start-up – 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, 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

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

Our Eighteenth Kiva Diva: The Mothers of Chandika, Nepal (September 2015)

Sue Braiden
September 29, 2015March 30, 2016
Kiva Divas
birth, clinic, crowd-funding, eco-friendly, empowerment, entrepreneur, health, Kiva, mother, Nepal, poverty, solar, start-up, Sunfarmer, technology, uplift, widow, women-at-risk

This month we’re celebrating our seventeenth “Adventures with the Estrogen Army” Kiva sponsorship by helping Ingrid, a 49-year-old widow and mother in Columbia. Ingrid has a dream about rebooting her business in a way that will allow her... Read more

Our Seventeenth Kiva Diva: Ingrid in Columbia (August 2015)

This month we’re celebrating our seventeenth “Adventures with the Estrogen Army” Kiva sponsorship by helping Ingrid, a 49-year-old widow and mother in Columbia. Ingrid has a dream about rebooting her business in a way that will allow her... Read more

Our Sixteenth Kiva Diva: Maria in Bolivia (July 2015)

This month we’re celebrating our sixteenth “Adventures with the Estrogen Army” Kiva sponsorship by helping Maria, a widow in Bolivia, who is living with her son. While she retired, she's wants to open a restaurant and start a... Read more

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