lördag 30 januari 2021

Återutlåning januari 2021

Här är en presentation av de första nya låntagarna efter januari månads återutlåning. Det är som vanligt flest odlande kvinnor men det finns även några handarbeterskor.

Vi önskar dem alla lycka till!


  • Sreyneang

    Siem Reap, Cambodia

    A loan helps to purchase more rattan and tropical fruit trees for making baskets to sell in the market.

    $25.00
  • Women's Champion Farmers Group

    Batkanu 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.

    $25.00
  • Losili

    Malapo, Tonga

    A loan helps to buy raw materials for her craft business and mulberry for her tapa making.

    $25.00
  • Mujeres De La Cienaga Group

    Cunen, El Quiché, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy high-quality thread for her weaving business.

    $25.00


  • Magfiratkhon

    Kumsangir, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to buy mineral and organic fertilizers and seeds to expand her business and get a good harvest.

    $25.00
  • Edilma Moraima

    Chillanes, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy agricultural inputs.

    $25.00
  • Santusa

    Punata, Bolivia

    A loan helps to buy miska and huallcha potato seeds.

    $25.00
  • Maria Alejandra

    Los Angeles, Paramo, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to buy supplies to tend her coffee crop.

    $25.00
  • Fàtima

    El cua., Nicaragua

    A loan helps to maintain about 6 acres of coffee crops.

    $25.00
  • Chebet

    Kericho, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy a biodigester to cook with biogas and help the environment.

    $25.00
  • Florence

    Uasingishu, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy a biodigester to save money and pay for her kids' education.

    $25.00
  • Raya

    Ak-Suu district, Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyzstan

    A loan helps to purchase seeds in order to grow organic produce.

    $25.00
  • Sallay's Best Farmers Group

    Magbaingba 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.

    $25.00

Janet

  • Nyamira, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy fertilizers to improve a widowed mom's banana crop output and generate more income from her banana sales for her family.

    $25.00
  • Paulina

    Huancavelica, Peru

    A loan helps to maintain her corn crops in order to have a more fruitful harvest.

    $25.00
  • Klimeta

    Korce, Albania

    A loan helps to prepare some unused land for planting so that her family will expand their agricultural activity and provide a better income.

    $25.00
  • Duong

    Dong Hoi, Quang Binh, Vietnam

    A loan helps to buy more vegetable seedlings and fertilizer to grow.

    $25.00
  • Anastacia Margarita

    Acari, Peru

    A loan helps to maintain her olive crop in order to have a more productive harvest.

    $25.00
  • Peregrina

    Sibulan, Negros Oriental, Philippines

    A loan helps to purchase fertilizers and other farm supplies.

    $25.00
  • Women Champions Group

    Makambo Village, Sierra Leone

    A loan helps to pay for improved seed, organic inputs, and tractor rental that will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.

    $25.00
  • Hellen's Group

    Mumias, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy cost efficient maize seeds and fertilizer for the coming harvesting season, as well as a solar light.

    $25.00
  • Base

    Jinja, Uganda

    A loan helps to rent farm land.

    $25.00
  • Fadwa

    Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine

    A loan helps to buy a knitting machine and supplies needed for her work.

    $25.00
  • Ani

    Namosi Koro, Fiji

    A loan helps to rent a stall in the handicraft center and purchase a sewing machine.

    $25.00
  • Edalia

    Lospalos, Timor-Leste

    A loan helps to buy yarn for her weaving business.

    $25.00

lördag 23 januari 2021

Flera flugor i en smäll

 



Sambon klagar, med all rätta, över att garnlagret och lagret av färdigstickat tar för mycket plats, även om det finns gott om plats i huset där allt förvaras. Det gör inte att glädjen över att kunna minska båda lagren försvinner. En dotter, som inte längre bor i huset vill ha flergångspads för att ta bort smink. Sagt och gjort. Att det här önskemålet gör att det går att använda även mycket små garnnystan ökar bara tillfredställelsen. Ge mig gärna förlag på mer av den här varan om ni kan.

lördag 16 januari 2021

Fortsatt återutlåning för december 2020

Nu när december månads återutlåning är klar har vi landat på exakt 114 000 utlånade dollar. Det känns verkligen meningsfullt. Vi har också donerat några dollar till Kiva. Det är ju tack vare dem vi kan göra det vi gör.

Nu önskar vi alla nya låntagare lycka till!


  • Fatima

    Moamba- Maputo, Mozambique

    A loan helps to grow more veggies and fruits for her customers in order to increase her income.

    $25.00
  • Olga Maria

    Tulcán, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy naranjilla seeds, mulch, fertilizers, and other agricultural supplies.

