Our Tikkun Olam ProjectLiterally Tikkun Olam means to "heal the world". We have decided to focus on helping people through different kinds of foodways. We will be helping people locally in our community and across the globe. We received two grants to provide 80 loans through Kiva. Kiva is an international micro-lending organization that teams up people looking to better their lives with fundraising that allows anybody around the world to contribute. We have chosen to focus on women who are working in agriculture and food businesses.
Here in Portland, Oregon we will be volunteering at various food organizations like Loaves and Fishes and The Transitions Project. |
We have already chosen 50 women and their projects helping with their food and farming needs. These women are working in fishing, farming, dairy, cattle, fruit, vegetable, weaving, sheep, medicines, and food production businesses. The loans we've given each value $25 and in total they equal $1250. We have tried to spread the lending by giving in 32 countries. These women live all over the Planet Earth in countries like Rwanda, Philippines, Samoa, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Kenya, Senegal, Kyrzygstan, India and Cambodia. Meet some of them below. We have over 35 more loans to give! Hopefully we'll raise more funds to help many more women looking to create more sustainable income for their families.
Our Kiva lending page is here. Check it out for more information. If you want to donate to our Tikkun Olam project think of it like Tzedakah, hebrew for giving, with a "Pay it forward" twist. The money raised will be used to help women around the globe better their lives. Once each loan is paid back your gift will be loaned again and used over and over to help many other women into the future. Thanks so much for supporting our Tikkun Olam!
Our Kiva lending page is here. Check it out for more information. If you want to donate to our Tikkun Olam project think of it like Tzedakah, hebrew for giving, with a "Pay it forward" twist. The money raised will be used to help women around the globe better their lives. Once each loan is paid back your gift will be loaned again and used over and over to help many other women into the future. Thanks so much for supporting our Tikkun Olam!
Below are countries we've helped women better their businesses and helped their families.