It's Steve (now in blog form) » charity http://itssteve.com Science shanigans, Internet tomfoolery, and general rigmarole Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:27:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Guess who’s peripherally involved in the coca trade? http://itssteve.com/2009/08/08/guess-whos-peripherally-involved-in-the-coca-trade/ http://itssteve.com/2009/08/08/guess-whos-peripherally-involved-in-the-coca-trade/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:14:13 +0000 Steve http://itssteve.com/?p=374 I really like Kiva.  It allows me to help struggling entrepreneurs around the world striving to make a better life for their families, and really plays into my desire to be a turn of the century railroad tycoon with a monocle traveling the countryside demanding my rent (You must pay the rent. I can’t pay the rent! Bwah hah hah!)

I previously had dabbled in Azerbijani fetish footwear and Nigerian palm oil and gin.  This time I decided to listen to the sound advice doled out by the financial experts who appear on morning news shows (they wouldn’t let them on at 6AM if they we’re really legit) and diversify.  I was thinking about putting a little bit of funding in a few different loans, but then I came across Familia Unida Group.

These Bolivians are not fooling around (as if Bolivians ever do).  They are involved in:

  • Construction materials
  • Coca leaves (yeah, you read that right)
  • Beer
  • School supplies
  • T-shirts
  • Fruit
  • A brick laying school (the trick is to buy the brick dinner first!   *Note: even I am a little disappointed  with the previous joke.  I wish I had something better but Ben keeps trying to stick Cheerios in my ear and it’s the best I can think of at the moment.)
  • Sausage and french fry production
  • Soft drinks
  • Flower stands
  • Computer graphics
  • TV advertising
  • “Tropical Rainbow”, probably not Bolivia’s lowest rated television show

As an expert in the Bolivian economy, I can authoritatively say that some of these probably have some sort of profit margin.  I’m bullish on the potential for the Familia Unida Group. I give it a strong Buy rating.

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