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Music Matters Helps to Alleviate Poverty

Tue March 9, 2010

Music Matters Helps to Alleviate Poverty

The Music Matters community is a group of music enthusiasts who come together to bring positive change to those in our local and global communities.  Our latest mission is to loan $5,000.00 to worthy entrepreneurs across the globe.  We have created a community page on www.kiva.org where members who join the group can lend money to farmers in Kenya, weavers in the India, or general store owners in Tanzania.  The great thing is that these are loans, not gifts, so when we get paid back, we can then invest this money into another business.

About Kiva

Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty.

Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.

Kiva was born of the following beliefs:

  • People are by nature generous, and will help others if given the opportunity to do so in a transparent, accountable way.

  • The poor are highly motivated and can be very successful when given an opportunity.

  • By connecting people we can create relationships beyond financial transactions, and build a global community expressing support and encouragement of one another.

Kiva promotes:

  • Dignity:   Kiva encourages partnership relationships as opposed to benefactor relationships. Partnership relationships are characterized by mutual dignity and respect.

  • Accountability:   Loans encourage more accountability than donations where repayment is not expected.

  • Transparency:   The Kiva website is an open platform where communication can flow freely around the world.

As of November 2009, Kiva has facilitated over $100 million in loans.

 

Music Matters is proud share in this experience and looks forward to seeing what is to come.  If you have any questions how you can help, please email jeff@musicmattersschool.com or call 630-406-8742.

 

About Music Matters

Music Matters School of Music, located at 222 E Wilson St. Batavia, IL, encourages our students to explore all areas of music. We offer piano lessons, drum lessons, guitar lessons, voice lessons, violin lessons, cello lessons, saxophone lessons as well as lessons for any other percussion or orchestral instruments. We serve students from Batavia, St. Charles, Geneva, North Aurora, Elburn, West Chicago, Aurora as well as many other cities within the Fox Valley and western suburbs of Chicago.