Comments on: Day 29 And The Charity Auction http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/ It's What Wilis Was Talking About... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:20:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tamsin Butters http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4375 Tamsin Butters Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:29:39 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4375 I've been a bit behind and only just got to this blog post. What a brilliant idea to link the TDC to people wishing to build their own businesses in developing worlds. The Grameen Bank programme has been such a monumental success and it's 100% proven that micro loans have helped thousands of people. So please you chose this charity and fully intend to support it all the way. Thanks Ed, Dan, Rob, Mike and everyone else on the team who have given all us TDC participants so much - looking forward to continuing on the journey with you. All the best Tamsin I’ve been a bit behind and only just got to this blog post. What a brilliant idea to link the TDC to people wishing to build their own businesses in developing worlds. The Grameen Bank programme has been such a monumental success and it’s 100% proven that micro loans have helped thousands of people. So please you chose this charity and fully intend to support it all the way.

Thanks Ed, Dan, Rob, Mike and everyone else on the team who have given all us TDC participants so much - looking forward to continuing on the journey with you.

All the best

Tamsin

]]> By: Jennifer Carpenter http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4328 Jennifer Carpenter Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:43:11 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4328 HI, Just a quick reply. This is a great charity. Did anyone see it today on the Oprah show? The show really explains it well. Thanks Ed and Dan for everything you do for us and everyone else. Three cheers to you both! HI,

Just a quick reply. This is a great charity. Did anyone see it today on the Oprah show? The show really explains it well.

Thanks Ed and Dan for everything you do for us and everyone else. Three cheers to you both!

]]> By: J. D. Clement http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4069 J. D. Clement Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:53:08 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4069 Tremendous idea! I've been involved with micro lending and it's one of the best concepts going in developing countries. It's amazing what a difference as little as $50 can make in someone's life. I had a chance to visit entrepreneurs in Hatti, who through micro lending programs, not only were building a business but learning business skill as well. They understood the concepts of niche marketing and multiple product lines. Cheers to Ed and Dan for setting this up for us to participate Tremendous idea!

I’ve been involved with micro lending and it’s one of the best concepts going in developing countries. It’s amazing what a difference as little as $50 can make in someone’s life. I had a chance to visit entrepreneurs in Hatti, who through micro lending programs, not only were building a business but learning business skill as well. They understood the concepts of niche marketing and multiple product lines.

Cheers to Ed and Dan for setting this up for us to participate

]]> By: Craig Mullins http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4064 Craig Mullins Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:28:30 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4064 Yes, it's a great idea. It's amazing what just a couple bucks can do. I have been doing this also. In some places if you just give a family enough money to buy a cow they almost become royalty; not to mention they now have milk to drink and also sell to other villagers! Yes, it’s a great idea. It’s amazing what just a couple bucks can do. I have been doing this also. In some places if you just give a family enough money to buy a cow they almost become royalty; not to mention they now have milk to drink and also sell to other villagers!

]]> By: Daneille Kitchel http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4063 Daneille Kitchel Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:21:33 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4063 Kiva is a great charity. Can't wait to bid! Kiva is just one of many charities with the money to loan concept. Check out http://www.charityintersection.com under finance and abundance for others . . . Kiva is a great charity. Can’t wait to bid!

Kiva is just one of many charities with the money to loan concept. Check out http://www.charityintersection.com under finance and abundance for others . . .

]]> By: Jerry Schnese http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4061 Jerry Schnese Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:08:53 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4061 Excellent choice - Way to go guys! Excellent choice - Way to go guys!

]]> By: Andy Roberts http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4052 Andy Roberts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:17:30 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4052 Where do we talk about the guitar? Where do we talk about the guitar?

]]> By: John Bowyer http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4051 John Bowyer Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:50:10 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4051 Wonderful project guys! Something I've been looking for......... Kiva Rocks. John Bowyer Wonderful project guys!
Something I’ve been looking for………
Kiva Rocks.

