Hi Again!

Several days ago, Joseph Riley from Forever Concepts passed away after an extended illness, he was following the 10naturalhomeremedies but even it helped it was really late for him. I want to share a few stories about Joseph and then talk about one of his passions………..

I met Joseph through Robert Puddy in November of 2009. Robert was helping Joseph launch his Forever Concepts Traffic Exchange, and asked me if I’d like to be a launch partner. I was in the beginning phases of developing TrafficLeads2Income, but was intrigued by Josephs concept, including his charitable endeavor Kiva. More on that later……..When I met Joseph on Skype, we chatted a bit and I knew immediately this was a great person. I put as much effort as I could into Foreverconcepts, and he returned the favor when I launched TrafficLeads2Income on in January of the following year. One time I called him Joe, and he shot back, please, call me Joseph not Joe! We laughed about that, because I would still forget every now and again. I will not forget anymore……..lets always remember to “Good Man” of the TrafficExchange world………..

Below is a repost of an article I wrote about Kiva awhile back. Joseph introduced me to Kiva and it was a big part of his program. Thanks to Joseph and the FC Kiva Team (which I am a part of, and you can be too) :

ForeverConcepts – Micro-finance Team Challenge – Impact To date:-
174 Team Members helped create 573 new loans for entrepreneurs $14,400 total

That’s a pretty staggering amount……let’s continue Josephs work!!!!!!!

KIVA

Back when TrafficLeads2Income Launched
in January I was introduced to Kiva
by the owner of ForeverConcepts Joseph
Riley. I loaned $25 to the following
individual:

http://www.kiva.org/lend/151945

Well, I am happy to report that Nov
got his Motorcycle and I was repaid
as well. You see, this is what Kiva
does. It provides assistance to
Foreign Entrepreneurs in the form
of loans that are repaid. So when you
donante to Kiva you are actually loaning
them the money. When the loan is
repaid you can cash out and be done.
You know what, I’m ready for Round 2
and this time I’m telling 3000 of my
best friends. Here is the new case
file:

http://www.kiva.org/lend/212848

Doep’s story:

Doep Dorn is 43 years old and married
with five school-aged children. She is
currently a recycling seller – she buys
used goods to sell to a wholesaler, who
then sells them in bulk to other
countries. The used goods she buys and
deals in are mostly leftover electrical
wires and plastic. Her husband works as
a requirement laborer, hired by people
to carry their merchandise. Doep Dorn
is looking for a loan to buy a new
motorcycle in order to make her family
transportation easier.

I am happy to report again that Deop not only has the motorcycle but the loan is 100% repaid.

The third case I am involved in is:

http://www.kiva.org/lend/305867

The Mujeres al Desarrollo (“Women Development”) Community Bank is found located in the Canaria community, in the district of the same name. It’s beginning its sixth cycle with 13 member, who have diverse businesses. Luisa is a member of the community bank, is married and has two daughters who are 24 and 26 years old and study at universities in the capital. While her family is based in Lima, Luisa has been dedicated to selling food for various years in Canaria so she can accompany her father who is elderly and refuses to travel. Luisa hates to be separated from her family and misses them constantly. She fights to get ahead and feels supported by the loans that she obtains through Finca Peru. Luisa is requesting a loan to buy groceries for her food business. Luisa’s dream is that her daughters become professionals.

This loan is 66% Repaid.

Go to the following
link and register for Kiva:

http://www.kiva.org/lender/rob36162351

You’ll be joining the Forever Concepts Team and continuing the work of Joseph Riley and working with other great lenders too!

Click on Register at the top. When it asks for referred by email, put in ghcamry@gmail.com

In honor of Joseph, I’m going to be donating $1 for every conference attendee tonight to Josephs widow Abra. The conference is Sunday 10/16 at 9pm est.  If you are interested in donating directly to Abra, you can send funds using Paypal to  abra.riley01@gmail.com  Your generosity is appreciated! You can also go to this link to get more of the story and there is a donation link too:

http://www.bytebutler.com/memorial/joseph-riley/

Here is a Splash Page you can go out and promote to raise awareness:

http://www.helpyouworkathome.com/Rileys_splash2.html

See you at the conference tonight, access to the room can be found here at ROBSNETWORKERS.

 

Rob Gehring – Owner and Admin of RobsNetworkers and TrafficLeads2Income

Skype:   rob.gehring