education – ᘡ Adventures with the Estrogen Army ᘠ

Helping Jennifer Grow Gardens in Honour of My Mum’s 76th Birthday through our 27th Kiva Loan

Sue Braiden
June 18, 2016June 18, 2016
Kiva Divas
aquaponics, birthday, California, celebration, crowd-funding, drought, education, empowerment, entrepreneurs, Gandi, gardens, Kiva, memories, mother, poverty, start-up, sustainable communities, teachers, tribute, uplift, volunteering, women-at-risk

Today would have been my mother's 76th birthday. She was the original "Adventure Diva" and the inspiration behind the "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" project. She loved to garden. When we celebrated her life on the... Read more

Our Twenty-fifth Kiva Diva: Sarjita in Pakistan (April 2016)

Sajida is our April "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. This is a particularly special investment. We tend to fund female entrepreneurs who are working to lift themselves out of poverty in developing countries where it... Read more

J. K. Rowling on the Power of Failure and Imagination

Sue Braiden
March 31, 2016August 10, 2019
Diva Celebs, Later in Life, Pep Talks, The Viewing Room
adaptability, authors, boldness, capacity, commencement, courage, daring, education, empowerment, failure, graduate, Harvard, hope, imagination, inspiration, reinvention, resilience, tenacity, truth, video, vulnerability, wisdom, worthy
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As adventure divas we may be faced with similar fears: we're too old, we don't have enough money, we don't have enough courage. These old scripts that we read from don't serve us well. They become... Read more

Our Twenty-third Kiva Diva: Natividad in Bolivia (February 2016)

Natividad is our February "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. This 63-year-old widow and mother of 4 children lives in La Paz, Bolivia, and is rebooting her life after cataract surgery. She lives near a school and wants... Read more

Our Twenty-second Kiva Diva: Edith Beatriz in Bolivia (January 2016)

Sue Braiden
January 18, 2016August 10, 2019
Kiva Divas
artisan, artists, arts, Bolivia, crowd-funding, education, empowerment, entrepreneurs, Kiva, mother, poverty, start-up, teachers, uplift, women-at-risk
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Edith Beatriz is our January "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. This 60-year-old retired teacher from Tarija, Bolivia has a dream, and we're helping her make it happen! Ever since she was very young she has wanted to... Read more

Stephanie Zito is Wandering for Good, and ready to teach you how to do it too, on a budget! (…and did I mention she’ll teach you for free?)

The "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" project has a mini mission statement -- "Have fun. Do good." -- so you can imagine how fast I clicked the link to Stephanie Zito's web site when I saw her own... Read more

Isabel Allende, on aging, living with passion, and the wisdom of having fun while doing good.

Sue Braiden
March 1, 2015August 10, 2019
Diva Celebs, Later in Life
ageing, asset building, authenticity, authors, baggage, be in the moment, Brené Brown, candour, change, child brides, Chile, choice, contentment, courage, death, domestic bondage, education, empowerment, energy, freedom, generosity, grief, health, humour, independence, India, inspiration, integrity, intent, joy, letting go, living mindfully, loss, love, Mary Oliver, mindful living, mindfulness, Nepal, Nepal Youth Foundation, Olga Murray, orphans, passion, peace, perspective, philanthropy, positivity, purpose, quotes, reflection, reinvention, retirement, romance, self-deprecating humour, slavery, soul treks, spirit, spirituality, TED Talks, turning points, uplift, video, vulnerability, wholeheartedness, wisdom, women-at-risk, youth-at-risk
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I fell down a rabbit hole this morning, and it left me anxious to share this TED Talk given by 71-year-old Chilean author, Isabel Allende. There was astonishing synchronicity for me, from the quote she shared by another... Read more

Adventure U: Taking back September.

"Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address." If ever a quote summed up the infernal... Read more

Our Third Kiva Diva: Nomagugu in Zimbabwe (June 2014)

This month we are investing in "Nomagugu". She is a pleasure to sponsor as our June Kiva entrepreneur. While she has a hard road ahead of her, she gives back so very much to her community. Nomagugu is a... Read more

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