Kiva – ᘡ Adventure Lab ᘠ … rock paper estrogen

Field Report: Sandra rebuilt her Haiti workshop & hired 5 people!

It's always exciting when we receive a field report on one of the women that we have invested in through the "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" project. This one is especially cool because it comes from the entrepreneur... Read more

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, entrepreneur, Gandi, gardens, Kiva, memories, mother, poverty, start-up, sustainable communities, teacher, 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

God’s in the Clothing Business. No, really … (and he’s our 26th Kiva entrepreneur)

God is involved in the business of selling first-hand clothes. No, really. And the Estrogen Army invested in him today. A young man in Hoima, Uganda raises his younger siblings with the help of his older... 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

Our Twenty-fourth Kiva Diva: Rita in Bolivia (March 2016)

Sue Braiden
March 28, 2016March 30, 2016
Kiva Divas
artisan, artist, Bolivia, crowd-funding, empowerment, entrepreneur, jewelry, Kiva, mother, poverty, start-up, uplift, widow, women-at-risk

Rita is our March "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. This 51-year-old mother of 2 lives in Tarija, Bolivia, and has been making costume jewelry for a year now. She dreams of opening her own shop, and we're... 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, 2016March 30, 2016
Kiva Divas
artisan, artist, arts, Bolivia, crowd-funding, education, empowerment, entrepreneur, Kiva, mother, poverty, start-up, teacher, uplift, women-at-risk

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

Our Twenty-first Kiva Diva: Karen in Bolivia (November 2015)

Sue Braiden
November 19, 2015March 30, 2016
Kiva Divas
Bolivia, café, crowd-funding, empowerment, entrepreneur, games, gaming, internet, Kiva, mother, poverty, restaurant, start-up, uplift, women-at-risk

Karen is our November "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. We're helping her with her internet & game café in Bolivia, because gaming is an empowering springboard for big girls too! (More on the truth of this on... Read more

Our Twentieth Kiva Diva: Siliviah in Kenya (October 2015)

Sue Braiden
October 23, 2015March 30, 2016
Kiva Divas
crowd-funding, dairy, empowerment, entrepreneur, farming, food, Kenya, Kiva, mother, poverty, start-up, uplift, women-at-risk

This month we celebrated Thanksgiving in Canada so we're sponsoring a second Kiva entrepreneur. Our "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" team is helping Siliviah put food on her own family's table by expanding her dairy operation in Kitale, Kenya.... Read more

Our Nineteenth Kiva Diva: Yolanda in Ecuador (October 2015)

Yolanda is our October "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" Kiva entrepreneur. She's 53 years old, and we're helping her make a dream come true. She wants to open her own restaurant, and she still needs a little help. Read more

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