about three hundred sixty-five days away. Blogathon 2010 bring on new goals, and a new charity.

Blogathon 2010 Goals

-90 posts in twenty-four hours

-more pictures

-more youtube videos

post-Blogathon '09 Opps

When I was doing the blogathon, I lose track in the number of blog entries I made. I recounted my entries and I made seventy-eight post during the blogathon.

Post-Blogathon 2009

I want to thank Jeff for sponsor me in this year Blogathon and also plug me on his website. You are truly amazing monitor.

Blogathon'09 Stats

76 posts in twenty-four hours

35 Kiva Stories (Saturday/Sunday)

17 YouTube Video

9 Pictures from google search

Blogathon #78-Final Post

Thanks

Kiva.org

Blogathon.org

Youtube.com

and everyone.

Blogathon #77-Kiva Stories # 17

Maxima Laime-Catering

Máxima Laime lives in a house she owns in the Llajeta zone, on the western end of the city of La Paz.

Máxima works as an employee at a restaurant in La Paz, generating income with which she supports herself.

With her savings she was able to acquire a plot of land, on which she now has constructed three rooms that are still unfinished.

The loan she is requesting is to build two rooms that are completed, so they can be used.

This is the third time she solicits a loan, and the financial analysis conducted indicates she qualifies favorably for access to credit.

Blogathon #76-Kiva Stories #16

Larisa Otrada-Clothing Store

Larisa is married with two children. She sells clothing at an open market in Melitopol City and has been in this business for nine years. Having large experience, she chooses her inventories well, knowing what is going to sell. She enjoys selling women's clothing and has many repeat clients.

Larisa wants to develop her business further. She would like to borrow 12,000 UAH to increase her summer assortment. Larisa is a very responsible person. She always pays her loans on time.

Blogathon #75

I took a small catnip again in front the computer.

Blogathon #74-Kiva stories #15

Marina Litvinova

Marina is married and has a son. She lives and works in Zaporozhye. Marina owns a small footwear sales enterprise at one of the biggest markets in her home town. She has a loyal clientele and offers a flexible pricing policy that attracts many customers. Marina has been in business for 15 years. Presently, she has about 50,000 Grivnyas in inventory. Her monthly net profit is about 3,000 Grivnyas.

Marina is seeking a loan of 12,100 Grivnyas to restock her merchandise for the coming fall season. Summer is always a slow season for small market vendors in Ukraine, so Marina is hoping to catch up on her sales in fall when customer demand usually goes up.

Blogathon #73-Kiva Stories #14

Teofilo Yujra-Transportation

Teofilo works as a driver. He has a vehicle which provides transportation service to the public between La Paz and El Alto. This is the main source of income with which he supports his wife. They live in his mother-in-law´s house located in the Pasankeri section of La Paz.

The loan will be used to convert his vehicle from gasoline to liquid gas, which will enable him to save 50% of the cost of fuel and increase his income.

This is his first loan with Impro and an evaluation qualifies him for the loan he requests.

Blogathon #72-Kiva Stories #13

Duong Thi Cuc-Beauty Salon

Cúc Dương Thị (524010591) is a 48-year-old woman living in the town of Ý Yên. She is married and has two adult children.

Cúc owns and operates a service-based business, primarily providing hairdressing and beauty services to local community members. She has been engaged in this business for over ten years and earns approximately 5,000,000 VND a month.

In 2001, Cúc joined TYM Fund to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and her ability to engage in business activities. She has successfully repaid a previous loan of 20,000,000 VND from TYM Fund. This previous loan was used to purchase materials needed to provide service.

Cúc is now requesting a new loan of 20,000,000 VND which will be used to invest in expanding her business. The loan will be her 10th from TYM Fund. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to improve and expand her busine

Blogathon #71-Kiva Stories #12

Malahka Group-Moblie Phones

This is Mohamed Sankoh, Yeabu Koroma , Isatu Kamara and Aruna I. Kamara. They are small-scale businesspeople in Magburaka town. They are requesting a loan of Le 800,000 each to help them develop their businesses. With the help of this loan, they will be able to add more goods to their businesses, make better profit, and consequently improve on their standards of living.

Mohamed Sankoh (right) is the leader of the group. Mohamed is twenty-five years of age. He was born in Makeni but now lives and sells in Magburaka together with his wife and two children. One of Mohamed's children is in class four and the other is in class one. Mohamed sells watches, phone accessories, radios and a lot more. He has been a businessman for five years now.

