Merry Christmas Everybody!

Once again, rather than spending money on cards and postage I wanted to do something more worthwhile with it. Rather than just donate it to charity, once I’ve got my PayPal account sorted (they coped very badly with me living in Italy, and I haven’t sorted it out since getting back) I’ll be loaning $25 to the Vilma Maura Aguilar Fernandez Group.

They’re a group from a village in Peru who will use the loan to help pay for their children’s education and to invest in their businesses. The loan is arranged through Kiva.org, and the great thing is that once it’s repaid I can loan the money to help someone else.

Best wishes to everyone for Christmas, and I hope we all have a great 2009!