A short visual film by the Leclerc Brothers. A visually beautiful film about the raw living conditions in the aftermath of one of the worst Earthquake disasters in our lifetime. The Earthquake which rocked the Caribbean Island of Haiti. The film, which is more of a slow motion music video, captures perfectly the extremeness of life the people of Haiti face. You can almost feel the heat and sweat of the people. The team seem to have been there for a bigger film about the Rescue of the Haitian Children, which you can watch the trailer below.
I am posting this short film here today just as a simple reminder to all of us, in the first world countries, how hard life can be. How lucky we are and what true hardships people in 3rd world face on a daily basis. Just to survive, just to live another day.
G Living Micro Loaning Monkie Team: We are posting the loans by the G Living staff, contributors, partners and the members of the G Living Kiva Loaner Group Members, who are giving micro loans to people in need. We hope by including you, our readers in the experience, you will be encourage and inspire to join in. Tiny micro loans from each of us, will make the world a better place for all of us. Join Our Kiva Loan Group
Loan Request by Chantsal Tseyenpil Total Loan Needed: $725.00 Loan Provided By Team Member Jon: $25.00
Chantsal Tseyenpil is a widow and lives with her three children in Uvurhanghay, one of Mongolia’s southern provinces. Her two daughters both study in a local college and secondary school. Chantsal moved from the Selenge province with her family in 2006 after her husband’s death. Since the move, she has been running a small business selling clothes. In 2008, she rented a small stall in the local clothing market and started selling women’s and men’s clothing. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos
G Living Micro Loaning Monkie Team: We are posting the loans by the G Living staff, contributors, partners and the members of the G Living Kiva Loaner Group Members, who are giving micro loans to people in need. We hope by including you, our readers in the experience, you will be encourage and inspire to join in. Tiny micro loans from each of us, will make the world a better place for all of us. Join Our Kiva Loan Group
Loan Request by Rasim Huseynzadeh Total Loan Needed: $1,500.00 Loan Provided By Team Member April: $25.00
Rasim Huseynzadeh is a 47-year-old trader who sells cosmetics in the small village of Agsu city. Rasim is married and has five children! He started his business 20 years ago and, step by step, he achieved his goal and built his own store.
Rasim also works as a teacher in the local school but his salary is just not enough to cover his family’s basic needs. Rasim is focused on developing his own business and for this purpose he applied for $1,500 loan to increase his income and pay for his children’s university education. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos
G Living Micro Loaning Monkie Team: We are posting the loans by the G Living staff, contributors, partners and the members of the G Living Kiva Loaner Group Members, who are giving micro loans to people in need. We hope by including you, our readers in the experience, you will be encourage and inspire to join in. Tiny micro loans from each of us, will make the world a better place for all of us. Join Our Kiva Loan Group
Loan Request by Warren Tugume’s Group Total Loan Needed: $4,150.00 Loan Provided By G Monkie: $25.00
Warren Tugume , is the leader of Mwino akuwa group in Jinja. He is a married man with four children (1 girl and 3 boys): all the boys are still in school and the girl is too young.
Warren has three businesses: he has rental houses in Jinja town; he has a hardware shop selling building materials; as well as having a kiosk selling cold drinks and snacks. He is so grateful that the loans help him to run and finance his three businesses every four months and with this, he is able to care for his family’s needs and upkeep. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos
G Living Micro Loaning Monkie Team: We are posting the loans by the G Living staff, contributors, partners and the members of the G Living Kiva Loaner Group Members, who are giving micro loans to people in need. We hope by including you, our readers in the experience, you will be encourage and inspire to join in. Tiny micro loans from each of us, will make the world a better place for all of us. Join Our Kiva Loan Group
Loan Request by Qanimat Mehtiyev Total Loan Needed: $1,200.00 Loan Provided By Team Member April: $25.00
Qanimat Mehtiyev is a 45-year-old entrepreneur who sells different kinds of goods in a store, which he rents. He has been selling food for the last ten years. Qanimat is married and has two sons. His main source of income comes from his business.
He dreams of building his own store one day. To realize his dream, he applied for a 1200 USD loan to help increase his income and allow him to save money for his own store. Qanimat is counting on your help. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos
G Living Micro Loaning Monkie Team: We are posting the loans by the G Living staff, contributors, partners and the members of the G Living Kiva Loaner Group Members, who are giving micro loans to people in need. We hope by including you, our readers in the experience, you will be encourage and inspire to join in. Tiny micro loans from each of us, will make the world a better place for all of us. Join Our Kiva Loan Group
Loan Request by Fulgencio Júlio Machava Total Loan Needed: $375.00 Loan Provided By G Monkie: $25.00
Fulgencio Júlio Machava, was born in Gaza Province. He is 27 years old and single with no children. He attended school through the 10th grade and he received training as an elementary teacher.
