As some of you might know there is the story about the Guatemalans being a bit scared of people taking their kids for illegal adoption; apparently there was once a Japanese tourist beaten to death when he (or she I don’t know) picked up a kid.
Myself I have had kids dropped in my lab to [...]
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How to adopt a child…..
September 2nd, 2008 — , Chanti de Kleijn, Friendship Bridge, Guatemala, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kiva, microfinance from chantikiva @ Kiva Stories from the Field
A Day in Prison
August 11th, 2008 — , FAPE, Guatemala, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), LAC, LAC (Latin America & the Caribbean), Megan Montgomery from montgomerymjt @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Two weeks ago FAPE launched a new program. After months of fighting bureaucracy, they finally got permission to give loans to female prisoners at the Centro Preventivo de Rehabilitación Santa Teresa (loosely translated, the Santa Teresa Prevention Center for Rehabilitation). The program was kicked off with a weeklong training called ISUN (Inicie su Negocio or [...]
Highs and Lows
August 1st, 2008 — , FAPE, Guatemala, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), LAC, LAC (Latin America & the Caribbean), Megan Montgomery from montgomerymjt @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
As my fellowship continues to fly by, I’ve had many, many positive experiences, and really only one low point, which I’ll get to after reporting a little on my latest work. I’ve now been at FAPE for two weeks and it’s been fascinating to see the similarities and differences between the two organizations I’ve had [...]
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August 1st, 2008 — , Chantal de kleijn, Friendshipbridge, Guatemala, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Kiva, LAC, LAC (Latin America & the Caribbean), Lake Atitlan, Puente de Amistad from chantikiva @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
My First week in Guatemala and already very impressed! Don’t know where to start because it seems I am here already a while when counting the many adventures I already had!
My long flight from Europe through several US places brought me to Guatemala City in the evening. I was picked up from the airport [...]
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¡Adios Puente de Amistad, Hola FAPE!
July 16th, 2008 — , Friendship Bridge, Guatemala, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), LAC, LAC (Latin America & the Caribbean), Megan Montgomery from montgomerymjt @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
My time at Friendship Bridge has come to an end and I’m off to Guatemala City to start the next phase of my fellowship with la Fundación de Asistencia para la Pequeña Empresa (FAPE). Before I launch into my work at FAPE, I’ll attempt to reflect back on my time with Friendship Bridge a bit. [...]
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July 7th, 2008 — , Friendship Bridge, Guatemala, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), LAC, LAC (Latin America & the Caribbean), Megan Montgomery from montgomerymjt @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
It’s hard to believe another two weeks have already flown by. Since I last wrote, I spent another fantastic weekend in the gorgeous city of Xela, where I finally got out hiking, headed out of the highlands into the sweltering heat of Mazatenango for another round of interviews, and then back to Pana to write [...]
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June 17th, 2008 — , Guatemala, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Megan Montgomery from montgomerymjt @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
I fell in love today. It started out as an innocent crush, evolved into a dangerous infatuation, and today turned into full-blown, head-over-heels in love…with Guatemala, that is! What an amazing place this is. I’ve spent quite a bit of time traveling throughout Latin America, but I’ve never been so taken by a place and [...]
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June 2nd, 2008 — , Guatemala, KF5, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5), Megan Montgomery from montgomerymjt @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
While I didn’t quite get it together enough in the midst of scrambling to get ready to go to write a pre-departure blog, here’s a go at some initial impressions and aspirations for my fellowship. I’ve been in Guatemala a little over 48 hours, and one of the things I’ve been most struck with is [...]
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April 16th, 2008 — , Friendship Bridge, Guatemala, Kiva Fellows, Maren Misner, microfinance from marenmisner @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
The past six months have been indescribable. I’ve attempted to wrap my thoughts around them and put them to words, but the result does not compare to the experience. I’m home now, trying to find a way to live here, in this world, with the same passion that comes so naturally when given [...]
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Cold Weather
March 14th, 2008 — , Friendship Bridge, Guatemala, Kiva, Kiva Fellows, Maren Misner, microfinance from marenmisner @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Over the past five months I have, several times, made the ignorant mistake of poking fun at the perceived idea of ‘cold’ here. Coming from Minnesota, land of ‘the nation’s ice box’, where just a couple weeks ago it hit a record low of 40 below, before wind-chill, I have a different mentality of [...]
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February 19th, 2008 — Friendship Bridge, Guatemala, Kiva, Kiva Fellows, Maren Misner, microfinance from marenmisner @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
I am finding myself in situations here that require much moral thought, and I can’t seem to come up with the right answer, no matter which choice I make. There are children everywhere, all of them somehow under the age of twelve, and all of them working the same trade, selling bracelets, scarves, and [...]
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February 14th, 2008 — Ayacucho, FINCA, Friendship Bridge, Guatemala, Kiva, Kiva Fellows, Maren Misner, microfinance, peru from marenmisner @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
I’ve found myself lately in a state of peace I can’t seem to explain nor justify. But peace is much preferred to chaos, and I’ll take it, no questions asked. For the first three months of my fellowship I was based in Lima, traveling from there to the different branch offices around the [...]
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February 14th, 2008 — Friendship Bridge, Guatemala, Kiva, Kiva Fellows, Maren Misner, microfinance from marenmisner @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
A few years ago I was told a story of how to tell a first, second, and third time missionary. If you are drinking a glass of lemonade, and a fly lands in it, a first time missionary will ask for a new glass of lemonade. A second-timer will simply remove the fly, [...]
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