I’ve been back in Chicago for about 2 weeks now and have had time to sit and digest my Kiva Fellow experience. Going into this I tried to keep a completely unbiased and open-mind about microfinance. I’m a huge supporter of microfinance, but I have heard critics argue that it does little to actually lift [...]
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Final thoughts on Ghana
April 11th, 2008 — , Dan Strack, Ghana from danstrack @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
CRAN Social Development Projects
March 11th, 2008 — Dan Strack, Ghana from danstrack @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Along with its microfinance unit, CRAN also sponsors social development projects. CRAN has built 5 schools in Ghana and has provided a community with clean running water. I recently got an opportunity to visit a CRAN sponsored school in the Abaenu community. To get to the village a 4×4 vehicle is a must. Once you turn [...]
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February 27th, 2008 — Dan Strack, Ghana, P2P Lending from danstrack @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
I’ve been in Ghana now for one month and I realized I’ve been slacking in keeping up my journal, so I’m posting several random experiences I’ve had so far.
On most days I go out with a loan officer to take pictures of clients who are requesting loans for their businesses or have already taken a [...]
Planet Rating
February 22nd, 2008 — Dan Strack, Ghana from danstrack @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Things at CRAN have been pretty hectic the past couple weeks. At the end of February, CRAN is having an international rating done. This basically announces to the entire microfinance world how well CRAN is run as a MFI. A good rating could mean new sources of capital as well as world-wide acknowledgement of CRAN [...]
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January 30th, 2008 — Dan Strack, Ghana from danstrack @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
My name is Dan Strack and for the next 2 months I will be living in Cape Coast, Ghana and working with the Christian Rural Aid Network (CRAN).
CRAN has 7 branches located throughout the central region of Ghana with its main office in Cape Coast. Cape Coast is a very poor area with some of [...]
