OTR – Nathan George
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Nathan George is the founder of an amazing organization named Trade as One. They focus on equipping people and alleviating world poverty through trade instead of aid. They work with a lot of churches to raise Christians awareness of how their spending affects people all around the world and they even connect people to specific entrepreneurs all around the world. As it says on their website, Trade As One is "A way for us to tell stories of lives redeemed and hope restored, all because people choose to spend their money the right way. People keep choosing to buy the things they need in… Read More
How I Harnessed the Wind
Monday, October 19th, 2009
This is an incredible story. What have you dreamed about doing lately?
Kiva Update
Monday, February 16th, 2009
Michelle and I got our first reimbursement check from our first Kiva (peer to peer lending to end world poverty) loan. Our lady is a month ahead of schedule. I'm impressed. So far, this loan system seems pretty well organized. We split our first repayment check among two different groups and re-loaned it. This has been a great experience and I look forward to seeing the updates each month. If you haven't checked this out yet, I strongly recommend you give it a look. Make poverty history.
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Our first Kiva loan
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
I've known about Kiva for awhile now and Michelle and I made our first loan today. Kiva is an organization that allows you to donate money through loans to entrepreneurs in underdeveloped countries. It is a pretty rad idea that is using technology to truly create a new kind of community. I would strongly encourage you to check it out for yourself. We just made a loan to help a woman named Estela with her business. Click… Read More
