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Today I helped a Mongolian electrician (Mr. Batzaya) repair his house in Ulaanbaatar. I gave him a sponsored loan of $25 via Kiva.org – if anyone wants to participate (in helping Mr. Batzaya or someone else), let me know and I'll send you an invite. The first loan is sponsored, as I said, so it's free to make, although registration is required. Lending can be done anonymously, though I chose to let it show my name.
I think I'll start lending once I get some money myself. It's charity, but not a donation, so I can afford it even after donating to Amnesty, WWF and Unicef every damn month :P aren't I a saint, yeah. Planning on dropping Unicef from that list, though, and possibly adding some animal rights group (that is not PETA) on the list. There are plenty more people who care about human children than those who care about animals, after all. And anyone who knows me is aware of the fact that I really don't care much about children in general. I only became a donator because of art school entry exams. Long story.
Oh, on the music choice here: normally I quite dislike Hallelujah, regardless of who's performing it, but k.d. lang happens to be one of the few artists who make some sense of that song.
I think I'll start lending once I get some money myself. It's charity, but not a donation, so I can afford it even after donating to Amnesty, WWF and Unicef every damn month :P aren't I a saint, yeah. Planning on dropping Unicef from that list, though, and possibly adding some animal rights group (that is not PETA) on the list. There are plenty more people who care about human children than those who care about animals, after all. And anyone who knows me is aware of the fact that I really don't care much about children in general. I only became a donator because of art school entry exams. Long story.
Oh, on the music choice here: normally I quite dislike Hallelujah, regardless of who's performing it, but k.d. lang happens to be one of the few artists who make some sense of that song.
