Ingen kan göra allt. Alla kan göra något. Tillsammans kan vi göra mycket. Föreningen Soluppgången vill dra sitt strå till stacken för att göra världen till en lite bättre plats.
lördag 31 oktober 2020
Valkvetenskap och ett nytt lån
söndag 25 oktober 2020
Återutlåning oktober 2020
Nu rullar det på nästan som vanligt igen, med uppåt 1000 dollar i återbetalning varje månad. Det innebär att vi trots att vi inte kan träffa några presumtiva kunder och pytsa in mer pengar i systemet, ändå kan göra stor nytta i världen. Vi har nu passerat 111 000 utlånade dollar! Här presenteras de första nya låntagarna efter oktober månads återbetalningar.
Vi önskar dem alla lycka till!
Dulcia
Aileu, Timor-Leste
A loan helps to buy fertilizer, vegetable seeds, and farming equipment for the following harvest.
$25.00
Crisanta
Bais, Negros Oriental, Philippines
A loan helps to buy fertilzers and other farm supplies.
$25.00Grupo Chacalte Sis 05 Group
Suchitepéquez, Guatemala
A loan helps to buy agricultural inputs for this year's corn crop.
$25.00Rosalina
Aileu, Timor-Leste
A loan helps to buy fertilizer, vegetable seeds and farming equipment for the following harvest.
$25.00Eva Rosalina
Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador
A loan helps to pay labor costs for the harvesting of her crops. She will also buy farm supplies for the second planting of the year.
$25.00Sarath
Battambang, Cambodia
A loan helps to buy pineapple trees and fertilizer to support her farming business.
$25.00Tania Melisa
Masaya, Nicaragua
A loan helps to pay the expense of preparing and maintaining her cassava fields.
$25.00Dina Maria
Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
A loan helps to buy fertilizers and manure for her crops.
$25.00
Sama's Female Farmers Group
Roketteh, Sierra Leone
A loan helps to pay for improved seeds, organic inputs, and tractor rental, which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.
$25.00Memunatu's Female Farmers Group
Makaray Village, Sierra Leone
A loan helps to pay for improved seed, organic inputs and tractor rental, which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.
$25.00Kathleen
San Juan, Puerto Rico
A loan helps us promote the bike, prepare the kiosk, provide mechanic and bike school services.
$25.00María Isabel
San José, Costa Rica
A loan helps to buy supplies for planting legumes and construction materials for her greenhouse to start the project and improve her family's wellbeing.
$25.00Hawa's Female Farmers Group
Roketteh, Sierra Leone
A loan helps to pay for improved seed, organic inputs and tractor rental, which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.
$25.00Marissa
Siaton, Negros Oriental, Philippines
A loan helps to buy fertilizers and other farm supplies.
$25.00Fermin Chumbe Group
Tarapoto, Peru
A loan helps to maintain her crops, to pay laborers to harvest corn, and to buy products to sell such as plantains; she wants to improve her income.
$25.00
lördag 17 oktober 2020
Låta bli att fylla på lagren
När lagren av färdigstickad är överfulla och möjligheterna att komma ut och träffa presumtiva kunder är obefintlig, gäller det att hitta långsamma handarbeten att sätta händerna i. Ett annat alternativ är att sticka saker som inte kommer att hamna i lagret för färdigstickat. Här är ett exempel på detta. Det ska skickas till utställningen "We knit for peace" på textilmuséet i Borås. Kanske finns det någon mer här som vill sticka för fred och bidra till utställningen.
https://textilmuseet.se/aktiviteter/weknitforpeace.4.3c51363317412ce47b632b59.html
Kanske finns det också någon som vill följa vårt exempel och bidra till världsfred och global jämlikhet genom att låna ut pengar via Kiva. Om du gör det innan den här månadens utgång får du gärna använda dig av nedanstående länk. Då hjälper du föreningen Soluppgången att göra än mer nytta. För varje person vi värvar som ny långivare får vi nämligen ett extralån. Det skulle kännas fint när vi nu inte kan skapa nya lån med hjälp av försäljning.
söndag 11 oktober 2020
Fortsatt återutlåning september 2020
Förutom nya lån blev det den här månaden också en liten donation till Kiva. Det är ju tack vare dem det är så enkelt att göra skillnad i världen idag. Vi har nu passerat 110 000 utlånade dollar och har medverkat till att mer än 4300 låntagare har fått sina mikrolån. Vi är övertygade om att det ändå gjort en liten gnutta skillnad.
Nu önskar vi alla nya låntagare lycka till!
María
San Sebastián de Yalí, Nicaragua
A loan helps to buy fertilizers and foliar supplies for her corn and bean crops.
$25.00"subeh" (Women Supporting Women) Group
Maforay Village, Sierra Leone
A loan helps to pay for improved seeds, organic inputs and tractor rental which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.
$25.00Gwiza Agric Sub Grp A Group
Rwanda
A loan helps to buy more Irish potato seeds to grow Irish potatoes.
$25.00Olta
Lushnja, Albania
A loan helps to buy olive and citrus trees for planting at this young lady's family land, so in a few years her family will produce olive oil for their consumption and citrus for selling.
$25.00Jaqueline
Nicaragua
A loan helps to maintain 10.2 acres of harvestable coffee and 3.4 acres of coffee in development.
$25.00
Lib Solar
Monrovia, Liberia
A loan helps to purchase solar home systems that will be financed for rural customers in Liberia.
$25.00Glenda
Labrador,Pangasinan, Philippines
A loan helps to purchase more bicycles to sell in the community.
$25.00Lorna Adriana
Cartago, Costa Rica
A loan helps to buy supplies and pay for workers to assist with her harvest, which will increase her production and improve her income and her family's quality of life.
$25.00Geraldine
Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines
A loan helps to buy fertilizers and other farm supplies.
$25.00Maria
Same, Timor-Leste
A loan helps to buy more manure, vegetable seeds, and some new farming equipment.
$25.00María
San Sebastián de Yalí, Nicaragua
A loan helps to plant seven 'manzanas' [land measurement] of beans and three manzanas of corn.
$25.00
Malia
Fua'amotu, Tonga
A loan helps to buy some more mulberry plants for her business of making tapa.
$25.00Teresa
Wiwili, Nicaragua
A loan helps to buy fertilizers and supplies in order to provide good assistance to her crops of chia, corn and beans.
$25.00Thelma
Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, Philippines
A loan helps to buy fertilizers and other farm supplies.
$25.00Dhimitra
Bilisht, Albania
A loan helps to pay for the autumn season's seeds and planting expenses so she will be able to keep running her farm and providing for her family.
$25.00
Isata's Female Farmers Group
Patebana Masinbo Village, Sierra Leone
A loan helps to pay for improved seeds, organic inputs, and a tractor rental which will allow her to escape a subsistence lifestyle by farming a larger area with a higher yield.
$25.00Emily
Sotik, Kenya
A loan helps to buy farm inputs such as fertilizer to grow more crops and help create hope for her this season.
$25.00Begaiym
Ken-Aral village, Talas region, Kyrgyzstan
A loan helps to pay for field work to grow organic beans.
$25.00Rosas De Guadalupe Group
Nahualá, Sololá, Guatemala
A loan helps to buy thread and colorful traditional clothing to resell.
$25.00