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…

Experiences in Global Volunteering

When local resident, Scott Rowswell, took early retirement in 2003 after a career in telecommunications, he didn’t stop working. Now, with over 10 years experience working with and through established charitable organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) based out of Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., Scott has some great experience to share. On Friday May…