Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and Kiva has been aiming to lend to 10,000 women around the world. Women help to leverage their families’ security and progress by maintaining their own business, supporting their husbands in theirs, and helping to fun their children’s education. Our Kiva Genealogists for Families group has a tradition of lending … More Kiva’s 10,000 women
My A2Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. K is for KIRK SESSIONS One of the great things about the Church of Scotland is their obsession with right living, sin, and public confession. They had a great skill of getting … More K is for Kirk Sessions and Kiva
If no man is an island, then caring what happens in poorer places and countries is important. It’s easy sometimes to feel there’s little you can do to help “solve” world problems. However, there is one strategy that we can all contribute to, according to our means, and that is Kiva. I’ve talked about this … More Kiva Genealogists for Families – helping others to help themselves
Quite a few of us are celebrating our third anniversary as supporters of Kiva through the Genealogists for Families (GFF) team initiated by well-respected researcher and Queensland genealogy guru, Judy Webster back in 2011. Not long afterwards GFF won a 2011 Geneablog Award for best new community project. Just the other day I got an … More Kiva Genealogists for Families anniversary
I’m a self-confessed travel addict but no matter how much one enjoys the experience of visiting new places (or revisiting “old” ones), travel does come with its ups and downs…in the case of the Paris metro, there’s lots of ups and downs in the ubiquitous stairs, especially when carrying luggage. However some experiences reach deep … More A desperate family tableau
Thanks to an alert by Genealogists for Families team captain, Judy Webster, I found there’s a chance today to double our impact when making loans on Kiva. This is how it works: Go to http://www.kiva.org You can join to choose the Genealogists for Families team if you like Click on Lend Look for anyone who … More Kiva: More bang for your buck today
The topic for Day 8 of the Advent Calendar of Memories was Christmas Shopping. For many of us, the focus of the Christmas season isn’t on “things” but on family and friends. Still, we like to give presents – large and small – to those we love. Do you shop during Christmastime or do you shop … More Advent Calendar of Memories: Day 8 – Christmas Shopping & Kiva
Have wondering where I’d vanished to? We have been adventuring in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, spending time with two of our daughters, one of whom lives in Nairobi, and seeing all sorts of wonderful animals from A to Z. We had a great time of it but must admit to being a little weary after … More Kenya and Kiva
On 2 January 2012 I posted my goals and aspirations for the year under the acronym PROWLS. So what does my report card look like? How did I do? Did I achieve my goals? Well my obsessive self says “not well” while my realistic self says “okay”….but not necessarily at what I intended initially. In fact … More PROWLS Report Card on 2012 activity
As my regular readers know I’m a big fan of the Kiva Genealogists for Families (GFF) team and the good it’s doing for those who are less fortunate than us which is why I have the big green Kiva badge on my sidebar. Shauna Hicks gave me the great idea of adding a dedicated page … More My new Genealogists for Families page
Family history across the seas 