    $25.00
  • Mujeres Emprendedoras Nimasac Group

    San Andrés Xecul, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy a large quantity of threads in various colors for her traditional weaving.

    $25.00
  • Chảy

    14 Ngọc Lặc, Thanh Hóa, Vietnam

    A loan helps to buy fertilizer and seedlings for her farm.

    $25.00


  • Jane

    Kiplombe, Uasin Gishu, Kenya

    A loan helps to access premium seeds and high quality fertilizer for 1.5 acres of maize, in addition to advice and insurance, optimizing for increased productivity and profits.

    $25.00
  • Francisca

    Jinotega, Nicaragua

    A loan helps to buy fertilizers and foliar nutrients for maintaining two plots of potatoes.

    $25.00
  • Palmira

    Suai, Timor-Leste

    A loan helps to buy seeds and equipment for her farming business.

    $25.00
  • Antonia

    comoro, Timor-Leste

    A loan helps to buy seeds and equipment for her farming business.

    $25.00
  • Dianora De Los Angeles

    Masaya, Nicaragua

    A loan helps to purchase agricultural supplies.

    $25.00
  • Nazokat

    Zafarabad, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to purchase mineral fertilizer and seeds for her farming business to increase her income.

    $25.00
  • Ana Dolores

    Portoviejo, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy various types of plants.

    $25.00
  • Zaida

    San José, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to buy supplies for taking care of her coffee fields.

    $25.00
  • Delmy Rosibel

    Anamoros, El Salvador

    A loan helps to pay workers to collect her harvest of corn and beans.

    $25.00
  • Yady Francy

    Tulcán, Ecuador

    A loan helps to purchase farm supplies.

    $25.00
  • Zobeida

    Jinotega, Nicaragua

    A loan helps to plant three "manzanas" [about six acres] of cabbage.

    $25.00

Norah

  • Sembabule, Uganda

    A loan helps to purchase farm inputs.

    $25.00
  • Veronica

    Calarasi, Moldova

    A loan helps to build a greenhouse and buy a spraying unit to increase farm capacity.

    $25.00
  • Unidas Clarenas Group

    Santa Clara La Laguna, Solola, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy fabric, thread, zippers and buttons in various colors.

    $25.00
  • Margaritas De Arani Rural I Group

    Cochabamba, Bolivia

    A loan helps to buy inputs to increase her business with her customers.

    $25.00
  • Saktut

    Bali, Indonesia

    A loan helps to invest in a bulk purchase of batik fabric.

    $25.00
  • Caroline

    Nakuru West, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy seeds and fertilizer.

    $25.00
  • María Laura

    San José, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to buy coffee seedlings and supplies, as well as tools for preparing the land.

    $25.00
  • Keily

    Patuca, Olancho, Honduras

    A loan helps to buy fertilizer and compost.

    $25.00
  • Davlatoy

    Khuroson, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to buy seeds and mineral fertilisers in order to get a rich and high-quality harvest.

    $25.00
  • Panimatzalam Group

    San Andrés Semetabaj, Sololá, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy thread in various colors and accessories for another backstrap loom.

    $25.00
  • Ngik

    Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

    A loan helps to buy inputs, such as fertilizers and sugar cane stems to plant.

    $25.00
  • C9600 Kabare 2 Group

    Gicumbi, Rwanda

    A loan helps to purchase more fertilizer and seeds to use in the field.

    $25.00

fredag 8 januari 2021

Att skilja agnarna från vetet

                                            






När en får stickade saker för att återbruka garnet vet en inte vad det är för garn plaggen är gjorda av. Det är oftast ganska bra att veta. Vad ska en då göra?

Det där med att elda på garn för att avgöra vad som är ull och vad som är syntetgarn fungerar inte så bra för mig, eftersom jag har så dåligt luktsinne. Efter eldning kan jag bara urskilja rent ullgarn för att det smular sig. Det är vanligt med blandningar av syntet och ull och då fungerar inte metoden om en inte kan utskilja ulldoften när garnet brinner. 

Därför blev jag glad när jag kom på tvättmaskinsmetoden. Den innebär att jag tvättar garnet i 40 grader. Syntetgarnet förblir krulligt medan ullgarnet rätar ut sig och filtar ihop sig i varierande grad beroende på ullmängden. Inför nästa gång jag tvättar garner måste jag bara komma ihåg en sak, att sortera ut de rena ullgarnerna först. De skapar stora klumpar som tar tid att reda ut. Det syns kanske inte så tydligt på den övre bilden men i det nedre vänstra hörnet finns en sådan klump.

