I am a little nervous. Not for myself, but on behalf of some of our Kiva clients. The reason? We are heading out to Bac Ninh ( the small town where Kiva’s Vietnamese micro-finance partner has a regional office ) to film some clients. Kivab2b is making a short film about Kiva and the engaging [...]
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November 4th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), SEDA (Binh Minh), Vietnam, Xanthi Kouvatas from xanthisodyssey @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Honey I’m Home ( aka A Typical Kiva Day in the Office )
September 30th, 2008 — , Add new tag, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kiva, SEDA, Uncategorized, Vietnam, Xanthi Kouvatas, microfinance from xanthisodyssey @ Kiva Stories from the Field
I am not a morning person. I know this about myself, but am starkly reminded of this fact when my alarm goes off at 6am. In a zombie trance I get out of bed, put the kettle on and have a shower. I put on the clothes I chose the night before, as I know [...]
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Same Same But Different
September 6th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kiva, Vietnam, Xanthi Kouvatas, microfinance from xanthisodyssey @ Kiva Stories from the Field
In Hanoi the tourist stalls in the old quarter are crammed with all manner of trinkets for tourists to buy. T-shirts are of course popular and there are many that contain that ubiquitous saying ‘same same but different’. Usually I ignore the persistent hawkers ( while fighting back the urge to proudly declare that I [...]
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August 13th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Vietnam, Xanthi Kouvatas from xanthisodyssey @ Kiva Stories from the Field
I proudly remember how for the first 2 years of high school I was considered quite tall and got to stand for the annual class photo. From the 3rd year onwards however I was eclipsed as puberty prevailed in others. From then on I sat in the front row, demurely folding my hands in my [...]
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Playing Chicken and Other First Impressions
August 7th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Vietnam, Xanthi Kouvatas from xanthisodyssey @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Beep! Beep beep beep! This is the natural sound of the habitat that is downtown Hanoi. There is an endless cacophony of horns - sometimes short and squeaky, other times longer and more insistent. There is no aggression intended – the horn is to warn the pedestrian or cyclist ahead that their motorbike ( more [...]
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