April 2006

Micro-Credit posted on April 27, 2006 - 9:02am

It's late now so I hope I'll keep this post short;-) It's funny from my position here in western Pennsylvania. Spring has come so we have warm days, although I bet you'd think them cold. But I just stepped out to see a frost has fallen. The tulips here were so beautiful yesterday, but a hard frost made them nod their big heads and the tender leaves of some garden flowers were burnt by the frost. That's gardening here in the springtime.

BSLA Organisational Management posted on April 26, 2006 - 9:48am

Organization Structure(a) General AssemblyThe general assembly is the supreme organ of BSLA and is responsible for electing board members, approving policies and programmes of the organization.(Cool Management CommitteeA nine-man committee is elected after every one year to manage and over see the affairs of BSLA for period.(c) Secretariat

Identifying Local Resources posted on April 26, 2006 - 8:13am

Wow I always let things go until it's late at night. It's rather fun at the beginning of a blog because I don't have to worry much about lots of people reading what I write. It's true that every blog post could be improved by taking the time to do a second draft, but there's also some advantages of just saying what's on the mind. It seems perfectly okay to have very conversational post along with ones that take a little more time to develop on the same blog.I added some links. While I was doing that I was thinking about how important it is, when thinking about developing programs to sustain micro-credit for enterprise building, that we take an inventory of resources that are local. It is good to identify the problems and challenges of the area too. But the way that loans will have a positive effect is by building on what's already there.

Creativity posted on April 25, 2006 - 9:05am

John,Thank you very much for your efforts, I like people who are constructive and developmental, What you you have done is really a good idea, this one way for promoting BSLA activities Internationally.Being an administrator, I will try my level best to update the BSLA blog on daily basis. I want to work hand in hand with you, so that we gain a small donation for the start of the BSLA Micro-Lending Project. Micro-lending can be a tool to help eliminate Poverty from this region. "Behind every a success there must be a successful woman" So we want to find ways to develop enterprises for women in the villages to use small loans to develop income generating businesses and activities. John, we want you to be instrumental which BSLA in make this happen.

Inaugural Post posted on April 25, 2006 - 7:37am

Hello, I'm John Powers. I'm also known as Kaunda over at the Bazungu Bucks blog. For several years now I've been corresponding with Magumba Nathan who lives near Iganga, Uganda. Nathan has been instrumental in organizing a community-based organization there called the Busoga Shining Light Association, the BSLA for short.