Hello everyone, I created a group called MvukeUnity on Steam that is committed to giving away a whole lot of games to people if they sign up on Kiva.org and join the MvukeUnity Kiva team.

By signing up, you are given a free bonus of $25 to lend to people in third world countries that need help. This is risk free, as all you need to do is sign up through the MvukeUnity team recruitment link. Anonymous and pseudonyms are also allowed. And you do not need to spend any money, as this bonus is for any new member that joins through the link.

By doing this, you are then allowed entery into the MvukeUnity Steam group that posts giveaways all the time. Like a lot of games are given away in this group, and not just by me.

Once you join Kiva through the link above, message me your Steam profile and you Kiva portfolio on the MvukeUnity Kiva team page, and I will then invite you into the group.

I have a large stockpile of games to giveaway on my Steam profile inventory, as well as many more keys to games (such as borderlands GOTY, bioshock 1&2, spec ops: the line, the darkness 2, and more) on my amazon game inventory. I also have a very large stockpile of bundle game keys too. All of these games are designated for the MvukeUnity Steam group. Giveaways posted already in the past week:
Portal 2, Mad Riders, Mount & Blade Collection, Virtual Tennis 4, Spec Ops: The Line, Crusader Kings II, Mirror's Edge, Alien Hallway, Just Cause.

Membership to the MvukeUnity Steam group is already up to 80 or so people. And thanks to these initial members, the MvukeUnity Kiva team has facilitated over $4000 in new loans to people who need it. An amazing amount considering that the team went "live" only days ago.

(http://www.kiva.org/invitedto/mvukeunity/by/stephen3443)

(http://www.kiva.org/invitedto/mvukeunity/by/stephen3443)

UPDATE: All new users to Kiva.org who sign up through the Kiva.org team page link above will get a free $25 to lend on the site as a bonus. This is all that is necessary to be admitted into the group, just make sure it is through the MvukeUnity Kiva.org team so that it can be tracked and verified.

NEWER UPDATE: In order to streamline the process and help with verifying whether people loaned or not, please post your Steam profile and Kiva portfolio on the MvukeUnity Kiva team page. The link to the team page is below. Thank you. It makes it even easier if you post here too. But that is superfluous.

This was all created on paper, and so there is bound to be some hiccups, so that's why I am posting on the forums. To gauge interest and also to hear from everyone. Something sound wrong or is all good?

More info here: Blogger Info Blog . And here: Kiva Team HQ . And here: Steam Group .

If you have anymore questions, just let me know. I hope this whole idea works.
Cheers,
Bardsley

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Likewise I did not get a free $25 loan. I think you may have misunderstood Kiva's offer. It seems that the person that invites new members (i.e. you) gets a $25 free loan to make whenever one of us signs up. At least that is the offer I see Kiva making to me (invite a friend and get a $25 free loan).

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It's really weird, because for the longest time, everyone who joined through the link would get a $25 bonus in addition to the $25 bonus I would get for referring them. Allowed for a lot of loans to be made. Maybe the new member bonus ran out/they no longer offer it? I'm definitely emailing them about it. I'll get back to you

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Didn't get the $25 too. It's strange, because I'm sure that I've seen information about MvukeUnity's invite in registration form.

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http://www.kiva.org/lender/sav10r

Hi, I helped them and am very pleased, thank you!

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invite sent. You are AWESOME! thanks for doing this. its great to help out people in need

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Nice idea! I've also applied via Kiva. I still have a giveaway to give so if i can join i'll make it for the group probably.

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cool buddy, i sent your invite. good to have you aboard and thanks for the giveaway.

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Can I join?

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sure

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I didn't get a 25 bonus for joining, why?

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hmmm, this has happened to a couple of people. I dont know exactly why it happens, but maybe you missed a step? I dont know. I have been getting the bonus, so something must be up. I am in the process of figuring it out with kiva

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Ive joined under you and im confused I dont see the initial $25 in my account to loan :S What should I do? Here is my Kiva profile link = http://www.kiva.org/lender/kakarot1821 Here is my steam profile link = http://steamcommunity.com/id/kakarot1925

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Maybe it will take a bit to show up in your account? It seems like maybe some people are missing a step or something, because I am getting bonuses, and I think others are too. please let me what happens with that. I am in the process of getting some answers from Kiva about this, because some people seem to be having trouble with this, while others are not. Yeah, I dont know

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I think they changed the way stuff works because this is what it EXACTLY says on the refer friends page " When one of your friends joins Kiva, you’ll get to make a $25 loan for free. " That means only you are supposed to receive the money I suppose they couldve changed the system? Btw can I receive an invite to the group please?

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Just joined!

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invite sent. thanks buddy, and I hope you enjoy the giveaways!

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i need to pay 25$ to end that register you say about it ?

P.S i dont have that 25$ bonus

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You did not get the Kiva.org bonus? I don't know why this happened. Maybe you missed a step? Some people do have trouble...i dont know how though

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"If you get 5 new friends to make a Kiva loan in, you’ll receive $25 Kiva Credit to your account!"

isn't this against the rules to post a link with a referral? How much money did you made bardsley94122 with this post ?

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Yeah, you're not getting the whole point of Kiva.org. No one makes any money from this. If you lend money from your own pocket to the people on Kiva.org, you get that exact amount back. No interest. The bonus money, if repaid by the person you loaned to, never goes back into your account. It goes back to Kiva, where it came from. The bonus is all an effort to try and get more people onto Kiva.org so they can see how easy it is to loan to people in need, so they might loan again.

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Closed 12 years ago by bardsley94122.