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Old 09-19-2012, 01:11 AM   #12
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I'm glad I saw this!

Last holiday season, I both adopted wolves from Wolf Haven Int'l & I donated animals via Heifer Int'l on behalf of my 10 nieces and nephews (yes - 10 - I have 3 brothers and a sister and they were VERY busy! lol), their kids, and their SOs and I was thinking about this year, wondering if I might do the same thing or something different and this seems like such a good idea.

I dont know if I will do this for all 10 this season or if I will split it up among the 3 charities, but I love that I have something different to do for my nieces and nephews this year.


I followed your link, thedivahrrrself, and used the $25 credit to loan money to a woman in Kenya who needs it to buy shoes she can sell to support herself and her 6 kids.

I chose that because I remembered when I worked on a show called Black Nativity back in the winter of 2008, a crew member I worked with was collecting shoes to go to those who needed them in Africa - her work and story always stuck with me, so while I was looking at all of those who needed loans, Hellen in Kenya just sort of spoke to me.

In the future, I may also lean towards women dealing with agriculture &/or food items - but we'll see. If it is a little like Heifer, where their loan will go towards animals they will raise for milk, eggs, offspring, clothing, etc - something that will continue beyond the one loan, I would definitely lean towards that.


OH - I also posted my loan via FB so that if anyone else wants to join the site, they and I will each get a $25 credit to go towards another loan - so maybe I can get a few people to join with me.
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