TEDx is coming to Nottingham on March 17th 2012. The theme is Hidden Heroes. Ticket applications open at 9am on Monday 20th February 2012 until 9am Thursday 23rd February 2012. Each individual can only apply for two tickets which will be randomly allocated. Follow @TEDxNottingham for updates on tickets and speakers. Follow the discussion at #TEDxNott. Hope to see you there.
As of March 2011, I’m up to 36 loans on Kiva. All loans have been to entrepreneurs in Peru, for a variety of retail and agriculture services. It’s been massively rewarding to be able to help with a simple loan. Repayments have always arrived on time with no missed payments at all. Loan repayments are [...]
Kiva is an amazing organisation which allows me to loan money to entrepreneurs on the other side of the world. And I love it. And I want to tell people about it. Using services like Foursquare and Gowalla I cannot do anything without my social network hearing about it through updates to Facebook, Twitter and [...]
Loan repayments are coming in regularly as part of the 0% credit for Kiva in Peru idea. There are still 20 loans outstanding which are all on track to pay back within the next 6 months. If you’ve not tried Kiva yet, its a great way to donate money to those who need it.
Twestival 2010 is on the horizon and once again I will be heading up the organisation of the Nottingham event. The last two events have been great with over £500 raised for worthwhile causes. At this event we’ll be concentrating on requesting corporate sponsorship. I’ll be looking for a team of keen volunteers to help [...]
I’ve been wanting to give Kiva a try for a long time and the trip to Peru was encouragement enough. I issued a few loans when we got back and was very impressed. Its great that as a microcredit service you get to choose who the money goes to and you receive the money back [...]