Blogathon #70-Word Verification

If you make a large number of posts in a single day,you will be required to complete word verification.

Blogathon #69-Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester

Blogathon #68-Kiva Stories #11

Happy Family Group-Food Market

Mary is 25 years old and married. She is a plantain seller and sells at the community market where she lives. She obtains her stock of goods from the surrounding villages and retails them to her customers. She lives with her husband, who is usually able to help her buy her plantain stock, but recently there has been a fall in demand in his business and he has not been able to provide her with enough money to make her purchases. Due to inadequate capital, she is not able to pick enough plantains from her suppliers. She is therefore requesting a loan to buy plantain stock. With her two years of selling experience, she was chosen to be the group leader.

Mary is the leader of a trust bank group called ‘Happy Family.’ She is the one sitting in the middle of the group photograph. Most of the members of this group are petty traders, food vendors, and/or farmers. In this group, members guarantee for one another as social collateral to access the loan and support each other in repaying the loan.

Blogathon #67-The Morning Rooster call

Blogathon #66-Kiva Stories #10

Rosario Chavarria Olivas-Construction

Rosario lives in the city next to the Nueva Guinea municipal market. She is seeking her 10th loan to invest in improving her home by building a pantry, thereby providing greater comfort to her family. She has worked as a director for a women’s home for 16 years, and is an enterprising woman who has helped many rural and urban women that come from different regions to give birth to their baby in the women’s home. She has made many efforts on behalf of these women, providing lodging and food and also family planning and baby care seminars. In addition to being a leader and role model for all the women in Nueva Guinea, she also works as a town councilor in Nueva Guinea and is an evangelical Christian. Her dream is having a home with better living conditions, steady work to support her family, and always able to continue supporting those who need it.

Blogathon #65-Kiva Stories #9

Dulmaa Norovtseren-Food Production/Sales

Dulmaa Norovtseren is a 39-year-old single woman. She lives on a plot of land that she owns in a ger district (a community of yurts) in Arhangay, one of the Mongolian central provinces.

In 2007, Dulmaa opened a food stall at the Tsahiur local food market. She sells mostly bottled and canned foods and biscuits. Dulmaa purchases the food in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city, at wholesale prices, and then resells them at a retail prices to local residents.

Dulmaa is a humble, hard-working lady. With her future profits, she plans to have her own stall, instead of her current rented stall. With this loan, she will purchase a variety of food products for her business.

Blogathon #64-Kiva Stories #8

Mahammad Khalilov-LiveStock

Mahammad is an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) from the Armenian-occupied territory of Azerbaijan. There, he has settled in the Fizuli region, in a Finnish house. This village was built for IDPs.

He was born in 1983. This man has 2 years of experience in the sheep-breeding business. Now he needs a loan of 1600 AZN to buy 15 sheep to expand his sheep-breeding business.

Blogathon #63

I made it though the night by not going to sleep but I have three to four to go. It's daylight over here.

Blogathon #62

Blogathon #61-Kiva Stories #7

Maria Estela Caxaj Caniz- General Services

Sra. Maria Estela is originally from the Patzarajmac community. For several years, she was living in Guatemala City where she worked as a bartender. Five years ago, she started her own business selling daily household products in her community.

Maria Estela visited the offices of ASDIR to explain why a loan should be issued to her. She needs help with restocking the inventory of her store. She plans to buy products wholesale so that she can get the lowest price. The profit will increase her income and improve the standard of living for her and her family.

Blogathon #60-Cat Napping

I am finding myself take 10 minutes catnip in front of the computer.

Blogathon #59-Bedroom Posting

New Location!! I moved myself from the kitchen to the bedroom.

Blogathon #58-Kiva Stories #6

Genodi Group-Food Market

Monica is 42 years old. She is a divorced mother of two boys who are currently in school. She is a resourceful mother who works very hard to provide food and support for her business. She is a petty trader and sells at the community market square; she enjoys selling, a business through which she makes a living. She sells items like cooking oil, pepper, spices, etc. on top of a table in the market. She takes stock of goods from the Kumasi central market (which is a nearby city) and her surrounding communities for the vegetables. She is requesting a loan to upgrade her inventory. She would be grateful for your assistance.

