Lucy Gent
August 22nd, 2008 — , Ghape, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Lucy Gent, Njangi, Social equity, microfinance from lucygent @ Kiva Stories from the Field
Well, maybe I’m not the first to discover that microfinance existed in Cameroon before the Grameen bank was founded in India or before Mohammed Yunnus got the Nobel Prize, but I felt like I had when I stumbled upon Njangi while talking to some friends over the weekend. The young people who I’ve met in [...]
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August 4th, 2008 — , Cameroon, Ghape, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Lucy Gent, Uncategorized from lucygent @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
On Friday, three members of the GHAPE office went to the funeral of one of our members, Bih Josopha. She was 48 years old and left eight children behind, four of whom are under the age of 14. The daughter had come to the office to inform us of her passing on Thursday, immediately after [...]
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July 19th, 2008 — , Add new tag, Cameroon, Ghape, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Lucy Gent from lucygent @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Tuesday was the last day that the former Kiva Fellows, Megan and David, spent at the GHAPE office http://www.kiva.org/about/aboutPartner?id=40. The going-away party was really sweet with a board members lunch and gifts of gratitude. The main office in Bamenda is located in a family compound, with an open central area for recreation and cooking. The [...]
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June 23rd, 2008 — , Cameroon, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Lucy Gent from lucygent @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Tuesday morning at 8:15, all 20 of the new Kiva Fellows were on time, crowded around the breakfast table where Noah’s bagels, pastries and coffee were available to power us through the intense four days of training that would follow. The table in the middle of the training room was perpetually covered with beverages, snacks [...]
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