When FINCA staff interview clients to write their Kiva profiles, the last question each client is asked is “What are your dreams for the future?” As I looked at the profile of FINCA client after FINCA client, I was struck that almost everyone had some variation of the same three dreams:
1) “For my children to [...]
Finca Peru
Thankful.
November 26th, 2008 — , Finca Peru, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), LAC (Latin America & the Caribbean), peru from cmcmurry @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Celia
January 14th, 2008 — Ayacucho, Finca Peru, Kiva, Kiva Fellows, Maren Misner, microfinance, peru from marenmisner @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
As a Kiva fellow you realize the journals you write quickly become lost in the depths of hundreds of pages, full of testimonials begging to be read. I wanted to share one story I’ve found particularly moving, and hope you will, too.
An excerpt from a journal from Ayacucho, Peru:
“Celia has faced many difficulties in [...]
Ayacucho
December 10th, 2007 — Ayacucho, Finca Peru, Kiva, Kiva Fellows, Maren Misner, microfinance, peru from marenmisner @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Ayacucho, Peru has a sad story. In the 80s and early 90s, it was there that the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso, ‘the Shining Path’, was thriving, fighting political and social battles that left 30,000 dead and 40,000 who remain missing. Setting foot in Ayacucho today, you’d never guess its painful history, and although [...]
