In 2011 we won an award for Best New Community Project. Our goal is to enable people without access to traditional banks (including many women) to expand their businesses, support and educate their children, save for the future and raise themselves out of poverty. Through Kiva, a non-profit organisation working with microfinance institutions, you choose a borrower to support with a loan of just $25. Similar loans by other lenders are combined until the required total is reached. As your money is repaid (often in monthly instalments), you can withdraw it or lend it to someone else. ($25 that is loaned over and over again does more good than a one-time donation.) Join 'Genealogists for Families' - together we are making a difference!

30 January 2012

Genealogy Social Events: an International Challenge

Genealogists for Families social events are mainly about family history, but they are also an opportunity to raise funds for extra loans through Kiva. If we pass around the hat and ask everyone to contribute their loose change, we will soon have enough to make an extra $25 loan.

In Australia we do this via a Kiva lender account called 'GFF Aussie Social Events'. Those of you who meet at genealogy conferences overseas might like to do something similar. Consider this a friendly international challenge!

Wondering whether you know any Genealogists for Families team members? Check the page showing photos and given names.

If you want to plan an event, there are some interesting suggestions in the Kiva Lending Team Playbook.

Postscript, 1 Sep 2012:  With small change collected at our Kiva team's social events in Australia (get-togethers for coffee, lunch or dinner), we have already made sixteen loans (seven in Paraguay, six in the Philippines, and each one in Bolivia, Ecuador and Georgia). Repayments on those loans are now funding one new loan each month. Can you organise a small event in your area or at a conference, so that our Kiva team makes an even bigger impact?
Posted by Judy Webster

1 comment:

  1. It is a good idea that family events as such could raise funds for the less fortunate. This is very generous of the social event organizer to have come up with ways and means to support the lives of the indigents. This is what making way for more civic- oriented and community-centered socials is all about!

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