He left Gaza Province for Namaacha, a town on the border with Swaziland, with his parents after his father was transferred through his work in education. After completing primary education, his mother advised him to enroll in the training course for primary teachers as a fast path to entering the job market. Fulgencio completed the course in two years and quickly went to work as an administrator in the District Administration Office of Education in the same town of Namaacha. He has been working for three years and earns a salary of 4700 meticais monthly. He has not been able to save because he is building his residence in the town of Boane, which is located 75 km away from the town of Namaacha. he has not been able to complete the construction, so he approached Hluvuku requesting a loan to continue the work. He obtained this with a little bit of difficulty due to lack of collateral, but with the help of his uncle as a backer, he was able to overcome this barrier and continue the work. He takes care of his mother and his two younger siblings who live in the city of Maputo by sending them 1000 meticais per month. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos
G Living Micro Loaning Monkie Team: We are posting the loans by the G Living staff, contributors, partners and the members of the G Living Kiva Loaner Group Members, who are giving micro loans to people in need. We hope by including you, our readers in the experience, you will be encourage and inspire to join in. Tiny micro loans from each of us, will make the world a better place for all of us. Join Our Kiva Loan Group
Loan Request by Faridah Namawa’s Group Total Loan Needed: $3,975.00 Loan Provided By Team Member April: $25.00
Faridah Namawa is 49 years old. She is the leader of Kisimba group in Lugazi. She is a devoted and hard-working lady. She has had a clothing store for 20 years in the Najja trading centre. She is married with seven children. Two of her children are graduates while five are still in school. She cares for twelve dependents, though she does not stay with all of them.
Faridah has been successful in business because of her networking tricks and good customer care. She makes sure that she knows what is available at the market and ensures that her customers get the best outfits. She needs a loan to help restock her shop with more clothes. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos
All of us here at G Living are big fans and supporters of the non-profit group Kiva.org. Kiva enables everyday people like us, to lend money to people in need around the world. Through their website, you are able to learn about people in need of small loans to start or expand business in 3rd world countries. Most of the loans are around one to two thousand, which individuals can group together to raise. Most of the time, each person gives around $25.
The really amazing part about the Kiva site is, you can watch almost in real time as 10 to 20 other people loan their $25 dollars and the loan is complete. Now the person in need will receive the your loan and fulfill their business plan. The loans are paid back over a relatively short period of time and you can either take your money back or choose another person in need.
G Living Micro Loaning Monkie Team: We are posting the loans by the G Living staff, contributors, partners and the members of the G Living Kiva Loaner Group Members, who are giving micro loans to people in need. We hope by including you, our readers in the experience, you will be encourage and inspire to join in. Tiny micro loans from each of us, will make the world a better place for all of us. Join Our Kiva Loan Group
Loan Request by Heliodoro Jose Lopez Niño Total Loan Needed: $1,050.00 Loan Provided By Team Member April: $25.00
Heliodoro Jose Lopez Niño, is 55 years old, and is unmarried. Mr. Heliodoro has 2 children who are both self-employed. Mr. Heliodoro works as a store owner. For more than 30 years he has been dedicated to this business. Mr. Heliodoro began the business through his father, later deciding to offer a variety of products and the best service to his customers. The funding will be used for working capital and to purchase candy, rope, bags, backpacks, boots and notebooks. Mr. Heliodoro desires to prepare his children to be good people. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos
G Living Micro Loaning Monkie Team: We are posting the loans by the G Living staff, contributors, partners and the members of the G Living Kiva Loaner Group Members, who are giving micro loans to people in need. We hope by including you, our readers in the experience, you will be encourage and inspire to join in. Tiny micro loans from each of us, will make the world a better place for all of us. Join Our Kiva Loan Group
Loan Request by Diana Sterpu Total Loan Needed: $2,675.00 Loan Provided By G Monkie: $25.00
Diana Sterpu, has a small booth at the market in the town of Cahul, the space for which she just recently purchased at a relatively high cost. She has begun selling clothes for children which she receives from Turkey. Diana works with her daughter at her booth, holding up different clothes and estimating dimensions as customers assess the different options.
She would like to expand the stock of goods which she offers to her buyers. Customers have confidence in Diana as she always gets high-quality clothes. Continue Reading / See Additional Photos
G / Design It’s amazing how easy it is to now go completely leather free, with amazing leather like fabrics by Joseph Noble. They make a range of fabrics with feel better than leather and last longer
G / Food The Ultimate Sausage and Pepper Pizza – RAW It’s Rawfully Tempting!
G / Food Chocolate Fruit and Almond Bark – D E C A D E N T and H E A L T H Y! Sooo Rawfully Tempting!
G / Food The edible cups are made entirely out of agar agar (a gelatin substitute).
G / Design a solar-powered collapsible lamp lights up when unfolded.
G / Food The Ultimate Sausage & Pepper Pizza by Rawfully Tempting
G / Food Creamy Mocha Mousse Cake
G / Video A visual poem by Tanya Davis. How To Be Alone
G / Food Killer Chocolate Fudge Mousse & Banana Parfait.
This is one DECADENT dessert and not for the feint of heart.
G / Style Well, this o so stylish hat called Double Crown O’Thorns, is definitely a bold look, especially if you wear the entire black head to toe suggestive accompanying outfit.
