Santiago, DR
Romance languages are famous for invoking visual imagery, symbolism, and subtlety in phrasings and word choice. In the Spanish-speaking world, the language maps out like a watershed: tributaries flowing from Spain to the Caribbean, from California to South America, and everywhere in between. The bedrock of European Spanish has long since been [...]
Dominican Republic
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New Luxury Private Villa in Sosua Dominican Republic |
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Dominican Republic Time Share Rental Property 5 Bedroom |
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The Lights Went out (for a walk?)
November 5th, 2008 — , Dominican Republic, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kalie Gold, Santiago, electricity, esperanza international from kaliegold @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Ingrid’s House cont’d: Video clip
October 21st, 2008 — , Dominican Republic, Esperanza Inernational, Housing Loan, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kalie Gold, Video, esperanza international, microfinance from kaliegold @ Kiva Stories from the Field
For anyone who wanted more visuals, I edited some short video clips from last week’s project…enjoy!
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“For a Woman, this Floor is Everything”
October 17th, 2008 — , Dominican Republic, Esperanza, Housing Loan, KF6, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kalie Gold, Uncategorized, esperanza international, housing, microfinance, women from kaliegold @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Thursday, Oct 16th
Santo Domingo
At 2:30pm yesterday I watched the Caribbean ocean rush past the airplane windows as we descended towards the Santo Domingo tarmac. After a quick bustle through customs, an exchange of US dollars for pesos (oh and no lost bags!) I was quickly collected by two Esperanza International employees. Tricia, (Esperanza intern coordinator), [...]
Meet Two Dominican Entrepreneurs…
October 8th, 2008 — , Dominican Republic, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kalie Gold, esperanza international, microfinance from kaliegold @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Below is a video from Esperanza International (from YouTube), the MFI (microfinance institution) that I will be working with in the Dominican Republic. Enjoy!
Time until departure: ONE MORE WEEK!
Take care,
Kalie
…It’s DR Time!
September 24th, 2008 — , Dominican, Dominican Republic, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kalie Gold, Kaliegold, Providence, esperanza international from kaliegold @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Hello from Providence, RI! I can report that the New England autumn is rolling in right on cue. It is a time of year that I will be a little sad to miss; it’s crisp, completely refreshing, goes deliciously with hot coffee and your most treasured sweatshirt. The season, the city, my former college campus [...]
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September 18th, 2008 — , Dominican Republic, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kalie Gold from kaliegold @ Kiva Stories from the Field
great training so far….
great food…
great city…
good times.
DR time on Oct 15th!
Kiva Loans (5/18/2008)
May 17th, 2008 — , Cambodia, Dominican Republic, kiva.org, loan, loans, microfinance from Jeff @ P2P Lenders
Thy Phlang Village Bank Group
Popeal Khaer Village, Cambodia
Mrs. Thy Phlang is the Village Bank President in Popeal Khaer Village, Kandal Province. There are 33 members in her group.
She is 34-years-old and has two children, both of whom are too young to work or study. Mrs. Thy Phlang’s second child has malaria and takes frequent trips [...]
Noel
November 25th, 2007 — Alex Pileggi, Dominican Republic, FSMA, Fundación San Miguel Arcángel, Noel from apileggi @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Since arriving in Santo Domingo last month, I’ve been immersed in an array of sights and sounds, faces and families, handshakes and hugs, cooking and cadence, and countless other alliterative elements of Dominican culture. It’s been a whirlwind so far, and for about a three-minute moment everyday – the most time I ever seem to [...]
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