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SSF Walk 2011: promoting eduction in India, one small step at a time

vidurgupta — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:44:42 +0000

Small Step Foundation is a non-profit public benefit volunteer corporation that I support.Their focus is promoting education and support rehabilitation of special need children by directly funding existing Not for profit organizations in India. This is from SSF website:

“If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?”
These were the guiding priniciples of the founders of Small Steps Foundation to take a collective action, our first step to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of helpless children who are deprived of their basic universal human right: Right to Education.

To learn more about the work they are supporting please visit http://projects.smallstepsfoundation.org/

SSF Walk is one of the 2 major fund-raising event that the organization hosts every year. If you live in Northern California, I encourage you to be a part of the walk and help raise funds. You can also support a team of your choice by making a donation of any amount at the Small Steps teams at firstgiving.com

This is the team I support:

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/reetuguptaandnitinkumar-kumar/small-step-walk-2011

Filed under: children, education, India, non-profit, people, poverty

Kiva: I just reached 50 loans :))

vidurgupta — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:25:10 +0000

As I have posted earlier, I been lending through Kiva.org for about 2.5 years now. Recently, I reached a landmark of 50 loans. These are some of the stats. There are more stats and info if you are interested @ http://www.kiva.org/lender/vidur3752

The interesting things to me are:

I have no defaults till date and
I have been able to use a small some of money and reinvest it multiple times
I have loaned to folks all over the world

My Impact

Statistic Name	Me	Avg. Kiva User*
Number of Loans Made	51	6.5
Number of Successful Invitations	2	0.23
Number of Loans Made by My Invitees	13	1.07
Number of Kiva Cards Given	0	0.47

My Loan Statistics

	Me	Avg. Kiva User*
Total Amount Lent	$2,150.00	$217.87
Total Amount Repaid	$1,555.53	$171.17
Total Amount Lost	$0.00	$1.60
Total Amount Refunded and Expired	$100.00	$2.86
Outstanding Portfolio	$494.47	$42.73
Delinquency Rate	2.72%	2.01%
Amount In Arrears	$13.47	$0.86
Outstanding Portfolio	$494.47	$42.73
Number of Loans Delinquent	2	0.01
Default Rate	0.00%	1.06%
Amount of Ended Loans Defaulted	$0.00	$1.59
Amount of Ended Loans	$1,300.00	$149.30
Currency Exchange Loss Rate	0.00%	0.00%

Distribution By Country

Country	%
Philippines	7.8%
Afghanistan	7.8%
Mongolia	7.8%
Cambodia	5.9%
Pakistan	5.9%
Bolivia	5.9%
Azerbaijan	5.9%
Uganda	5.9%
Dominican Republic	5.9%
United States	5.9%
Lebanon	5.9%
Sierra Leone	3.9%
Nicaragua	3.9%
Peru	3.9%
Tanzania	2.0%
Togo	2.0%
The Democratic Republic Of The Congo	2.0%
Paraguay	2.0%
Guatemala	2.0%
Moldova	2.0%
Samoa	2.0%
Senegal	2.0%
Tajikistan	2.0%

Filed under: kiva, micro-finance, work

It is SSF walk time again!

vidurgupta — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:25:25 +0000

Last year, I had posted about SSF walk and it is that time of the year again. A small SSF intro: It is a Bay Area based Non-Profit working to fund education projects in India. To raise funds, they are oragnizing a 5k/10k walk and, as always, the event is targeted towards a whole family experience. These are the details of the SSF 2010 Walk.

If you are inclined to donate, consider this team.

Thanks, Vidur

Filed under: children, help, India, life, non-profit

SSF Family Walk

vidurgupta — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:50:42 +0000

I have posted about Small Steps Foundation in the past. It is a Bay Area based Non-Profit working to fund education projects in India. To raise funds, they are oragnizing a 5k/10k walk and, as always, the event is targeted towards a whole family experience. These are the details of the SSF 2009 Walk.

If you are inclined to donate, consider this team.

Thanks, Vidur

Posted in children, education, non-profit

Kiva: The money multiplier effect

vidurgupta — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:26:08 +0000

It has almost been a year since I started lending at Kiva.org and it would be fair to say I can come a long way. The most interesting change that Kiva folks made during this time is that instead of crediting the loan repayments to lender’s account at the end of loan term, they do it as the repayments come-in. This has had a real money multiplier effect. Let me explain.

I funded my Kiva account with $500 last May. Of this, I have donated $55 to Kiva. And I have made loans worth $800 which as almost twice my investment and all this in less than a year I hope I am doing my part in helping the global economy.

I have made 22 loans till date out of which 2 have been repaid and no defaults. My Kiva page (link) has more info. I encourage everyone to explore micro-lending, as a lender and/or loan seeked. I believe it is way of helping people becoming self-sufficient and conribute to the society.

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Posted in kiva, micro-finance

Donation Dashboard 1.0

vidurgupta — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:27:00 +0000

Donation Dashboard 1.0

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Posted in NGO, non-profit

Pharmacy in Uganda and cakes from Peru

vidurgupta — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:54:00 +0000

Nelida Adriana Diaz Pretel has a small bakery in Trujillo – La Libertad, Peru where she bakes cakes from local grocery stores and for birthdays & parties. She has requested a loan of $175 for 4 months to buy more ingredients for her cakes. 6 kiva lenders contributed to here loan.

Bukaye B North a Group is a group of 6 women from Iganga, Uganda running different stores. They have raised $1,550 with contributions from 39 kiva lenders. The loan will be returned in 12 months. This link has more details about this loan.

You can visit my Kiva lenders page for more updates on all my loans.

Restaurant on the beach in Carabane

vidurgupta — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:40:00 +0000

GIE Casa Mas Group has raised a loan of $1,675 to start a restaurant on the beach in Carabane, Senegal. Their village is in the tourism zone and transit point for Spanish tourists. You can read more about the loan @ Kiva.org.

The loan will be returned in 12 months and 60 Kiva member contributed towards the loan.

Need a taxi in Beylagan?

vidurgupta — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:24:00 +0000

If you do, I would recommend Emin Muradov. He drives a self-owned taxi in Beylagan, Azerbaijan. He supports his wife and 2 kids with this income.

Emin had requested for a loan of $1,200 to buy spare parts for the taxi. He intends to pay back in 12 months and 30 Kiva members has contributed towards the amount.

Also, 3 of the loans that I have made have been disbursed. I hope they serve the help cause for which they were taken. My best to all the micro-entrepreneurs.

Kiva: Where is mera desh, India?

vidurgupta — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:43:00 +0000

While I was looking for projects to lend to, I realized that there where no loan requests from India. I dug a little and Kiva doesn’t even have a ‘Field Partner’ there. The second most populous country, with a significant percentage of population below the poverty line, missing was bit of a surprise to me.

So, I dug up a little more and it looks like India already has a number of local Institutions, both public and private, involved in Micro-finance. I found this link on the Global Development Research Center site. It is a collection of links, including reports on micro-finance in India, institutions, etc.

I will read a bit more and blog about this again.