Jama’s “You try. We give.” program. Meet the Kiva loan recipients.
- Tiv Socheat - mother of 2 and chicken farmer in Cambodia
- Elida Angelica Ruiz Cardenas - mother and fish retailer in Peru
- Eliseo Canales - pineapple and dragon fruit farmer in Nicaragua
- Rosemary Rushagara - mother of 4, caretaker of orphaned kids from HIV and store owner in Tanzania
- Nguyen Thi Ngat -daycare provider and educator in Vietnam
and several others…
Who are they? They aren’t customers, employees or partners. They are the first of the Kiva.org loan recipients that we’ve sponsored through our “You try. We give.” program.
What started out as a small idea during a team meeting in February has blossomed into an ongoing program that reflects our corporate values and commitment to giving back on behalf of our customers, partners and other members of our community. For every customer that trials Contour, our collaborative requirements management software, we set aside marketing dollars to donate for loans that help Kiva.org recipients improve their own communities.
We chose Kiva.org because they embody a few fundamental principles that we share:
1. a belief that the entrepreneurial spirit lives in everyone
2. thousands of micro-actions that create a cumulative macro-effect
3. taking a collaborative, Web-based approach to solving a problem
4. an open, global community of people working together for greater success
View our lender page on Kiva: http://kiva.org/lender/jamasoftware
We’re still a young company with limited funds, so as we grow, this program will grow too. We look forward to introducing the new Kiva recipients each quarter. Thanks for showing your support by evaluating Contour and enabling us to help more companies succeed with requirements management.
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this is cool, nice idea.
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