‘Green Box’ Product Promo (Pizza Box) from Green Box

Brilliant piece of corny, daggy awesomeness.

This is what 96fm should be playing!

I just made a loan to someone in Mozambique using a revolutionary new website called Kiva (www.kiva.org).

My loaner page is here: http://www.kiva.org/lender/jasonjordan

You can go to Kiva’s website and lend to someone across the globe who needs a loan for their business – like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks. Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent – and you get updates letting you know how the entrepreneur is going.

The best part is, when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back – and Kiva’s loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly.

It’s finally easy to actually do something about poverty – using Kiva I know exactly who my money is loaned to and what they’re using it for. And most of all, I know that I’m helping them build a sustainable business that will provide income to feed, clothe, house and educate their family long after my loan is paid back.

Join me in changing the world – one loan at a time. I’ve only just started but I’ll be continuing to add new money to my loans as well as re-investing as the loans are re-paid. You don’t get a financial dividend on your investment – but that’s not what this is about. This is all about helping out because you can.

Visit Kiva now and find out more: http://www.kiva.org

Thanks!

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What others are saying about www.Kiva.org:

‘Revolutionising how donors and lenders in the US are connecting with small entrepreneurs in developing countries.’ – BBC

‘If you’ve got 25 bucks, a PC and a PayPal account, you’ve now got the wherewithal to be an international financier.’ – CNN Money

‘Smaller investors can make loans of as little as $25 to specific individual entrepreneurs through a service launched last fall by Kiva.org.’ – The Wall Street Journal

‘An inexpensive feel-good investment opportunity…All loaned funds go directly to the applicants, and most loans are repaid in full.’ – Entrepreneur Magazine

Mmmmmm..

Sweet revenge.

A priest asked the Master, “What is fate?”

The Master answered:

“It is that which gives a beast of burden its reason for existence.

“It is that which men in formertimes had to bear upon their backs.

“It is that which has caused nations to build byways from City to City upon which carts and coaches pass, and alongside which inns have come to be built to stave off Hunger, Thirst and Weariness.”

“And that is fate?” said the priest.

“Fate… I thought you said Freight”, responded the Master.

I’ve filmed a segment with Perth’s A Current Affair on the security nightmare that USB Storage devices can be.

It’s not just the ability for innocuous looking devices like iPods to slip data out of a business -- it’s the ease of hacking a U3 USB Device to automatically run whatever payload you like.