Comments on: Sylvia Chappell Memorial Fund at Kiva.org http://tomchappell.com/blog/2009/03/sylvia-chappell-fund-at-kivaorg.html Yet Another Media Spotlight Sat, 19 May 2012 05:34:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2009/03/sylvia-chappell-fund-at-kivaorg.html#comment-1506 Tom Chappell Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:51:12 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=495#comment-1506 At $625, Sylvia's memorial fund now has enough money for <a href="http://www.kiva.org/lender/sylviachappell" rel="nofollow">25 active loans</a> at any time. That's pretty good, and I'll kick in a 5% donation to Kiva whenever a new loan is originated, so that will help them, and then when I check out, all of the repaid loans will eventually revert to Kiva donations. Should be a long time from now, of course. Let's see: to help 1,000 people around the world, I'll have to live another 40 years or so. Wow, that sounds like a long time. Maybe I'll just keep adding to Sylvia's fund little by little until I only have to live another 20 years. Or (or!) rope in Sean to manage the thing after me. Oh, we'd help 1,000 people, easy, then. Gotta write a will. At $625, Sylvia’s memorial fund now has enough money for 25 active loans at any time.

That’s pretty good, and I’ll kick in a 5% donation to Kiva whenever a new loan is originated, so that will help them, and then when I check out, all of the repaid loans will eventually revert to Kiva donations. Should be a long time from now, of course.

Let’s see: to help 1,000 people around the world, I’ll have to live another 40 years or so. Wow, that sounds like a long time. Maybe I’ll just keep adding to Sylvia’s fund little by little until I only have to live another 20 years.

Or (or!) rope in Sean to manage the thing after me. Oh, we’d help 1,000 people, easy, then. Gotta write a will.

]]> By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2009/03/sylvia-chappell-fund-at-kivaorg.html#comment-1501 Tom Chappell Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:56:18 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=495#comment-1501 At $600, Sylvia's memorial fund now has 24 active loans to third-world entrepreneurs. Thanks to everyone who has donated! At $600, Sylvia’s memorial fund now has 24 active loans to third-world entrepreneurs.

Thanks to everyone who has donated!

]]> By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2009/03/sylvia-chappell-fund-at-kivaorg.html#comment-1498 Tom Chappell Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:55:30 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=495#comment-1498 I had already received $150 of undirected gifts in memory of Sylvia; those are already at work around the world, which you can see <a href="http://www.kiva.org/lender/sylviachappell" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I had already received $150 of undirected gifts in memory of Sylvia; those are already at work around the world, which you can see here.

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