John Bowyer

]]> By: Richard Jares http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4048 Richard Jares Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:20:29 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4048 The Kiva charity sounds like a good one. The developed countries such as USA, Europe, and Australia; take for granted clean drinking water. One Half of the world's beds are occupied by people with water related diseases or issues. 6000 die each day!! That is over 2 million per year due to poor water quality. That is if they can get it. As a suggestion, perhaps in the future, you want to consider another worthy charity called www.blueplanetrun.org Their work has been to bring clean water to people of the world through local bootstrap programs (people helping themselves). This is not like rocket science, curing cancer, or internet marketing; the technology exists now. Survival is the bottom rung of Maaslow's hierarchy of needs. For clean water everywhere, Richard (alias Bluerunner) The Kiva charity sounds like a good one.

The developed countries such as USA, Europe, and Australia; take for granted clean drinking water.
One Half of the world’s beds are occupied by people with water related diseases or issues. 6000 die each day!! That is over 2 million per year due to poor water quality. That is if they can get it.

As a suggestion, perhaps in the future, you want to consider another worthy charity called http://www.blueplanetrun.org
Their work has been to bring clean water to people of the world through local bootstrap programs (people helping themselves).
This is not like rocket science, curing cancer, or internet marketing; the technology exists now.
Survival is the bottom rung of Maaslow’s hierarchy of needs.

For clean water everywhere,
Richard (alias Bluerunner)

]]> By: Lou Pavonne http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4039 Lou Pavonne Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:24:58 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4039 I love the Kiva Project! What a wonderful way to organize microlending and make it easy for anybody to contribute. Thanks for showing this -- it changes some of my donation plans this year. I love the Kiva Project! What a wonderful way to organize microlending and make it easy for anybody to contribute. Thanks for showing this — it changes some of my donation plans this year.

]]> By: Al Campbell http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4038 Al Campbell Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:33:58 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4038 Thanks for the intro to kiva.org. I read the book "Banker to the Poor" by Mohamed Yunus, creator of the Grameen Bank, but didn't know that the Grameen concept had gone digital! (Good read, BTW) I will be looking into how this coincides with the charity that I volunteer for, The Malawi Project. Thanks for the inspiration. Thanks for the intro to kiva.org. I read the book “Banker to the Poor” by Mohamed Yunus, creator of the Grameen Bank, but didn’t know that the Grameen concept had gone digital! (Good read, BTW)

I will be looking into how this coincides with the charity that I volunteer for, The Malawi Project. Thanks for the inspiration.

]]> By: FernHill http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4033 FernHill Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:22:39 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4033 I'm thrilled to hear that you've chosen Kiva.org I'm a big supporter of them - I put a banner to their site on most of my sites. I’m thrilled to hear that you’ve chosen Kiva.org
I’m a big supporter of them - I put a banner to their site on most of my sites.

]]> By: Mark Smallwood http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4030 Mark Smallwood Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4030 Beautiful. I love Kiva. Great idea, guys! Beautiful. I love Kiva. Great idea, guys!

]]> By: Samantha Lippolis http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4029 Samantha Lippolis Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:23:14 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4029 Awesome pick of Kiva.org. My sister introduced me to this organization, it is fantastic and I helped out a woman who sells coconut milk in the solomons. Incredible stuff. It is like "the banker to the poor" the man who revolutionized micro lending. Awesome pick of Kiva.org. My sister introduced me to this organization, it is fantastic and I helped out a woman who sells coconut milk in the solomons. Incredible stuff. It is like “the banker to the poor” the man who revolutionized micro lending.

]]> By: Rob Wilson http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4026 Rob Wilson Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:16:30 +0000 http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/163/day-29-and-the-charity-auction/#comment-4026 As a long time supporter of Kiva I give you a big thumbs up for that choice. I love the thought of helping others help themselves. Thanks Dan for introducing me to Kiva many months ago. As a long time supporter of Kiva I give you a big thumbs up for that choice. I love the thought of helping others help themselves. Thanks Dan for introducing me to Kiva many months ago.

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