Update #9: Only 5 Hours Until Our Kickstarter Pledge Drive Ends!
Hi Friends!
We wanted to get one last message out about the conclusion of our pledge drive on Kickstarter, which will happen today at 12 p.m. Central Time. If you know of anyone else who may have been thinking of pledging and hasn't done so already, now's the time to help out our project before the fundraiser ends. Every dollar donated will be matched, so even the smallest donation will make a real impact.
Thank you SO much for your support! It's been nearly 3 months since we began this pledge, and it's going to end a monumental success because of the kindness of people like you!
Cheers,
Rachel, Lou, Stef, Steve and Dom
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Funding Successful
This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 17, 2010.
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Three billion people worldwide live on less than $2 a day. Donate at this level and receive our eternal gratitude for helping to make our vision a reality!
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It takes 5 women to start a 'checks and balance' committee to take out a microloan. Donate at this level and receive a thank you shout-out on our Facebook page, as well as our eternal gratitude!
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There are over 13 million microcredit borrowers worldwide. Donate at this level and receive a handwritten thank you postcard made from a photograph Rachel took on her first trip to Paraguay, as well as all of the above.
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Muhammad Yunus’ first microloan in the village of Jobra, Bangladesh was for $27. Donate at this level and receive a DVD of the final film, as well as all of the above.
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As seen in the video, Constantina was given a loan of $45 to start her hot dog carton business. Donate at this level and receive a decorative and colorful movie poster for your bedroom or boardroom, as well as all of the above.
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In 1976 Muhammad Yunus began researching a credit system for the rural poor, which later became Grameen Bank. Donate at this level and receive special thanks on screen in the credits of the film, as well as all of the above.
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94% of borrowers are women. Donate at this level and receive a rad microcredit T-shirt, as well as all of the above.
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The average loan given by Fundacion Paraguaya is $235. Donate at this level and receive an authentic product from a female microborrower documented in the film, as well as all of the above.
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Of the 500 million 'microbusiness' owners worldwide, only 2% have access to credit. Donate at this level and receive an invitation to the Chicago premiere of our film, handwritten in English and Guarani (an indigenous language of rural Paraguay), as well as all of the above.
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In Bangladesh alone there are more than 1,000 microcredit institutions. Donate at this level and receive an on screen Associate Producer credit, a preview DVD with a reaction card for your input, as well as all of the above.
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The UN designated 2005 the 'International Year of Microcredit'. Donate at this level and become a Corporate Sponsor with your company's logo on screen during the ending credits and printed on DVD case, as well as all of the above.
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Bill Gates recently pledged $38 million towards microcredit. Become our Bill Gates. Donate at this level and receive an on screen Executive Producer Credit, a private in home screening with a meal prepared by director, as well as all of the above.
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Rachel Cook has studied film at The University of Southern California and Duke University, and Economics and Business at Duke and The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. She worked for awhile as an Equities and Eurodollar Futures Trader in Chicago while studying improv and comedy writing at the iO and Second City before launching The Microlending Film Project, a global exploration of the impact of microloans on women. The idea for Seeds was born during filming.