She is the leader of a trust bank group called ‘Genodi’ which literary means believe in Him (God). She is the one in front in the group photograph. Most of the members of this group are petty traders, food vendors and/or farmers. In this group, members guarantee for one another as social collateral to access the loan and there is peer pressure to repay the loan.

Blogathon #57-Matea Sicay Lux

Blogathon #56-Kiva Stories #5

Rosa Patricia Tzoc Menchu - Textiles

Doña Rosa is originally from the Totonicapan District. Her main line of work involves manufacturing and selling traditional wraps and blouses. She has a small workshop with three workers. Her products are sold at the markets in Chimaltenango, Salcaja and Totonicapan.

Doña Rosa needs a loan to increase her inventory. There are a few holidays approaching, so she needs to take advantage of this opportunity to generate more sales. This will help her develop and grow financially for the welfare of her family.

Blogathon #55-Kiva Stories #4

Odo Ne Ye Group-Soft Drinks

Serwaa is forty-eight years old. She is divorced and has given birth to five children. She is a trader and trades in mineral water (soft drinks). She sells in a store in her community.

Serwaa is the leader of a trust bank group called “Odo ne ye” which literally means “It is good to love”. She is in the middle of the group photograph.

Most of the members of this group are traders, food vendors and or farmers. They work to support their spouses to provide for their families. They buy their raw materials, wares or goods from other towns and sometimes from nearby communities and sell at the local market square. Some of them trek to other towns to sell on their market days as well. The members have been in business for sometime and have amassed a great deal of experience in their businesses. They are therefore asking for the loan to help them procure more goods to be able to expand their businesse

Blogathon #54-The Attack of Sleepy Eyes Return

Please spray me with the water guns.

Blogathon #53-Kiva Stories #3

Patrick Mugume's Group-Liquor Store

Mugume Patrick is the leader of Nyamuhanamu group in Mubende. He is 37 years old and married with five children aged from four to twelve years, as he cares for three dependents. Since 1999 he has had a business selling alcohol in Nyamuhanamu, and he is able to make a monthly profit of 100,000 UGX. Patrick has future plans of building a family house and a house for rent so that he can have two businesses at the same time. He needs a loan to help buy and sell more alcohol for more profit. He says that the key to his success is his good customer care.

Blogathon #52-Spotlight #1

Dave Does the Blog is blogging Denver Dumb Friend League in this year blogathon. Please check out his blog.

Blogathon #51-Kiva Stories #2

Marlene Pechon-Motorcycle Transport

Marlene Pechon is a 40-year old married woman. She has five children and unfortunately, the twin babies inside her womb were aborted just recently for reasons she don't know. It was a indeed a heartbreak for Marlene and her husband, Jimmy, because they did not know that the six month fetus inside her womb were twins. Because of poverty and no enough nutritious food taken, she might have not given them proper nurture. However, Marlene had to move on with her life and her dreams for her other five children. She recently applied for a loan in ASHI amounting to PhP 48,000 in order to purchase a motorcycle in installment basis having a downpayment of Php20,000 and sidecar in cash payment of Php30,000 for her tricycle (motorcycle with sidecar attached to it) for her husband to drive.

Tricycle is one of the main means of transportation of people coming in and out of the village all throughout the municipality. Marlene's husband has been driving a tricycle for hire owned by other people for 20 years now. This is Marlene's daily source of income since her farming business which was her primary business since the beginning of her membership in ASHI, can only generate income every four months. With the increasing need of her family finances her husband and their farming business can hardly sustain, they have to increase their income. Having their own tricycle to be driven by her husband, the whole of his daily earnings will go to the family because he doesn't have to pay for the tricycle rental.

Having been a very good member of ASHI in the past nine years, showing a very good performance in payment, attendance and business, there would be no doubt that Marlene will be able to do better with her present loan applied. Her dreams of giving her children better education and better life motivates her to move on and make good in her business.

Blogathon #50-Kiva Stories #1

The first kiva story for Sunday's morning.

Ben Kiwanuka Group - Farm Supplies

Ben Kiwanuka is the leader of Balibaseka group in Mityana. He is a very hard-working man and a farmer with a business of buying and selling produce from Mityana town, sometimes to Kampala. He has been selling his produce, which ranges from maize and beans to coffee, for three years. His main challenge is transportation. Sometimes he uses bicycles or motorcycles, but he would like to buy a car so that he can load more kilograms of produce at once. Ben is married with twelve children, with three not yet in school, and he hopes that he will be able to educate all his children to the very end. He needs a loan in order to buy more produce to sell.

