The first week I came to MCDT, Justine, my supervisor, and Olivia, her supervisor, were looking at pictures of borrowers they were preparing to post to the Kiva website. They called me over to look at one person in particular, standing in the middle of a group of five and said, “You must meet Ruth!” [...]
Laura Toepfer
Ruth
May 30th, 2008 — , Laura Toepfer, Micro Credit Development Trust, Uganda from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
An interview
May 20th, 2008 — , Laura Toepfer, MCDT, Uganda from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
These past couple of weeks at MCDT, my primary task has been interviewing women who will be getting their first Kiva loan (though not their first loan) in order to write up the brief introduction posted on the Kiva website. Keep an eye out for them! They’re terrific people and a terrific organization [...]
Sunday at the tombs
April 2nd, 2008 — , Laura Toepfer, Life in Africa Foundation (LiA), Uganda, microfinance, tourism from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Man, it seems like the Ugandan fellows have taken over the blog! I probably should wait my turn but I wanted to tell you about an encounter I had last Sunday.
One of the great sites in Kampala is the Kasubi tombs where the Buganda kings are buried, and so on Sunday in search of [...]
Powercords and other purchases
March 25th, 2008 — , Laura Toepfer, Life in Africa Foundation (LiA), Uganda, Uganda. Kampala, shopping, time from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Ezra, the administrator of Life in Africa’s new internet cafe, is working on configuring my laptop so that I am connected to the internet here. In the meantime, I am trying to [...]
Kolping House
March 19th, 2008 — , Drew Kinder, Laura Toefler, Laura Toepfer, Life in Africa, Life in Africa Foundation (LiA), Uganda, animals from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Thanks to Drew Kinder, recently returned Kiva Fellow, I was able to stay at Kampala Kolping House for my first week of (and an easy transition to) Kampala life. Coming back after my first full day at the Life in Africa office, on my last night at Kolping House, I found the following to [...]
