By now, the living room with blue velvet couches really does feel like home. My Togolese family members who welcome me when I walk in the house are happy to see me. They call me ta-ta, then we slap hands with a finger-snap at the end (the Togolese really love that snap – I wonder [...]
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December 15th, 2008 — , Abby Gray, All, KF6, Togo, WAGES, africa from abbygray @ Kiva Stories from the Field
How Your Loan Affects an MFI: Behind the Scenes of Microfinance
December 3rd, 2008 — , Abby Gray, Agouti, Frozen Animal, KF6, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Togo, WAGES, africa, microfinance from abbygray @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Most people reading this blog already agree that microfinance is a promising way to help people work their way out of poverty in a dignified manner. I agree, obviously, or I wouldn’t be here in Togo. It is heartwarming, and we should be inspired by it. But we should also be critical of it, to [...]
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Why I Can’t Give Abozu My Camera
November 13th, 2008 — , Abby Gray, KF6, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Togo, Uncategorized, WAGES, africa from abbygray @ Kiva Stories from the Field
This is my first post from the field, and, unfortunately, I’m not writing to share an inspiring microfinance success story or even a heartwarming cross-cultural anecdote, as I was hoping I would be. I am writing to tell about a conversation that threw an uncomfortably bright spotlight directly on the basis of my being here [...]
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September 19th, 2008 — , Abby Gray, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Togo from abbygray @ Kiva Stories from the Field
From the first time I happened across the Kiva Fellows website, I knew I had to apply. Here was an opportunity to witness first-hand the successes and challenges of microfinance (the most promising poverty alleviation strategy I’ve come across), become fluent in French, and be a part of the cross-cultural, astonishingly successful microlending revolution that [...]
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