Blogathon #49-Seven Hours Remaining Routine

-More Kiva Stories from Kiva.org.

-Featured bloggers Spotlight

-More Youtube Video

-More Food Pictures

Blogathon #48-Kiva Entrepreneur #2

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Blogathon #47-All About Me

I have been blogging so much about Kiva, I forget about myself.

Favorite Movie: Dirty Dancing, Independence Day, Chicago, Enemy of the State, and more.

Favorite TV shows: American Idol, Castle, Ugly Betty, Brothers & Sisters, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Law & Order:SVU, and more.

Favorite Singers: Jordin Sparks, Darren Hayes, Rick Springfield, Kelly Clarkson, PDiddy, Adam Lambert, AllIson Irehata, Carrie Underwood, and more.

Blogathon #46-Basement Blogging #2

I am almost done washing clothes and drying them.

Beyonce-Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Blogathon #45-Black Eyed Peas

Black Eyed Peas-"Boom, Boom, Pow"

Blogathon #44-Kiva Entrepreneur

Blogathon #43.1-Blogathon computer zombies

Causes

-Tiredness

-typing crazy

-posting videos

-posting pictures

Treatment

-Sleep at 6am/9am on Sunday

Blogathon #43-Blogathon computer zombies

Blogathon #42-All Time Favorite Movie

Blogathon #41-Late-Night Diner is open

Late-Night Menu

CheeseBurger

Pizza

BBQ Chicken

BBQ Spare Ribs

Drink

Coffee

Tea

Apple

Diet Coke

Sprite

Dessert

Key Lime Pie

Apple Pie

Ice Cream

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Side Note: I have to restart the computer.

Blogathon #40-Goals Update Blogathon #21

I reached my half way mark of forty posts and forty more post to go until the end.

Blogathon #39-Basement blogging

New Location!! I am blogging down in the basement because I have clothes to wash.

Blogathon #38.1-Not Tired

I'm not going to sleep because Eleven hours to go.

Blogathon #38-Kiva Stories #18

This is the last Kiva Stories until 3am. I will post more kiva stories on Sunday morning.

Joseph Yawson-Electronics Sales

Joseph Yawson is married and has two children. He has received schooling through middle school and has earned his Middle School Leaving certificate (MSLC). Joseph has been selling used electrical appliances, such as TV sets, in Kotokoraba in Cape Coast since 1994. His wife is a secretary. Joseph uses his income to pay for school fees. Joseph will use the loan to purchase used electrical appliances to resell. He plans to reinvest the new profits in his business.

Blogathon #37-Kiva Stories #17

Kodzo Kondo-Services

This gentleman is a married father. In order to properly provide for his family's expenses, he bought a taxi that he operates for himself. With this business he makes an excellent income. His engine broke down, which has stopped his activity. He would like to start his business again to provide properly for his family's expenses. He is requesting a loan from WAGES to buy an engine for his taxi and to restart his business.

Blogathon #36-McCafe Cappuccino, Anyone?

My newest guilty pleasure at McDonalds.

Blogathon #35-Kiva Stories #16

Alaza Wate-Fuel/Firewood

Alaza Wate is a very ambitious young man. He is 32 years old, married, and the father of a young boy. He is a retailer of motor oil on the roadside in Adeta. His business involves buying fuel from gas stations, and he offers it with a profit margin agreed upon with the gas station. He is counting on this chance to give his commerce a new direction.

Blogathon #34-Kiva Stories #15

Suraiyo Ashurova-Food Market

shurova Suraiyo is 38 years old. She is married and uses all the money she makes to care for her two children and to provide for their education. Suraiyo has 14 years of experience selling dried fruits. She makes very productive use of her capital, adding inventory to her supply in a way that allows her to meet her customers' needs. She is also very polite and considerate, and her clients are always very happy with the service they receive from her. Because her business is doing so well, she is increasing her net worth, month by month. Today, Suraiyo requests a loan of 3000 Somoni for purchasing dried fruits. Her purpose is to processing the fruits in order to increase the range of goods to be sold. Suraiyo expresses her gratitude for everyone supporting her and promises to repay her loan in a timely manner.

