This week's dinner is taken! And I believe its for Kiva.
What does Kiva do? It loans (not gives) entrepreneurs a bit of money to get them started on their road to independence. The whole micro-credit movement got a lift with the success of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and Muhammed Yunus's Nobel prize. What's unique about entities like Kiva is that it allows us here to give $25 each and pools it together for the entrepreneur at the other end. And arranges for repayment of the loan. BusinessWeek had an interesting article about a 25 year old travesing Kazaksthan as he monitored Kiva's loans. I'll try to post the link later.
Refreshing when you consider the billons of dollars now being set up to bail out the banks. These micro loans are for people at the other end of the food chain.
Its a busy week at work so I'll keep this short and end with a recipe for walnut raita - tasty and high on the omega 3 stuff. I first tried it at a friends' place, but its now a staple for my daughter.
Ingredients:
2 cups of walnuts
1/2 bunch of coriander leaves - chopped
one medium cucumber-grated
2 green chillies-slit
1/2 to 3/4 a carton of natural yoghurt (Pavel's)
salt, cumin powder, chille powder to taste
Method:
Chop the walnuts and dry roast for a few min.
Beat the yoghurt, add everything else to it and mix well.
Needs to be eaten fresh so don't store it!
Note: Pavel's costs a bit more (Molly Stones) but tastes far better than all the others I have used for raita.
What does Kiva do? It loans (not gives) entrepreneurs a bit of money to get them started on their road to independence. The whole micro-credit movement got a lift with the success of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and Muhammed Yunus's Nobel prize. What's unique about entities like Kiva is that it allows us here to give $25 each and pools it together for the entrepreneur at the other end. And arranges for repayment of the loan. BusinessWeek had an interesting article about a 25 year old travesing Kazaksthan as he monitored Kiva's loans. I'll try to post the link later.
Refreshing when you consider the billons of dollars now being set up to bail out the banks. These micro loans are for people at the other end of the food chain.
Its a busy week at work so I'll keep this short and end with a recipe for walnut raita - tasty and high on the omega 3 stuff. I first tried it at a friends' place, but its now a staple for my daughter.
Ingredients:
2 cups of walnuts
1/2 bunch of coriander leaves - chopped
one medium cucumber-grated
2 green chillies-slit
1/2 to 3/4 a carton of natural yoghurt (Pavel's)
salt, cumin powder, chille powder to taste
Method:
Chop the walnuts and dry roast for a few min.
Beat the yoghurt, add everything else to it and mix well.
Needs to be eaten fresh so don't store it!
Note: Pavel's costs a bit more (Molly Stones) but tastes far better than all the others I have used for raita.
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