Best Birthday Gift Ever
I know I’ve already posted today, but I just received the best birthday present ever. My good friend, Theresa, gave me a $25 gift certificate to Kiva, a non-profit that loans money to entrepeneurs in the developing world. I ended up donating to a 25-year-old woman in Africa named Lilian, who has started a pharmacy to help her community and is also taking care of her entire family as her mother died 2 years ago. The wonderful thing about Kiva is that when the person you donated to pays off their loan, you get the money back to either keep or redonate to someone else. If anyone needs a gift idea, a gift certificate from Kiva is a wonderful idea. It, by far, was one of the best gifts I’ve received in years.
Update: In the last 10 minutes since I donated my $25 to Lilian she raised the full amount she needed for her business.
Thanks Meg:)
Isn’t it humbling to think that $25, which is worth relatively little in the States, can go so far and make such a difference somewhere else? That’s such a cool gift.