Today we funded our very first Kiva loan! We funded $125 towards Fredrick, who lives in Kenya. Fredrick sells second hand clothes and will be using his loan to purchase additional clothes to expand his business. We are excited by the opportunity to continue to fund additional loans for each website we build. This loan was made possible by our web development for ClearMyGuilt.com. Follow this link for more information on Fredrick: http://www.kiva.org/lend/388179?
Tremendous things here. I am very satisfied to peer your post. Thank you a lot and I’m having a look forward to contact you. Will you kindly drop me a e-mail?
Thanks Gasanbieter. Please send us an email at Jeremy@Yazamo.com if you have any questions. Sorry for the delayed response, we didn’t notice the comments yet! – Jeremy
Congratulations. May it be the first of many. Love what you are doing…
Thanks Eileen! – Jeremy
A perspective from the micro level. I know you smltoy talk about the big boys, who I really don’t play with, but I’d like to offer a perspective from someone who runs and fund raises for a very small non-profit. Why do organizations do this? Because it works. Because Donors demand it. It takes extraordinary ethical fortitude to openly tell people how complicated your organization is, normally a donor has made their basic decision in the first 15 to 30 seconds of a conversation, and in fact I have been repeatedly interrupted in the first minute with the question Can’t I just sponsor a (fill in the blank with vague not-specifically-sponsorable thing such as a servicemember or family or unit ). I used to try to explain what we do, now I only do so if asked. I have come to the mental compromise (between misrepresenting sponsorship relationships and only taking donations from people who really understand us) of often stating my organizations legitimate goals in a Barney-style simplified way and then holding my tongue while smiling expectantly. I hate doing this, but truth be told, my recipients are worth the extra funds it brings in and fundraising is not about me having the warm and fuzzies. I love so much more when someone will let me talk about what we do and more importantly WHY we do it that way.
Thanks for sharing Ricky! Keep at it! -Jeremy