More about Tajikistan and IMON International

Tajikistan is known for its rich history, which includes a key post along the Silk Road and the end of Alexander the Great's rule. It has also produced great thinkers, philosophers, scientists and poets, including Rudaki, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, Omar Khayyam, Jomi, and Rumi. The country is home to communities that still speak the ancient Sogdian language, epic mountain passes, and a civilization that dates back to the 4th millennium BC. And, even today, it is a complex mixture of the Islamic faith, Soviet culture, New West culture and Central Asian traditions.

But Tajikistan is also the poorest of the former Soviet republics. The civil war, which ignited soon after its independence from the U.S.S.R., further damaged the already weak economy. In addition, 93% of the country is mountainous and only 7% of the land is arable. These conditions have resulted in high levels of unemployment and have forced hundreds of thousands to seek work in other countries, mainly Russia. While the people of Tajikistan are working to improve its agricultural production and manufacturing sector, nearly two-thirds of the population still live in abject poverty.

IMON's History

Since December 2007, IMON International has worked closely with Kiva and Kiva lenders to ensure that poor and low income clients represent a viable business proposition. Funds raised through Kiva have already been distributed to thousands of IMON International's clients and will continue to provide thousands more with permanent access to the varied financial services they need. To learn more about IMON International's work, please visit: www.imon.tj

Blogathon #33-The Twelve hours

I'm in my twelve hours and twelve more hours to go. M&M, Anyone?

Blogathon #32-Another Twitter video #2

Blogathon #31-A Glimpse of the borrowers

Blogathon #30-Kiva Stories #14

Seoun Phol-Goods Distribution

Seuon Phol, age 29, works in the agriculture sector as a rice farmer, making a typical income of $1 US per day. Phol and her husband work hard to ensure that they and their two young children, who are not yet old enough to be enrolled in school, can live comfortably. Her husband travels from place to place in his province selling carpets and bedroom materials. He makes approximately $5 US per day. Phol wants to take out a loan of $1,000 US so that her husband can expand his business's inventory in the hopes of generating more income for her household expenses and their childrens' future education. Phol's husband is featured in this picture.

Blogathon #29-The attack of sleepy eyes

I think it time for a water gun fight. Big Time!!!

Blogathon #28-Watermelon, Anyone?

Blogathon #27-Gecio Commerical

The lady in this Gecio Ad is the one in General Hospital. She plays Diana Miller on the show.

Blogathon #26.1-Kiva Stories #13

isa Babayev-Pharmacy

Isa was born in 1956. He is married and has four children. He is an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) from the Armenian-occupied territory of the Azerbaijan Fuzuli region. He is now settled in Fuzuli region, in the Bala Bahmanli village.

Eighteen years ago, he started his business. He sells medicines for animals. The drugstore is for animals. Now he needs a loan of 2,000 AZN to buy medicines for animals in order to improve his business.

Blogathon #26

I'm washing dishes in the kitchen I'll be right back.

Blogathon #25-Kiva Stories #12

Walter Balmore Asencio Arevalo -Auto Repair

Walter Balmore Asencio Arévalo lives in the Ahuachapán department. Walter is only 19, but his desire to get ahead and make a family with his wife, Esmeralda, caused him to start a business two years ago. He has an automotive shop, which is located on the Panamerican highway. It is a very busy highway, and a lot of people know his business.

The loan that Walter is asking for is to buy replacement parts for the vehicles.

Blogathon #24-Kiva Stories #11

Elizabeth-Tourism Business

Elizabeth is a member of the communal bank group “Nobleza”. She is 40 years old, single and the mother of one child. She operates an Internet café out her home and is assisted by her niece in running that business. Elizabeth also sells candy and runs a small dispensary. She has plans to open a travel agency.

Elizabeth needs a loan of 2000 soles to pay for expenses related to starting her travel agency. She dreams of getting her travel venture up and running, and that it becomes an established business.

Blogathon #23-Sausage and Peppers, Anyone?

Blogathon #22-Another Twitter Video

Blogathon #21-Goals

My blogathon goal is about eighty post in twenty-four hours.

Blogathon #20-Recap

10 Kiva Stories

5 Blogathon half-post

1 Breakfast post

1 Lunch post

4 Youtube Video

and more to come

Blogathon #19-Kiva Stories #10

Johari Abdallah

Johari is a member of the Kajificheni borrower group in Ilala, Iringa. She is fifty-eight years old and married with six children, who are between the ages of twenty-nine and forty-two. She also cares for three other dependents.

