First peer to peer lending service for Australia and New Zealand?
September 5th, 2007
Peermint.com says it will be offering peer to peer lending in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In Australia and New Zealand Peermint will probably be the first social lending service, whereas in Canada it will compete with Communitylend.com which plans launch for Fall 2007.
Source: The Better Banking Blog

Grant
Coffee Project
I am writing to inquire whether this would invite a proposal from the, Arayason Coffee & Tea requesting an investment of dollar 50,000 per year over Three years to support our Enterprise. This grant would provide part of the funds needed for us to farm coffee in rural Kiambu Kenya. This include farming, pulping, milling and roasting for local and export market. These as sustainable businesses as we alleviate poverty. Your website indicates that you are helping entrepreneur innovative ideas to improve the lives of the rural poor; we believe Arayason falls well within your area of interest. Farming is a promising solution to one of the primary obstacles facing the small rural poor in poverty: Good farming is possible for even in the most remote locations do business on a region-wide, national, or even international basis. Working in conjunction with other small scale farmers Arayason Coffee & Tea gives individual need; and, in collaboration with other agencies and redistribute coffee, we also assure that they obtain the best Arabica Coffee. We believe that broadly-implemented have the potential to help the lives of many struggling farmers, and change the economic landscape of impoverished rural communities. Unlike many poverty alleviation initiatives, all of the Communal Kenya programs are predicated on the assumption that these farmers already have 90% of what it takes to compete in the marketplace -intelligence, ambition, initiative, and talent, and established a high degree of credibility among community groups, policy makers, and donors. With your support, we can make that 50% difference in the lives of these hard-working people and the future of our rural communities.
Please feel free to email me with any questions.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Naftaly Arayason