Hi Kiva Friend,

What is a “ger”, what are the three sports played at Naadam, where does one speak Tagalog, and can you make a dress out of pandam palm? All of the answers can be found in this month’s Kiva newsletter! Meet a seamstress from the Philippines, a cobbler from Mongolia and make a loan to a new Kiva Entrepreneur today!

Update: Special July Community Call
Jul 8, 2009 – posted by Gerard Niemira
On June 10th, the first loans to entrepreneurs in the United States were listed on Kiva. This has sparked an active discussion within the lender community about whether or not Kiva should facilitate loans to entrepreneurs in the U.S. This month’s community conference call will focus on community feedback to this issue.

When: The call is scheduled for Wednesday, July 15th at 2 pm US Pacific time.
Dial in US: 866-740-1260 Access Code: 6415483
Dial in (Outside US): +1 303-248-0285 Access Code: 6415483

We’ll be giving a short presentation before listening to your feedback on the Kiva US Pilot. The presentation will be made online, so you’ll need to log in to our web conference to watch the presentation.

1 – Go to www.readytalk.com
2 – In the “Join a Meeting” section enter the access code 6415483
3 – You will then be able to view our online presentation

We hope to hear you on the line!

*****

June: Fifth Record Month in a Row! posted by Fiona Ramsey
Jul 7, 2009
The total of all loans made through Kiva in June was
$4,909,050.00
That makes June the fifth record month on Kiva in a row. To recap the past four record months:

February $3,828,825.00
March $4,282,625.00
April $4,487,875.00
May $4,643,100.00

Congratulations Kiva Lenders! You are pushing Kiva to new heights!

(And if you have credit in your Kiva Account, there are over 1,000 loans fundraising on the site right now! Let’s see if we can’t make July a record month too!!)

Something we CAN do!

Fran

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