Johari started her own charcoal business ten years ago. She works twelve hours a day and earns a monthly profit of approximately $80.

This is Johari’s second loan from BRAC Tanzania, one of Kiva's field partners. She has requested 400,000 TSH in order to buy more charcoal. With the additional profit she gains from the use of this loan, Johari hopes to get more food for the family and to expand her business.

Blogathon #18-Maria Shriver Kiva Team

Maria Shriver's Team is one of lending team on kiva.

Blogathon #17-My Guilty Pleasures

I know I'm that talking Kiva a lot on this site. But I will post my guilty pleasures. My guilty pleasure are:

Chocolate

Pizza

Gossip Girl

Adam Lambert

Ugly Betty

Castle

and more.

What your guilty pleasure?

Blogathon #16-Kiva at work in Samoa

Blogathon #15-Kiva Stories #9

Larisa Otrada

Larisa is married with two children. She sells clothing at an open market in Melitopol City and has been in this business for nine years. Having large experience, she chooses her inventories well, knowing what is going to sell. She enjoys selling women's clothing and has many repeat clients.

Larisa wants to develop her business further. She would like to borrow 12,000 UAH to increase her summer assortment. Larisa is a very responsible person. She always pays her loans on time.

Blogathon #14-Taco, Anyone?

Blogathon #13-PBS About Kiva

Blogathon #12-Kiva Stories #8

Durong Thi Xuan

Xuân Dương Thị (537981034) is a 44-year-old woman living in the town of Ý Yên. She is married and has three school-aged children.

Xuân owns and operates a general store, selling a variety of different products in the local community. She has been engaged in this business for over eleven years and earns approximately 4,500,000 VND a month.

In 2005, Xuân joined TYM Fund to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and her ability to engage in business activities. She has successfully repaid a previous loan of 20,000,000 VND from TYM Fund. This previous loan was used to purchase additional products to sell.

Xuân is now requesting a new loan of 20,000,000 VND which will be used to invest in expanding her business. The loan will be her 11th from TYM Fund. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to improve and expand her business

Blogathon #11.2-Lunch Time with Tiny Toon Adventures

Blogathon #11.1-All about Twitter

Blogathon #11-Kiva Stories #7

Kayo Foli

This woman began selling sewing notions in 2008. The business is going well since she is the only person to sell these items in her neighborhood. She works out of her shop she calls « GOSS WAY ». She would like to expand her business so as to make more income. She is therefore asking WAGES for a loan to buy 2 cartons of buttons, 6 piles of zippers, sewing thread and various other sewing necessities.

She is married and the mother of 2 children.

Blogathon #10-Kiva Stories #6

David Ba Group

Joseph is thirty-nine years old. He is married and has two children. He is a trader in hardware. Joseph is the leader of a trust bank group called ‘David Ba’ which literally means Son of David. He is the only male in the group photograph. The members of this group are mostly traders, food vendors, and farmers. They work to support their spouses to provide for their families.

They buy their raw materials, wares or goods from other towns and sometimes from nearby communities and sell at the local market square. Some of them trek to other towns to sell on market days as well. The members have been in business for some time and have amassed a great deal of experience in their businesses. It is in light of this that they are requesting for a loan to procure more goods to expand their businesses.

The members of the group guarantee for one another as social collateral to access the loan. It is their desire to give their children a good education.

Blogathon #9.1-The Other Blogathon called Aquathon

Kristie Alley and Steve Wood are blogging Playpump International Today.

Blogathon #9-Kiva Stories #5

Natalia Meshalnikova

Natalia is divorced with one adult son. She owns a kiosk at the market and sells women's bathrobes as well as bedsheets. Natalia has been in this business for eight years. During this time she has been able to attract many repeat clients. Natalia has worked hard to develop her business. She always offers good, quality products and has a good discount policy, which helps her business to be a stable source of income. Natalia would like to borrow 17,000 UAH to increase the assortment of items she sells. She hopes to use additional income to improve her living conditions.

Blogathon #8-Kiva Stories #4

Chioma Joseph

Chioma sells provisions, food and cosmetics in her shop. She is 32 years old and married with four children. She is requesting a loan of NGN 70,000 to purchase more provisions, food and cosmetics to sell. She says thank you.

Blogathon #7

I asked my mother "If you have to stay up for twenty-four hours, what charity would you do? My mother told me that she would do American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, ASPCA, and more.

