Daily Archives: 09/24/2011

(Community Matters) Texas Tribune Festival today and tomorrow – multiple venues.

The Texas Tribune Festival to bring together the state’s most prominent thinkers, politicians and public servants for a weekend of debate, discussion and dialogue on the subjects that matter most to all Texans.

Four program tracks will cover the topics that are most relevant to our state and the nation: Energy & Environment, Race & Immigration, Public & Higher Education, and Health & Human Services. The weekend includes exclusive breakfasts, major keynote addresses, lectures and panel discussions.

(Community Matters) The Enlazando Group paid back more of my KIVA loan today, so I’m reloaning that money to Ma De Los Angeles in Mexico.

The “Enlazando” is 3 women from Nindiri, Masaya. The group Coordinator is Mrs. María de la Concepción Sánchez who has been a corn, bean and manioc farmer since she was young. She used a portion of the loan to buy manure to prepare the soil for planting.  Another member, Ana María Aburto Matus, has a tienda, a grocery store, where she invested the loan.

Reloaned the monies to Sra. Ma de los Ángeles from Mexico. She has a business selling used clothes to her friends. She has been in business for five years. The business provides part of her income; her husband is a farmer. She’ll use the proceeds to buy seasonal clothing.