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November 19th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kathy Lin, Vision Finance Company, africa, rwanda from nklin @ Kiva Stories from the Field
The noon-day heat of equatorial sun beat down on tin roofs and dirt roads. It was quiet, the sounds a little muffled outside the paint shop of Rwandese Kiva client Marie Chantal Mukasafali.
“The business is good here,” she says, “thank goodness our inventory doesn’t spoil.”
Marie Chantal, operator of this small enterprise for well [...]
Related StoresNovember 19th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kathy Lin, Vision Finance Company, africa, rwanda from nklin @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Yes, as I am leaving. Julie Ross, the next Kiva Fellow to be placed in Rwanda, will take over with better and I’m sure more consistent postings here. But in the meantime, a quick note on some of the staff here at VFC, whom you will soon meet in more detail:
The Managing Director, Shem, [...]
Related StoresNovember 19th, 2008 — , MyC4, Senegal, africa, information, microfinance, myc4.com, plausibility, provider from wiseclerk @ P2P-Banking.com
MyC4.com has a great concept with an ambitious goal: ‘Let’s end poverty by 2015′. Lenders can invest in African businesses of small entrepreneurs. MyC4 gained a lot of positive media coverage and received awards.
The realization of this concept is an enormous task, facing many hurdles. Since MyC4 is transparent and lenders earn interest problems do [...]
November 18th, 2008 — , BRAC South Sudan, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Sudan, africa, kiva fellows ankush dhupar kf6 sudan from ankushdhupar @ Kiva Stories from the Field
What originally started as a college senior’s feeble attempt to plan his future has finally become a reality: I am now in Sudan. After a 21-hour flight from Los Angeles to Uganda, three days of waiting in Uganda to get a Sudanese visa, and a one hour (scary) flight from Entebbe to Juba, I finally [...]
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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 [...]
Related StoresNovember 8th, 2008 — , Ankush, BRAC, BRAC South Sudan, Dhupar, KF6, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kiva, Sudan, Uganda, africa, juba from ankushdhupar @ Kiva Stories from the Field
ankush.dhupar@fellows.kiva.org
October 30th, 2008 — , MyC4, africa, csr capital, fund, ifu, kasper svarrer, mads kjaer, myc4.com, press release, sven riskaer, ulla tornaes from wiseclerk @ P2P-Banking.com
The Industrialisation Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) and CSR Capital have decided to invest a total of DKK 15 million (approx. EUR 2.2 million) in Africa through MYC4. The Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs supports the decision.
“This is an extremely important milestone for MYC4. That IFU and CSR Capital now invest through MYC4 is an [...]
Continue reading → IFU and CSR Capital invest 2.2M Euro in Africa via MyC4
October 29th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kathy Lin, Vision Finance Company, africa, rwanda from nklin @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Earlier this month, the Rwandan government announced that French was no longer to be the official language of communication and teaching. Currently, French is used as the language of instruction in over 95% of schools; all of them must now switch to English. In addition to schools, government workers must be fluent in English. The [...]
Related StoresOctober 29th, 2008 — , K-MET, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kenya, Kisumu, Kusumu Medical & Education Trust (K-MET), africa, sarah forbes from scmforbes @ Kiva Stories from the Field
When I last corresponded with you, dear Kiva Fellows Blog reader, I was still in my home country, chucking trespassing snakes out of my house and considering whether just one bottle of Pepto-Bismol would be enough for 10 months on a foreign continent.
I write to you now from my desk at K-MET, in Kisumu Kenya, [...]
Continue reading → Welcome to the 3 K’s: K-MET, Kisumu, Kenya
October 27th, 2008 — , Jara Small, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd, africa from smallj @ Kiva Stories from the Field
After working at FINCA for six years and then earning a Masters degree in the United States, Winnie Terry was well prepared to start a new microfinance organization (MFI). Together with some former colleagues, she opened an MFI in Dar es Salaam known as Tujijenge Tanzania (meaning “build together” in KiSwahili). With Winnie as the [...]
Related StoresOctober 20th, 2008 — , Cameroon, Ghape, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), africa, jenmcq from jenmcq @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Well, after a long first week of work, I think its safe to say that I am completely in love with GHAPE. The way that they operate just amazes me. I have now been to 3 different centers, the ones today were over an hour and a half on less than optimal roads, and interviewed [...]
Related StoresOctober 16th, 2008 — , Denmark, MyC4, africa, ivoire credit, ivory coast, notre nation from wiseclerk @ P2P-Banking.com
MyC4 will cancel 105 open and pending loans to borrowers in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire). This is scheduled to take place next week. Money from the bids will be returned to the lenders. Some lenders are unsatisfied with the situation as the bids in these loans tied up their money for up to 6 weeks [...]
