We’re going a little closer to home for our first loan for May of 2008 - in fact, very close to home, as we’re in the Austin, Texas area and our first May loan is to Luís Antonio Medina Pérez of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, just a four hour drive south on I-35 from us.

Luís is seeking a loan not for a business, but to begin to build a house on a plot of land that he owns for himself and his family.

I have a plot of land where I want to start to build my house, but I lack the materials and, as I am paying rent, I can not build and pay rent at the same time. I request a loan of $1200 in order to start to build a house.

We picked Luís because his kiddo’s really cute, and we’d love to see this family in a house of their very own.

So far, DrakNet has made four loans to people all over the world - what we had intended to do only on a monthly basis has turned into a near weekly endeavor as our clients have responded with enthusiastic PayPal payments, and some of our affiliates have chosen to donate their affiliate fees to our Kiva program as well, quadrupling what we thought we would be able to do.

We want to thank you all so very much for responding so enthusiastically to this new program, and making this a really neat group philanthropic endeavor that gets everyone involved in these folk’s lives on such a personal, direct level. We also want to thank Kiva for coming up with such a great way to help our fellow man, person to person, when so many philanthropic endeavors are faceless and uninvolved - as well as for giving us permission to do this publicly as a company.

Thanks, everyone!

Tags: Kiva

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