Blogathon #6.1-What is Kiva?

kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.

The people you see on Kiva's site are real individuals in need of funding - not marketing material. When you browse entrepreneurs' profiles on the site, choose someone to lend to, and then make a loan, you are helping a real person make great strides towards economic independence and improve life for themselves, their family, and their community. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates and track repayments. Then, when you get your loan money back, you can relend to someone else in need.

Kiva partners with existing expert microfinance institutions. In doing so, we gain access to outstanding entrepreneurs from impoverished communities world-wide. Our partners are experts in choosing qualified entrepreneurs. That said, they are usually short on funds. Through Kiva, our partners upload their entrepreneur profiles directly to the site so you can lend to them. When you do, not only do you get a unique experience connecting to a specific entrepreneur on the other side of the planet, but our microfinance partners can do more of what they do, more efficiently.

Kiva provides a data-rich, transparent lending platform. We are constantly working to make the system more transparent to show how money flows throughout the entire cycle, and what effect it has on the people and institutions lending it, borrowing it, and managing it along the way. To do this, we are using the power of the internet to facilitate one-to-one connections that were previously prohibitively expensive. Child sponsorship has always been a high overhead business. Kiva creates a similar interpersonal connection at much lower costs due to the instant, inexpensive nature of internet delivery. The individuals featured on our website are real people who need a loan and are waiting for socially-minded individuals like you to lend them money.

Blogathon #6-Kiva Stories #3

Antonio Tabacon

When Antonio Tabacon inherited a rice farm from his parents, he was happy and confident that he would be able to make the farm productive. Now, he is 51 years old and still single. He wants to save money because he is still planning to get married, hopefully this year. He needs additional capital for his business. He would like a loan of 7,000 PHP from CEVI. He will use this loan in buying rice seeds, fertilizers and other farm needs.

Antonio is actively participating in CEVI cluster meetings where he learns about business and savings. He also receives insurance coverage in addition to the loans that he is requesting.

Blogathon #5-Kiva Stories # 2

During the Blogathon, I am going be posting stories about Kiva on my website. The next Kiva story is from the Philippines.

Flordeliza Rodriguez

Flordeliza Rodriguez, age 29, owns a tricycle transport. Her husband, Reynaldo Rodriguez, is the one operating the tricycle to earn income for their family. She has one child who is studying in elementary school. Now, Flordeliza needs a loan to repair her tricycle. She is asking for a loan of 12,000 PHP from CEVI to buy the needed parts for her tricycle and to get started on a new business as well. Because she is looking for some other income sources, CEVI is helping her by providing credit assistance, education and insurance coverage.

Blogathon #4-Kiva Stories #1

Tu Angel Lucy Group

The communal bank group “Tu Ángel Lucy” is beginning its 13th loan cycle with 30 members. They operate different businesses selling various products such as vegetables, prepared meals, fruits, spices, clothing, cereals, flowers, groceries and mobile phone accessories.

Such is the case with Maria Luz, who is 40 years old, married and has 4 children. She travels to the markets and fairs selling food.

Mayra is a 27 year old single mother of 1 son. She sells clothes upon request. Her sales are made on a credit basis to traders in the marketplace. She also travels to fairs where she buys and sells grain at the wholesale food market.

Silvia is 21 years old, single, and lives with her parents. She sells mobile phone accessories from a rented space.

The members need loans of different amounts ranging from 300 soles, 500 soles, 600 soles, and 800 soles, for a total of 13,300 soles for the entire communal bank group.

Their loans will be used to purchase fruits, vegetables, quinoa, wheat, rice, sugar, and mobile phone accessories.

Some of the members’ goals include purchasing a car, financing their children’s education so that they can become professionals, building a home, and improving their businesses.
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Blogathon #3

Someone told that we are having homemade taco for Lunch. I'm babysitting my mother's laptop.

Blogathon #2

My name is Grace and blogging for Kiva in this year blogathon.

Blogathon #1.2

Is anyone hungry, I am cooking breakfast for my mother. Please place your breakfast order here.

Blogathon # 1

Blogathon Breakfast Menu

Egg w/ Sausage and onion

Side Order of French Fries

Blogathon # 0

I am testing this blog to make should it works.

pre-Blogathon Post #2

Twenty-Four hours of Information about Blogathon, Kiva, and me. If you have any questions feel free to ask on here and including my twitter page.

www.twitter.com/dormier801

Pre-Blogathon Post

Oh May Goodness!! Today is the Blogathon in less than three hours away. Welcome the twenty-hours zone on Grace Online.