Related StoresContinue reading → MyC4 cancels 200,000 Euro pending Ivory Coast loans
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 [...]
Related StoresOctober 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 [...]
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 [...]
Related StoresOctober 10th, 2008 — , Jara Small, KF5, Tanzania, Tujijenge Tanzania, Uncategorized, africa from smallj @ Kiva Stories from the Field
A past fellow to Tanzania, Alec Lovett, posted two blogs on “You Know You’re in Tanzania When…” I’ve posted the links to his blogs and added volume III with my own observations. Enjoy!
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/03/21/you-know-you-are-in-tanzania-when…/
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/03/24/you-know-you-are-in-tanzania-when…-vol-ii/
Volume III
1. They say “Hakuna Matata,” which is actually Swahili but it’s still funny.
2. The water stops running in the middle of your shower. (This [...]
Continue reading → You Know You’re in Tanzania When…(Vol III)
October 6th, 2008 — , KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kenya, africa, sarah forbes from scmforbes @ Kiva Stories from the Field
I found a snake in the living room closet.
I had been trying to mentally prepare for just this sort of moment, imagining myself cool and collected, taking snakes in the house in my stride. “Oh, just another snake!” I’d smile to everyone as I calmly shooed the snake from the house, proving myself not some [...]
Related StoresSeptember 24th, 2008 — , Cameroon, Ghape, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), africa from Yuan @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Anyone who has spent time in some of the more remote parts of Africa will probably shrug their shoulders at my observations. But as a first time visitor it’s hard not to feel like a bit of a celebrity, at least with the children. Wherever you go, kids stop and look. Sometimes they laugh or [...]
Related StoresSeptember 23rd, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kenya, Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Stories from the Field
As the next round of Kiva Fellows finished their training, Nabomita, Zack, and Julie (KF5) met for a weekend getaway in Mombasa, Kenya. During our reunion, we came up with some words to live by both for successfully completing your fellowship and for happily taking a respite from the rigors of life at an [...]
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September 21st, 2008 — , Ankush, BRAC, BRAC South Sudan, Dhupar, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kiva, Sudan, africa from ankushdhupar @ Kiva Stories from the Field
September 19th, 2008 — , Cameroon, Ghape, Jen McQuhae, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), africa from jenmcq @ Kiva Stories from the Field
This is my first blog as a kiva fellow and as an individual, so perhaps I will use this time to introduce myself to anyone in the internet community who would like to know. I am Jen McQuhae, 22, from Vancouver Island, Canada. I recently completed a four year honours degree in international development with [...]
Related StoresSeptember 18th, 2008 — , Jara Small, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd, africa from smallj @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Dala-dalas are Dar es Salaam’s form of public transportation. They are buses that run all over the city, charging about $0.30 per ride. There is no set schedule, and they typically only leave once they are full.
Although several Tanzanians warned me about taking dala-dalas during rush hour, I figured it was no big deal. So [...]
September 17th, 2008 — , BRAC Tanzania, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Stories from the Field
(To see what happened during the first 11 days, see Part 1)
Day 12 (Warning: slightly disgusting content. Do not attempt to read while eating):
I just finished rubbing my heels with sandpaper for the last hour. It’s a long story how I got to this point, but it involves exclusively flip-flops/sandals and very dirty/dusty/sandy [...]
September 11th, 2008 — , Cameroon, Ghape, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), africa from Yuan @ Kiva Stories from the Field
One of the most inspiring things I have seen in Cameroon is the progress made by many GHAPE borrowers over the years. GHAPE is the local NGO where I am working during my time as a Kiva Fellow in West Africa. Their aim, like many of the other hundreds of microfinance organisations around the world, [...]
September 7th, 2008 — , Jonathon Repinecz, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Senegal, Senegal Ecovillage Microfinance Fund (SEM), africa from jrepinecz @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Well, I’m back in the U.S., which means back to the old grad-student-grind. (There is, however, the new excitement of teaching French 1 for the first time here in Beautiful Berkeley, where I have hardly seen a cloud since my return.) I’ve had a few things to finish up for my Kiva fellowship in Senegal, [...]
Related StoresSeptember 6th, 2008 — , BRAC Tanzania, Julie Ross, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Stories from the Field
On August 24th I left Dar es Salaam for a 3-week trip to central Tanzania to train BRAC branches on Kiva in three other regions. Here’s a glimpse into the first 11 days of my 21 days on the road:
Day 1:
Seven hours on the bus from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma has kicked [...]
