Blogs about: Kf5 Kiva Fellows 5th Class
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Giving CREDIT where it's due
CREDIT Microfinance Institution, Kiva’s oldest partner in Southeast Asia, and 7th oldest in its portfolio of partners celebrated its third year on Kiva May 3rd, 2009. As one of Kiva’s oldest partners,… more →
Kiva Stories from the Field
Giving CREDIT where it's due
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Tdunbar wrote 1 month ago: CREDIT Microfinance Institution, Kiva’s oldest partner in Southeast Asia, and 7th oldest in its port … more →
Contradictions, Complications, Juxtapositions, and Genocide
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Julie Ross wrote 3 months ago: It’s easier to make sense of Rwanda if you erase the human element of the Genocide that happened her … more →
How Do You Run a Shop in a Neighborhood with No Cash?
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Julie Ross wrote 3 months ago: I’ve always been curious about what happens when microfinance clients open businesses in places wher … more →
Tarantula, Dog, or Duck Fetus, srey Teresa (sister Teresa in Cambodian)?
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Tdunbar wrote 3 months ago: Being a Kiva Fellow in Southeast Asia you meet many small business owners. Some of these business ow … more →
The Importance of My Fellow Fellows
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Julie Ross wrote 4 months ago: Not every day as a Kiva Fellow is a good one. There are days when I wait for seven hours for a cred … more →
What Do You Mean By "Profit"?
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Julie Ross wrote 4 months ago: The word “profit” does not translate easily into foreign languages. I’ve now tried to convey the id … more →
News Flash: Kiva Is Not Intuitive
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Julie Ross wrote 5 months ago: Training microfinance institution (MFI) staff on Kiva never gets old no matter how many times I do i … more →
It Costs $5000 To Marry Your Daughter?!?!
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Sanjaya P wrote 6 months ago: In Cambodia there is a popular song called Tov Dondung Kon Key by Khemarak Sereymon. The song is VER … more →
The Benefits of PA2
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Sanjaya P wrote 7 months ago: As many of you Kiva lenders have noticed, Kiva recently upgraded the administration system that Fiel … more →
Thankful.
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cmcmurry wrote 7 months ago: When FINCA staff interview clients to write their Kiva profiles, the last question each client is as … more →
Using GPS to Map Out Borrowers
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Sanjaya P wrote 7 months ago: In my last post, I talked about visiting a client with Phanith, the AMK Kiva coordinator. The client … more →
The odds are 1 in 14 million
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Tdunbar wrote 7 months ago: Wow, this Kiva world is small. The other day, while I was attending a United States Presidential ele … more →
Portrait of a Client
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nklin wrote 7 months ago: The noon-day heat of equatorial sun beat down on tin roofs and dirt roads. It was quiet, the sounds … more →
A long overdue staff introduction
nklin wrote 7 months ago: Yes, as I am leaving. Julie Ross, the next Kiva Fellow to be placed in Rwanda, will take over with b … more →
Navigating Monsoon Season by Moto
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Tdunbar wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been working with CREDIT-MFI as a Kiva Fellow for about a month and a half, and I still feel li … more →
Ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille
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xanthisodyssey wrote 8 months ago: I am a little nervous. Not for myself, but on behalf of some of our Kiva clients. The reason? We are … more →
News Flash
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nklin wrote 8 months ago: Earlier this month, the Rwandan government announced that French was no longer to be the official la … more →
A Match Made in Heaven
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smallj wrote 8 months ago: After working at FINCA for six years and then earning a Masters degree in the United States, Winnie … more →
Victory is Mine! . . . or is it?
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Julie Ross wrote 8 months ago: I’m going to make a bold statement: microfinance is the land of minute incremental change, and … more →
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