On November 27-29 ANK held a training seminar for approximately 25 of its borrowers in the Kayole section of Nairobi. Kayole is on the outskirts, about 30 minutes from the city center.
The borrowers were mostly women, and they showed up a little apprehensive as to what they would be doing at the training. None of [...]
Training the Clients at ANK
December 5th, 2008 — , Action Now: Kenya (ANK), Development, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kenya, Kiva, africa, microfinance from davidalexanderstewart @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Universal Language: Obama
November 5th, 2008 — , Add new tag, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kenya, obama from davidalexanderstewart @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Just shout it out: Obama! On the streets off Kenya, this gets you cheeers and hoots and offers off friendship and prayers…a good word, indeed.
It is good to be American in Kenya, that much I can say. Nairobi was not totally wild, but I definitely got shouts from buses and Matatus all day long. People [...]
- How good is your data? A friend who does psychological testing for her school system wrote to me about her work situation: Your data is only so good as your heart and hope. MBD I thought it was quite profound. Maybe it goes almost without saying that heart and hope change the results of any......
Impressions…
October 13th, 2008 — , KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kenya, africa from davidalexanderstewart @ Kiva Stories from the Field
People always use toothpicks after meals…you don’t “get off” a bus or Matatu, you “alight” (I have actually never heard this word before)…people make “blunders” instead of “mistakes”…Kenya produces great coffee, but since the domestic demand is rather for tea, most places serving coffee here are surprisingly bad…people love eating meat…when I ask people for [...]
NAIROBI: It’s a mad, mad world…
October 13th, 2008 — , KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kenya, africa from davidalexanderstewart @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Nairobi is a mad, mad place for the unfamiliar visitor. Traffic, pollution, swarms of people…
The simplest, most convenient way to get around is on a Matatu. A Matatu is a little van, almost like a VW bus, except outfitted with seats for 14 people…and sometimes a flat screen TV and Pioneer speakers, which are [...]
Let’s start from the beginning…
October 13th, 2008 — , Fun, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kenya, Kiva, Nairobi, PCT, africa from davidalexanderstewart @ Kiva Stories from the Field
My name is David Stewart and I am the Kiva Fellow in Nairobi, Kenya. I am working with Opportunity Kenya, part of Opportunity International. Opportunity just bought Sunlink, a small MFI here in Nairobi. I am here to help the transition and get all of the Sunlink staff on board with this thing from [...]
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