September 5th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kathy Lin, Vision Finance Company, africa, rwanda from nklin @ Kiva Stories from the Field
The shock of mold growing on the open skull would be hair, but was not. Dents of landlocked bone, stab marks, inscriptions of knife in cartilage – too the contorted tongues encased in lime, preserving shape but not smell, not soul. How thin the bone under plaster, the ligaments. Are they shape, were they this [...]
Related StoresSeptember 5th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kathy Lin, Vision Finance Company, africa, rwanda from nklin @ Kiva Stories from the Field
The shock of mold growing on the open skull would be hair, but was not. Dents of landlocked bone, stab marks, inscriptions of knife in cartilage – too the contorted tongues encased in lime, preserving shape but not smell, not soul. How thin the bone under plaster, the ligaments. Are they shape, were they this [...]
Related StoresSeptember 5th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kathy Lin, Vision Finance Company, africa, rwanda from nklin @ Kiva Stories from the Field
The shock of mold growing on the open skull would be hair, but was not. Dents of landlocked bone, stab marks, inscriptions of knife in cartilage – too the contorted tongues encased in lime, preserving shape but not smell, not soul. How thin the bone under plaster, the ligaments. Are they shape, were they this [...]
Related StoresSeptember 5th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kathy Lin, Vision Finance Company, africa, rwanda from nklin @ Kiva Stories from the Field
The shock of mold growing on the open skull would be hair, but was not. Dents of landlocked bone, stab marks, inscriptions of knife in cartilage – too the contorted tongues encased in lime, preserving shape but not smell, not soul. How thin the bone under plaster, the ligaments. Are they shape, were they this [...]
Related StoresSeptember 5th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kathy Lin, Vision Finance Company, africa, rwanda from nklin @ Kiva Stories from the Field
The shock of mold growing on the open skull would be hair, but was not. Dents of landlocked bone, stab marks, inscriptions of knife in cartilage – too the contorted tongues encased in lime, preserving shape but not smell, not soul. How thin the bone under plaster, the ligaments. Are they shape, were they this [...]
Related StoresSeptember 2nd, 2008 — , Jara Small, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd, africa from smallj @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Fresh off the plane, I arrived in Dar es Salaam eager to begin work with Tujijenge Tanzania as a Kiva Fellow. First task: find accommodation for the year. Without Craigslist Tanzania, the whole process promised to be daunting.
It was. Here are some of the reasons:
Go to a real estate agent, he charges you $20 for [...]
September 1st, 2008 — , Jessica Heinzelman, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), Nigeria, africa from jheinzelman @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Since arriving in Nigeria, I’ve mostly been hot. When I’m not hot, I’m comfortable. Cold is a word that I reserve for specifying how I would like my bottled water. When I became chilled and goose bumps started popping on Wednesday night, I knew something was wrong.
Within one hour, my forehead was [...]
August 28th, 2008 — , Cameroon, Ghape, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Yuan Potts, africa from Yuan @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Squeezing people into taxis is par for the course in Cameroon. As cabs approach, you shout your destination to the driver and if you get the nod you hop in. If there are already three in the back, no matter, there’s room for one more. If there are two in the front, again, no problem: [...]
Related StoresAugust 20th, 2008 — , BRAC Tanzania, Julie Ross, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Stories from the Field
When I first began working in Washington D.C. on Capitol Hill, my initial impression was horror that the country was being run by a bunch of 20-somethings. At 23, I was solidly within the median age range and even felt old when I saw peers walking around with short skirts, finding myself thinking “how inappropriate!” [...]
Related StoresAugust 12th, 2008 — , Jessica Heinzelman, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), Nigeria, africa from jheinzelman @ Kiva Stories from the Field
I am a WASP – white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant. My parents rarely yelled, spankings were rare and more painful for my mother than me and requests were granted only when accompanied by the obligatory “please” and followed by “thank you.” On Sundays my family sat in well-ordered pews quietly listening to sermons, bowing our heads in [...]
Related StoresAugust 4th, 2008 — , BRAC Tanzania, Julie Ross, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
I never thought I would move to Tanzania to learn about Bengali culture, but then again I never thought I’d eat octopus for dinner so sometimes one must adjust expectations. How have I happened to find myself sitting in an office shared by one Bengali woman, one Tanzanian woman, and me? Such is life at [...]
Related StoresAugust 3rd, 2008 — , MyC4, Video, africa, rwanda from wiseclerk @ P2P-Banking.com
MyC4.com will start to offer loans in Rwanda next week. This is the fourth country MyC4 is lending at, after Uganda, Kenya and Cote d’Ivoire. Mads Kjaer, CEO of MyC4, is quoted that Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal and South Africa will follow. In 2009 he aims to serve borrowers in 20 countries in Africa. (Source)
In a [...]
