My First Kiva Loan ... Repaid!

I have been "sitting" on this post for at least a week now, so decided just to post it already!

Even though I nixed my short-lived and separate Kiva blog, I still plan on featuring Kiva people and loans here on W&C from time to time. 

Last time, I wrote about my first "recycled" Kiva loan and that was pretty quickly followed by a second one.

This one was extra special since was a repayment on my very first Kiva loan. 

Bosco from Uganda was looking for a loan of $150 to put doors and window on his house!  At the time, I was going a little extra crazy with lending $$$, but by the time I found and read Bosco's story he only needed the minimum $25 to complete the loan request. 

During the 3 months of the loan, we received an update that Bosco's wife had given birth to a daughter named Akidi.  We also received a new photo of the new dad. 

This is what makes Kiva such a rich experience... seeing a face and reading a story about the people temporarily helping out.

After a recent drought of loans thanks to the likes of Bill Clinton and Oprah, there has been a very good supply of Kiva loans, so it didn't take me long to find someone to give Bosco's $25... meet Virginia from Peru.

With many pictures on Kiva that break your heart, it is often easy to skip those loan requests with smiling people with a well-stocked store/shop behind them.  But I simply couldn't resist Virginia friendly face as she stands behind the counter of the motorcycle repair shop that she owns with her husband... what got me was her membership in the Banco Comunal Mujeres Valientes... which roughly translates to the "Courageous Women’s Community Bank."  How's that for some Girl Power?!!

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