Whitworth University Social Finance Club

10/05/2018

We just gave a loan of $100 to Pedro from Peru! This was our biggest loan that we've given so far and we are so excited about it! Click the link to learn about his story :)

A loan of $1,500 helps to purchase agricultural supplies.

10/04/2018

Meeting tonight at 6 in WEY 303! Come with some kiva loans that you found and we will vote on which ones to give! If you don’t know how to find loans, don’t worry! Just come and help us vote anyway and we will teach you! 😁💛🌏

04/16/2018

https://www.kiva.org/invitedby/whitworth7964/for/1507167'

We also made a loan to Primrose from Zimbabwe! She has her own poultry business and pays interest through volunteer hours.

A loan of $200 helps to start her own poultry business, raising chickens to sell for their meat.

04/16/2018

We just made a loan to Aviner! He is a beekeeper in Armenia 😁

A loan of $1,500 helps to buy more bee families and he also wants to buy fodder for his pigs.

03/12/2018

https://www.kiva.org/invitedby/whitworth7964/for/1484396

A loan of $2,825 helps to purchase a solar-powered freezer which will help her to give her customers better service in her store.

03/12/2018

https://www.kiva.org/invitedby/whitworth7964/for/1485781

A loan of $500 helps to purchase a biodigester and pay for his children's school.

03/12/2018

https://www.kiva.org/invitedby/whitworth7964/for/1483741

A loan of $2,000 helps invest in supplies for the coming year to transition to full-time hammock weaving.

03/05/2018

Mr. Surachet is a 60-year-old organic rice farmer from Thailand. He has lived his life on a rice farm ever since he was born. He only has one son, and he lives with him.

He started practicing organic rice farming 23 years ago and his family helps each other to farm their 10.2-acre farmland together. He can only grow one crop of rice a year owing to the poor condition of the soil and an inefficient irrigation system in his area. So he has to find a way to improve his farmland in this coming season to get a higher rice yield.

Mr. Surachet is in need of a loan to purchase cows because he hopes to get a lot of manure from the cows. He wants to use more organic fertilizer to improve the health of his soil and generate a higher rice yield, with a goal of producing up to 12 tons in total. He strongly believes that organic farming not only provides him with income, but also creates amicable living conditions for every creature in the area around his organic farm.

https://www.kiva.org/lend/1471388

03/05/2018

Sophal, 38 years old, is representing her group of five members in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. She is married and has five children, aged 1 to 18 years. For the past eighteen years, Sophal has been raising pigs to earn income to support the family, while her husband has been working in the transportation service to aid the family income. The couple typically makes around 15USD per day.

Sophal would like to use her share of this loan to purchase a tractor for her husband’s business. She sees that this investment will allow her to increase her family profits. In the future, Sophal wishes to enlarge her farm, to build a ground floor room, and to support her children to get higher education.

In this group: Bunthea, Sophal
https://www.kiva.org/lend/1472236

11/28/2017

sorry guys! The cookie sale will be postponed to Thursday from 11-1 in the HUB! Sorry for any inconvenience, but hopefully our cookies will taste even better and worth the wait! 🙌🏼🍪💗😍

11/27/2017

You guys! This Tuesday the social finance club will be selling cookies and baked goods in the HUB from 11-1! Please come and visit us and maybe buy a cookie or two to support this amazing club! All proceeds will be going to future loans 🍪💗

10/18/2017

Meeting tonight!!! 6:30 pm in Weyerhaeuser 203! There will be pizza 🍕 we will be voting on another kiva member to give a loan to so come and check it out! 💙😊