Continue reading → MyC4 starts offering loans in Rwanda next week
August 1st, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kenya, Opportunity International - Wedco Ltd., Zack Turner, africa from zackturner @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
This past week Opportunity International-Wedco was able to finally report it’s loan repayments on Kiva and to its lenders (after pausing during the post-election crisis). Now I can jump into coordinating visits to do journal updates. Special thanks to the sick excel skills of my MPM, Ben Elberger.
I wanted to share a quick [...]
July 31st, 2008 — , Jessica Heinzelman, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), Nigeria, africa from jheinzelman @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
There are a number of things here in Nigeria that are just different enough to bring laughter and puzzlement to my days…
“Oyibo” – Wherever I go, people call out “Oyibo.” Naturally, I initially thought this meant “hello” or served as some sort of greeting. I suppose it is a greeting of sorts, but literally means [...]
Continue reading → The Little Things That Make Me Smile and Scratch My Head
July 25th, 2008 — , Christian Rural Aid Network (CRAN), Ghana, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Sarah Allen, africa from sarahallen @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Microcredit undoubtedly represents a creative and original response to poverty. But I think that somewhere along the way, the innovativeness of the idea seems to have translated into an expectation of novelty and ingenuity for all “small-scale entrepreneurs.” I was reminded of this recently while reading a report published by IBM that described microcredit recipients [...]
Related StoresJuly 22nd, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Nick Sabin, Salone Microfinance Trust, Sierra Leone, africa from nicholassabin @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Musa Kamara is a simple man. He lives in small hut in a remote region of the Sierra Leone jungle. He lives with his wife and daughter under a palm-branch roof that he built himself. For food he grows a few vegetables in his garden and hunts his own bushmeat. Musa gets almost everything he [...]
Related StoresJuly 21st, 2008 — , Jessica Heinzelman, Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), Nigeria, africa from jheinzelman @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
My small black notebook is quickly filling up with lengthy scribble detailing the businesses and lives Kiva lenders are touching in Nigeria. The ever-present entrepreneurial spirit in this country fascinates me while the big-picture political economy boggles my mind.
To put it all in context, Nigeria is the world’s 6th biggest oil producer. Oil revenues constitute [...]
July 20th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Nick Sabin, Salone Microfinance Trust, Sierra Leone, africa from nicholassabin @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Musa Kamara is a simple man. He lives in small hut in a remote region of the Sierra Leone jungle. He lives with his wife and daughter under a palm-branch roof that he built himself. For food he grows a few vegetables in his garden and hunts his own bushmeat. Musa gets almost everything he [...]
July 8th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Nick Sabin, Salone Microfinance Trust, Sierra Leone, africa from nicholassabin @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
“Jalloh, you alive?”
“Yes, Nick… of course.”
“Oh, Jalloh, Jalloh, Jalloh! I think it’s time to get out of here.”
It was 6:45 pm on Thursday. I was sitting in my office in Makeni, next to my coworker from SMT. It had been an exhausting day in the field and in the office. Drenched in sweat [...]
June 26th, 2008 — , KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Nick Sabin, Salone Microfinance Trust, Sierra Leone, africa from nicholassabin @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
I’ve been in Sierra Leone now for about 6 days. It feels like I’ve been here for about 6 months. Not in a bad way, though. It’s just a very intense experience. Minus the unrelenting sweating it’s quite nice. It’s kind of like a bare-bones boot camp in the jungle, but instead of a screaming [...]
Related StoresJune 23rd, 2008 — , Joannah, Joannah Davis, Tanzania, africa from kafui @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
TIA
A Tanzanian friend, who stays at the same guest house as me, came up with an expression that can be used to make any frustrating, confusing, or illogical moment in Africa, funny. TIA (this is Africa!). I can’t even remember the origin of this phrase (bad referencing I know), other than that my friend [...]
Related StoresMay 5th, 2008 — , Marketing, MyC4, africa from wiseclerk @ P2P-Banking.com
MyC4 has just published a quarterly magazine to accompany it's website. The first issue of Change has 20 pages, looks stylish and has lots of information (e.g. Senegal will be the next market, where loans are available to borrowers starting in June). Here is what MyC4 says about it's magazine:
We have just released the very [...]
January 5th, 2008 — Kiva, MyC4, africa from wiseclerk @ P2P-Banking.com
The unrest after elections in Kenya might also to some degree impact operations of Kiva and MyC4 which are funding p2p loans in Kenya. As Jessica Jackley Flannery of Kiva reports operations of the local MFIs in Kenya have been interrupted:
The situation on the ground appears to vary widely from community to community. However, one [...]
Continue reading → Impact of Kenya’s crisis on p2p lending operations