Comments on: Free Kiva.org Gift Certificate – Merry Christmas!

By: michael ray

michael ray — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:22:49 +0000

I would like to no if your cedit would get hit right when the money comes or when it time for payment

By: Personal Loan Portfolio

Personal Loan Portfolio — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:51:57 +0000

Thanks for letting me know that you redeemed the certificate. I have a post scheduled for tomorrow morning that lists where all the Kiva certificates went.

By: daniele

daniele — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:14:33 +0000

Hi,

I just redeemed your gift certificate, and immediately used it to fund a loan to the Grace group in Uganda, led by Dezilantah Pamba, for the purchase of sewing materials for their tailoring business. Thank you for helping spread the word!

By: Personal Loan Portfolio

Personal Loan Portfolio — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:29:06 +0000

I posted the link to the certificate on Twitter a few days ago but I never heard if anyone used it.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:13:49 +0000

Due to the amazing popularity of Kiva EVERY borrower on the site is funded right now. Here are the stats from this WEEK:

* $1,005,000.00 lent.
* 12,817 lenders made a loan.
* 17,329 gift certificates purchased.
* 15,002 new lenders joined.
* 2,874 entrepreneurs funded.
* 1 loan was made every 25 seconds.

Wow!

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:10:29 +0000

Thanks for posting this gift certificate. I’ve been a Kiva member since June and just haven’t gotten around to making loans. My goal has been to fund at least one entrepreneur per month. This will help get me started.

I’ll add another comment and let you know which borrower I have selected. I hope to find an entrepreneur from Afghanistan. I spent several months there and was amazed at the abject poverty.