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November 24th, 2008 — , International Micro-Loan Fund (IMON), KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Tajikistan, Uncategorized, carrie ferrence, imon from Carrie Ferrence @ Kiva Stories from the Field
In the past week I have met with almost 50 clients, which is way more than I met in the previous six weeks combined. I should feel inspired and excited by that accomplishment, but I mostly feel tired and battered. That’s because all of the clients I met with were BORING! I’m [...]
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November 11th, 2008 — , International Micro-Loan Fund (IMON), KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Kiva Fellow, Tajikistan, Uncategorized, carrie ferrence, imon from Carrie Ferrence @ Kiva Stories from the Field
I wanted to share two really beautiful events from the past week: celebrating the election and attending my first Tajik wedding.
The U.S. Election
Contrary to the excitement that most were feeling on election day, I was feeling lousy. Here we were, on the edge of something truly great, and I was not able to participate. Of [...]
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October 29th, 2008 — , International Micro-Loan Fund (IMON), KF6, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Tajikistan, Uncategorized, carrie ferrence, cotton, imon, kiva fellows 6 from Carrie Ferrence @ Kiva Stories from the Field
It’s easy to tell when cotton season has arrived in Tajikistan, not because of a change in temperature or rainfall but because university students start disappearing from the city. Each Fall universities throughout Tajikistan come to a standstill as hoards of students are sent to do unofficially mandatory labor in the cotton fields. They are [...]
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October 14th, 2008 — , International Micro-Loan Fund (IMON), KF6, KF6 (Kiva Fellows 6th Class), Tajikistan, carrie ferrence, imon from Carrie Ferrence @ Kiva Stories from the Field
I have to be honest, I was slightly terrified to become a Kiva Fellow, to travel halfway across the world to a place I had to look up on a map. Don’t get me wrong, I signed up for all the right reasons: I really believe in the way that Kiva operates, I wanted to [...]
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