Nu är i vilket fall allt sorterat. Det kommer att delas upp i lite större nystan som kanske får bli sockar och smånystan som blir till en restgarnsfilt eller kanske några virkade mormorsrutor för att få ihop till en annan typ av babyfilt. Jag har av en donator fått några färdigvirkade men de är inte tillräckligt många för att få ihop en hel filt. Här finns säkert material för att få ihop de rutor som saknas.

söndag 3 januari 2021

Mest december månads återutlåning 2020

Nu har vi passerat 113 000 utlånade dollar och har bidragit till att mer än 4400 låntagare har fått sina mikrolån. Det har vi kunnat göra för att KIVA finns så därför har vi den här månaden donerat några dollar till organisationen. Vi vill ju att de ska kunna fortsätta med sitt fantastiska arbete.

Här nedan presenteras ett antal nya låntagare efter december månads återbetalningar och två efter några eftersläntaråterbetalningar för november.

Nu önskar vi alla nya låntagare ett gott nytt år och lycka till!

05-Tessito Group

  • Senegal

    A loan helps to buy peanuts.

    $25.00
  • Cotzij Ya Group

    San Pedro la Laguna, Solola, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy a large quantity of high quality thread.

    $25.00
  • Sáu

    14 Ngọc Lặc, Thanh Hóa, Vietnam

    A loan helps to purchase seedlings and fertilizer.

    $25.00
  • Mujeres Sobresalientes Group

    Encarnación, Paraguay

    A loan helps to buy thermoses, leather, and strainers.

    $25.00
  • Maria

    Orhei, Moldova

    A loan helps to procure agricultural land to increase the business capacity.

    $25.00


  • Anecita

    Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Philippines

    A loan helps to buy fertilizers and other farm supplies.

    $25.00
  • Marilyn

    Limón, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to buy inputs for her banana plantation.

    $25.00
  • Mónica

    Limón, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to buy supplies for the maintenance of her cocoa plantation.

    $25.00
  • Hermelinda

    Limón, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to buy inputs for her banana and plantain plantation and for farm improvements.

    $25.00
  • 09_Gpf Bok Khalat Thilene Group

    Senegal

    A loan helps to do market gardening.

    $25.00
  • Scolastica

    Kitui, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy agro vets products such as organic fertilizers to help improve her crop production and help keep her big smile.

    $25.00


  • Agnes

    Kyotera, Uganda

    A loan helps to procure manure and fertilizers.

    $25.00
  • Soluz Honduras

    San Pedro Sula, Honduras

    A loan helps To expand clean energy access to 1600+ Hondurans impacted by COVID-19 and Hurricanes Eta and Iota.

    $25.00
  • Mary's Group

    Kakamega North, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy hybrid seeds and fertilizer to improve harvests of maize.

    $25.00
  • Sovriniso

    J.Rumi, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to purchase mineral and organic fertilizers in order to increase her harvest and turnover commodity.

    $25.00
  • Bernardina Elva

    Ilobasco, El Salvador

    A loan helps to pay workers for collecting the harvest of bulk grains.

    $25.00
  • Anne

    Nandi Hills, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy farming inputs which she plans to use to improve her tea farm, thus making more income for her family.

    $25.00


  • Maria Luisa

    San Pedrito de Cajon, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to buy fertilizers for her greenhouse.

    $25.00
  • Mariana

    Altamira, Biolley, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to purchase supplies for coffee farming.

    $25.00
  • Ann

    Kerugoya, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy farm inputs, such as fertilizer and seeds, to enable her to grow more horticulture crops.

    $25.00
  • María

    El cua., Nicaragua

    A loan helps to sow 15 plots of land of beans.

    $25.00
  • Tahmyna

    Vahdat, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to purchase an embroidery sewing machine to expand her business.

    $25.00
  • Magareth

    Honiara, Solomon Islands

    A loan helps to pay for labor costs and purchase bush knives, wheelbarrow, knapsack sprayer, and marketing trays for her farming business.

    $25.00
  • Nozyra

    Khuroson, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to buy wheat seed in order to make a good profit.

    $25.00
  • Jezzelle

    Banga, Aklan, Philippines

    A loan helps to buy fertilizer and other farm supplies to maintain her farm land.

    $25.00
  • Edilma

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy farming supplies and pay for labor.

    $25.00
  • Ma. Lina

    Altavas, Aklan, Philippines

    A loan helps to buy additional raw material to make new baskets to sell.

    $25.00
  • Jocelyn

    Canlaon, Negros Oriental, Philippines

    A loan helps to buy fertilizers and other farm supplies.

    $25.00