OLT: On Location Tweet

There is going be more OLT on my twitter page in the near future. Keep a l@@K out for my tweet.

Blogathon 2009 Pre-week

Blogathon is about one week away. I'm going be staying up for 24 hours on Saturday July 25, 2009-Sunday July 26, 2009. Blogathon starts at 6am (PST)/9AM (EST).

Blogathon 2009 Update #8

OMG!!! The blogathon's amount is going up on their site. If you didn't get a chance, please check out their website. There are 133 bloggers and growing each day to raise money for charity on Saturday July 25, 2009.

If you had your pick of any celeb blogger, who would you pick?

This question above was posting on blogathon.org.

Kristie Alley because she has a lot of things on her mind that she wants to share to the Internet World.

Second Celeb Blogger would have to be Darren Hayes because he is funny and hilarious.

Third Celeb Blogger would have to be Maria Shriver because she brings awareness what is important to her.

Kanye West because I loved his fashion pix.

and more......!!!

Twitter Reposting # 1

1. @blogathondotorg Thank you for the update.10:22 PM Jul 1st from web in reply to blogathondotorg
2. Random: I am blogging for Kiva.org in this blogathon.9:43 PM Jul 1st from web
3. @gossipgirl Awesome news!!5:18 PM Jul 1st from web in reply to gossipgirl
4. I just took the "do you know kris allen of adam lambert more" quiz and got: adam lambert! Try it: http://bit.ly/nU3Bx10:53 PM Jun 30th from Fun140
5. The sign-up for the www.blogathon.org will be July 1.11:52 PM Jun 27th from web
6. Currently listening to "Symphony"-Marie Digby on my ipod.6:13 PM Jun 27th from web
7. I just took the "What season 8 contastant are you?" quiz and got: Adam Lambert ! Try it: http://bit.ly/1aeOKz5:59 PM Jun 27th from LOL quiz
8. I mean twenty-four hours in my last post.5:58 PM Jun 27th from web
9. I'm going be staying up for twenty-four on July 25, 2009. If you have a chance, please check out www.blogathon.org.5:55 PM Jun 27th from web
10. Gossip Girl-The third season premieres Monday September 14th at 9PM. (=^_^=)5:04 PM Jun 27th from web
11. G@@night, twitterland!!! Sweet twitter dreams!!!(=^_^=)12:41 AM Jun 27th from web
12. @Skglambert OMG!!!12:26 AM Jun 27th from web in reply to Skglambert
13. I changed my background layout.11:37 PM Jun 26th from web
14. @AlanaJoy cute dog, Alana!!!9:42 PM Jun 26th from web in reply to AlanaJoy
15. http://twitpic.com/8iw21 - Zander on top my computer-20059:18 PM Jun 26th from TwitPic
16. @Allison4Realzzz Welcome to Twitterland, Allison!! (=^_^=)9:11 PM Jun 26th from web in reply to Allison4Realzzz
17. @michaelsarver1 Cool picture, Michael!!!9:10 PM Jun 26th from web in reply to michaelsarver1
18. @Allison4Realzzz loved the picture, Allison!!!8:53 PM Jun 26th from web in reply to Allison4Realzzz

Blogathon 2009 Update #7

Blogathon is nearing $5,000 mark on their site. I can't believe the blogathon is less than few week away.

I'm back....

from hiding. I have been missing in action on this site lately. Here a recap if you miss anything. I am going be blogging Kiva in this year blogathon. I recently joined Friendfeed.com/dormier801.

Follow the Green Button....

below and sponsor me for this year blogathon. Twenty-four hours to help people around the world to start their business with Kiva.

Blogathon 2009 Update #6

The blogathon sign-up is up running on their site. Please check out the Blogathon and sign up to raise money for your favorite charity or you want to sponsor a charity on July 25, 2009.

I am going to raise for Kiva for this year blogathon.

Blogathon 2009 Update #5

The sign-up for the Blogathon is delayed. I will announced the charity as soon as possible when the sign-up is up on their site. Here are more charities I'm thinking about doing this year.

Kiva

Save the Music Foundation

American Diabetes Association

First Book