Bernardita, a Kiva Borrower from the Philippines
As everyone knows, I’ve been raising money to go to the Philippines as a Kiva Fellow for 12 weeks this summer. I’m responsible for paying for the whole trip from airfare ($1275) to vaccinations ($350) to visa, housing, transportation and basic necessities in the field. I came up with a conservative budget of $7,500 by looking online ahead of time at the cost of living and the expected costs I would incur and putting everything into a spreadsheet. It’s such an amazing opportunity and I’m putting $1000 of my own money in on top of that amount for expenses not related directly to the work I’m doing with Kiva while I’m there.
I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has made a donation to my Fellowship Fund. This experience will not only change my life, but hopefully yours as well because I’ll be sharing the entire experience through my blog, the Kiva Fellows blog, through video and really want everyone to feel like they’re going on this journey with me.
I’d like to say a huge thank you to my NEW donors. For a full list of donors, look at the Make A Donation section.
As of Sunday, May 31st, 2009:
Alex Rose
Alexa Brandt
Barbara Mistick
Brandon Haskins
Casey Stone
Christopher Lyons
D’Auria
Denise Wakeman
Donald Cook
Elizabeth Caston
Flynne Wecht
Geoff Emergy
Gerri Short
Jacob Brewer
Jamie Donnelly
jeffrey sandin
Jessica Gabler
Joann Peach
Joey Soto
Jonathan Dingman
Joseph Christian Gammill
Joseph Sabino Mistick
Kate Dwyer
Katie Cook
Kevin Vandever
Kiva team LOTUS: Lend Out To Uplift Self-sufficiency (http://www.kiva.org/team/lotus).
KW Low
Linda Bushkoff
Lisa Newton
Marc Vermut
Maria Ogneva
Mariah Brandt
Michael Harris
Mike Macadaan
Nicole Jordan
Rachna Jain
Rafiq Manji
Rahlyn Gossen
Ravikanth Ganesan
Robyn Cohen
Ronan Reodica
Scott Meldrum
Sean Percival
Shannon Scanlan
Steph Dub
Steven Banfield
Taylor Davidson
Thomas Hoppa
Thomas Lotze
TIffany Starnes
Tim Mahoney
Trevor Rotzien
Vincent X.
Thank you everyone so much, your support just means the world to me.
