June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier

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In which John talks about how to be a microfinancier (WWW.KIVA.ORG). And swallows a gnat.

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[maurora27]

If that doesn't decrease world suck I dunno what does.

[RecordAndUpload]

Thumbs up if Why Haiti is Poor brought you here

[TheQueenSydney]

the first ever P4A video

[MattDranee]

@ThisIsMissLys Yey!! :D

[ThisIsMissLys]

@MattDranee so did i!

[MattDranee]

I gave my Mum a Kiva giftcard for one of her Xmas Presents :D

[KidCoda]

@Timmytime178 Ikr. I was thinking the same thing.

[holloween2011]

places like that are in the rural parts. most of the people who live there are haitians and there chilren who areusually born dominican-hatians. thats why the country doesnt bother to help these people as much. although i dont think they can afford, or even have the appropriate resources to cope with a large poverty stricken haitian diaspora, expecially post-quake. wish them the best.

[Timmytime178]

wow i watched johns video "awesome bankers" and thought it was a fairly new thing boy was i wrong!!!!!!

[gladrial89]

@HelloRaynbo I had a similar experience. I went to the Dominican Republic last may to volunteer in a Haitian immigrant batey (slum) and I realized how much the kids there had to teach me. We were coming with food and medicine but they had so much love and hospitiality. It may seem like those are triffles yet you are hit with the full impact of how much people can give you no matter their economic status. You can no longer say "those poor people" but rather "my wonderful brothers who are poor."

[BecauseJustBecause]

AH. I had no idea you supported Kiva! My family supports Kiva and I'm a huge nerdfighter but I've never watched ALL videos until I started just this week and you know about Kiva and AHHH. I love this! :D <3

[dumbledorerox98]

@yenamarre100 Do these people look like they're tribe members in a rainforest? No. They look like starving children in the Dominican Republic. While I do agree with you that tribes in the rainforest learn how to survive apart from the rest of the world, that doesn't mean that these people can. Do they look like they're surviving well? They make a dollar a day. They're starving. And that isn't okay for anyone.