KIVA profile

Empowering Through Lending

After hearing Scott Rowswell’s talk last month, Probus member, Steph Smith, decided she would like to try making her own Kiva loan. It made good sense to her that she could empower someone with a small business loan. Another factor was that Scott and his wife have made over 50 Kiva loans and have always been repaid. The KIVA web site offers numerous…

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Mercy Ships

The National Director of Mercy Ships Canada, Tim Maloney, is soft-spoken but absolutely passionate about his subject.  He started his talk at the October meeting by saying that he lives his life according to the following axiom: have hope, take risks and seek harmony in all things.  He and Don Stephens, the founder of Mercy…