helping someone in a country i once visited

Back in April of 1978, my first husband and I drove from our "C" School in Pensacola to our first duty station in Panama.

All we had were our travel orders from the US Navy and our military ID's.

Good thing we had money, too!

The lack of passports, deemed unnecessary by the higher-ups, led to our payment of exit fees to leave a country, followed by entry fees to cross the border into another country.

Hey, it was an adventure!

(smile!) 

El Salvador was one of those countries we drove through on this honeymoon trip.

It's also the sole Central American country that I have not contributed to via Kiva.

I've rectified that lapse, choosing a young mother with a cool name.

You know, a cool name akin to mine.

(smile!)

Her name is Fatima Marisela.

This is not her first rodeo, so to speak.

She's already had a loan to get her business started and, with that one repaid, she's ready to expand.

To do so, she needs to buy 300 more little chicks, along with the food for them, so she can raise them to grown chickens and sell them off.

Admittedly, my recent brush with chickens most likely influenced my decision to back her on this project.

(smile!)

Plus, I was pleased to know she had included chicken feed in her loan.

That shows planning and forethought skills.

Good for her!

I've also posted the link on fb and invited all my friends to chip in, either for her or for some other worthy striver.

Oh, I do so enjoy being a nerdfighter and working to eliminate suck from the world!

Here's the link.

 

https://www.kiva.org/lend-beta/2406402?name=faustina8909&utm_campaign=social_share_checkout_variant_scle_b-normal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=social_share_link

Join me, won't you?

All it will cost is $25 to help one person support their family.

Thanks!

(smile!)