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 [...]
Kalie Gold
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!
