The International Society at ESD raised $518.00 in September, passing our goal of $500.00! The next big challenge was to decide what to do with that money (and trying to get a group of high school students to agree on what to do with that much money is a HUGE challenge)! But last week, we finally decided to lend through Kiva, a well-established organization through which the school can track the changes in the lives of the individuals to whom we lent. We chose three women, Zumrat from Tajikistan, Angelica from Peru, and Enid from Uganda. All had almost enough money to finish fundraising, but not quite all they needed to expand their businesses. Visit the links below to see their profiles. If you don’t speak Spanish, find an ESD Spanish student to translate Angelica’s for you. It’s good practice for them. We will update you via this blog regarding their progress, so keep checking back!
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=140202& te=ty
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=139988& te=ty
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=132873& te=ty
