July 16th, 2008 — , DINARI, Dian Bhuana Lestari Foundation (Dinari), Gary Coover, Indonesia, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class) from garycoover @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Turkey, stuffing and beer.
BBQ ribs, corn on the cob and beer.
Beer with a side of beer, with beer on top.
When trying to think of what authentic American dinner I could cook for my host family to show my appreciation of their hospitality, I thought of some of my favorite wholesome, nutritious, typical American dinners, which [...]
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July 7th, 2008 — , DINARI, Dian Bhuana Lestari Foundation (Dinari), Gary Coover, Indonesia, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Uncategorized from garycoover @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
A couple days ago, I had the privilege to sit down with Nanik B. Yayuk, a Kiva client in the Badung region of Bali who received a loan of $125 to help her with her recyclables business. Although there are quite a few Kiva clients in the recyclables business, the afternoon I spent chatting with [...]
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June 20th, 2008 — , DINARI, Dian Bhuana Lestari Foundation (Dinari), Gary Coover, Indonesia, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class) from garycoover @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
So… for me, one of the difficult parts of moving someplace new is getting used to things being different than I’m accustomed to. For example, after four years of wonderful college goodness, it came as a real shock when I got a job, moved to San Francisco and realized I had to wear pants on [...]
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June 11th, 2008 — , Dian Bhuana Lestari Foundation (Dinari), Gary Coover, Indonesia, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5) from garycoover @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
After spending my first few nights in Badung, Bali at a local hotel, Mr. Alit, the Executive Director for DINARI (Kiva’s MFI partner in Bali), invited me to stay in his guest room. I happily accepted and now enjoy sharing meals with Mr. Alit, along with his two children, Ayu and Jeremy, his very kind [...]
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June 9th, 2008 — , Dian Bhuana Lestari Foundation (Dinari), Gary Coover, Indonesia, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5) from garycoover @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
So after three nights in Bangkok and two nights in the Bali surf town of Kuta, I was picked up yesterday by Ferdinand, who I will be working with side by side at DINARI, the microfinance institution (“MFI”) here in Bali that Kiva has partnered with. Ferdinand drove me to Sempidi, which is 20 km’s [...]
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June 1st, 2008 — , Gary Coover, Indonesia, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5) from garycoover @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
WARNING: The following post has nothing to do with microfinance, microwaves or microphones. Not even Micro Machines. That said…
I was in a fight yesterday.
Yesterday, I lost that fight. Badly. It wasn’t even close. It was one of those, “was he even trying?” or “he’ll never walk again!” kind of beat downs. The worst part was, [...]
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