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BRAC Tanzania Lending Team!1 comment

scmforbes wrote 5 months ago: After reading my post about BRAC Tanzania a few days ago, I imagine that many of you are just chompi … more →

Tags: Tanzania, Africa, KF7 (Kiva Fellows 7th Class)

BRAC - like Risk, but without the risk5 comments

scmforbes wrote 6 months ago: The concept of risk has been discussed by many, and often, over the past year, as citizens around th … more →

Tags: Africa, All, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), KF7 (Kiva Fellows 7th Class), KF8 (Kiva Fellows 8th Class), Tanzania, Board games, BRAC, group loans

Kiva Fellows: My Virtual Family14 comments

Julie Ross wrote 9 months ago: Not every day as a Kiva Fellow is a good one. There are days when I wait for seven hours for a credi … more →

Tags: Africa, Kenya, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), KF7 (Kiva Fellows 7th Class), Rwanda, Tanzania, Vision Finance Company s.a. (VFC), a partner of World V, Julie Ross

Spreadsheet Purgatory2 comments

Julie Ross wrote 10 months ago: In the last installment, you learned a little bit about my role as a trainer at BRAC Tanzania. Now, … more →

Tags: Microfinance, kiva, Tanzania

It's Not All Fun and Games

Julie Ross wrote 10 months ago: Some people say that my blog is amusing. That makes me smile and I thank those of you willing to str … more →

Tags: kiva, kiva fellowship, Microfinance, Tanzania, training staff

An Attempt at Brevity (does it work for me?)

Julie Ross wrote 11 months ago: The comparisons/contrasts between Rwanda and Tanzania, Vision Finance Company, S.A. (a partner of Wo … more →

Tags: Rwanda, Microfinance, Vision Finance Company, Tanzania, A Day in the Field

Bidding Adieu to BRAC Tanzania (and the never-ending bus ride)1 comment

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: 11 Nov. 2008 To tell the story of my last day at BRAC Tanzania, I have to start with the preceding e … more →

Tags: kiva fellowship, Tanzania, nairobi, daladala, Bus

My Morning Routine

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: I used to arrive at the Country Office of BRAC Tanzania, sit down at my desk, and proceed to be mass … more →

Tags: kiva fellowship, Tanzania, Mosquitoes

Victory is Mine! . . . or is it?8 comments

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: I’m going to make a bold statement: microfinance is the land of minute incremental change, and … more →

Tags: Tanzania, Africa, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Microfinance, kiva, Kiva Fellows, Julie Ross, kiva training, Kiva business profiles

Victory is Mine! . . . or is it?1 comment

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: I’m going to make a bold statement: microfinance is the land of minute incremental change and … more →

Tags: kiva fellowship, Microfinance, kiva, Tanzania, business profile

Julie Does Africa and Remembers To Report Home About It; A Day in the Life of a Kiva Fellow1 comment

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: I’m afraid I’ve lost my readership. Readership was never something I thought I would have, yet here … more →

Tags: kiva fellowship, Microfinance, kiva, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Jang'ombe, Kiva Staff

21 Days on the Road (Part 2)3 comments

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: (To see what happened during the first 11 days, see Part 1) Day 12 (Warning: slightly disgusting con … more →

Tags: Tanzania, Africa, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Julie Ross, kiva training

21 Days on the Road (Part 2)2 comments

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: Day 12 (Warning: slightly disgusting content. Do not attempt to read while eating): I just finished … more →

Tags: kiva fellowship, kiva, staff training, Tanzania, Shinyanga, Mwanza, mzungu, Tilapia, Kiva business profiles

21 Days on the Road (Part 1)2 comments

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: On August 24th I left Dar es Salaam for a 3-week trip to central Tanzania to train BRAC branches on … more →

Tags: kiva, Tanzania, Shinyanga, Dodoma, community organizers, muzungu, secondhand clothing

21 Days on the Road (Part I)5 comments

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: On August 24th I left Dar es Salaam for a 3-week trip to central Tanzania to train BRAC branches on … more →

Tags: Tanzania, Africa, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Julie Ross, kiva training

I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: When I first began working in Washington D.C. on Capitol Hill, my initial impression was horror that … more →

Tags: Tanzania, Africa, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Julie Ross

I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar1 comment

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: When I first began working on Capitol Hill, my initial impression was horror that the country was be … more →

Tags: Microfinance, kiva, Kiva Fellows, Capitol Hill, Female Empowerment

Where are you going? I assure you, I don’t know2 comments

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: As an English major in college I developed a compulsion to write according to themes with well thoug … more →

Tags: Kiva Fellows, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, daladala, kiva fellows blog, Kijitonyama, Kinondoni, Bongo Flava

Three Languages and Nothing to Say1 comment

Julie Ross wrote 1 year ago: I never thought I would move to Tanzania to learn about Bengali culture, but then again I never thou … more →

Tags: Africa, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, Julie Ross


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