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Kiva & Saving Hearts Many years ago a friend turned me onto Kiva. The Kiva.org manages micro lending across the globe as a way to help small entrepreneurs get a start or expand their businesses. For me, it was a window into the world of women making a difference in their communities and in the … Read more
Kiva, Paying It Forward In life there are many battles to overcome. We strive to find the time to be with our families and our jobs, or dedicating ourselves to running our business with concerns such as marketing, production, sales, collections and much more. It can overwhelm, and often we feel exhausted and lost, wondering … Read more
A History of Giving: Helping Women in Business When I first started making hand painted cotton dresses 30 years ago I enlisted the help of the women in my community. Cahuita is a very small rural community on the Costa Rica Caribbean coast. I was surprised to learn the husbands were against their wives leaving … Read more