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• Kiva Update from PBS Frontline World

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  Suzy Marinkovich, KF8 Peru & KF9 Bolivia One of the most exciting things about being a Kiva Fellow is the opportunity to tell the untold stories of those so remote, so rural, and so ignored by the media.  When there are six billion humans sprinkled across the world, the media has the unenviable task of ...
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• Kiva and Empowerment

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  Gavin Sword KF9 I read with great interest the very thoughtful blog by David Roodman : as well as the more sensational New York Times article about Kiva’s loan disbursement disclosure issues.  I agree that Kiva could have done a better job of explaining the nuanced realities of fund disbursement on its ...
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• The Local Local Lifestyle

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  Rebecca Corey, KF9 Tanzania The first time I got shoved out of the way in a mad rush to the dala-dala bus, my friend Victor said to me, “This is the local local lifestyle, pole sana–I’m very sorry.” The next time he said it was when the electricity went out and I was reading in the living room. “This is ...
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• “Not Real Men…”

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  Me and the other Africa-based Kiva Fellows (photo provided by John Briggs) By Taylor Akin, KF9, Togo In the months of preparation leading up to my Kiva Fellowship in Lomé, Togo I have had plenty of opportunity to practice my take on the taxicab test – a concise explanation of Kiva’s mission and the work of a ...
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• I Work In Microfinance Because…

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine Recently, Kiva’s been engulfed in controversy over how it presents its Person-to-Person lending platform–a convenient shorthand for the reality on the ground or a more draconian attempt to mislead the casual lender?  I will not weigh in on this specific debate because ...
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• Kiva Lenders Have Character

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Prem Thomas, KF9, Philippines Yesterday I took a trip to a CCT Kiva branch located in Caloocan, about 2 hours north of the head office in Manila. CCT offices often have inspirational posters and signs, but I thought this one was very relevant to Kiva. Kiva lenders have good character: “They lend money to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Contingency Planning for Crises Unimagined (Part 1)

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine Before proceeding, let me first state that this is not a political blog.  I neither have the expertise nor desire to engage in the complex web of conflict–latent or otherwise–that surrounds the major events of the last decade in Palestine.  I will attempt to reference and ...
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• STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL SHOULD INVESTIGATE KIVA.ORG AND CONSIDER ENFORCEMENT ACTION IF THE FINDINGS WARRANT

  
  Charity Governance — Authority: 396
  DATELINE: November 9, 2009, Chicago Stephanie Strom of the New York Times reveals an apparent violation of the public trust by Kiva.org, a charity that Strom describes as “the country’s latest celebrated charity.” Confusion on Where Money Lent Via Kiva...
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• Confusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 912
  Premal Shah, left, the president of Kiva, and David Roodman, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development.
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• Cuenca-stic Times!

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Zal Bilimoria, KF9, Ecuador Over the past four weeks here in Ecuador, I’ve had the opportunity to see much of the country, starting out in Quito working at Fundacion ESPOIR’s administrative office, and now in Portoviejo near the coast to conduct borrower verifications and write journal updates, among other ...
  2 weeks ago

• My Motorcycle Diary from Guayaquil

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Kimia Raafat, KF9 Ecuador Last week, I blogged about D-MIRO’s influence in the peri-urban zones of Guayaquil.  There is no way to describe the dedicated D-MIRO staff members and the lengths they go to reach those marginalized from the traditional financial system. So I opted to film a sample day! Here is ...
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• I might be falling for microfinance.

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  Alana Solimeo, KF9, Costa Rica I realized after letting the excitement of Kiva, Costa Rica, and research topics (exhibited in previous post Rice, Beans and an Inspired Hypothesis) settle that I might want to take a step back.  The thing is I hit the ground running here, thanks to the great work of my ...
  2 weeks ago

• Don’t have a cow…Give one!

  
  jeffkapusta.com — Authority: 125
  My wife and I decided to give a micro-loan today to a nice lady named Samaya Khnjanova.  Samaya is from Imishli, Azerbaijan.  I have no clue where that is but that doesn’t change the fact that buying someone a cow is cool. For the record here is a map of Imishli, Azerbaijan. View Larger Map Technically we ...
  3 weeks ago

• Kiva Loans Surpass 100,000,000 USD

  
  P2P-Banking.com — Authority: 117
  Congratulations to Kiva . They have tackled another impressive milestone: more then 100 million US$ total loans funded since inception. And the growth curve is pointing straight upwards. 60 million US$ were funded in the last 12 months. Quoting today’s numbers from Kiva’s statistics page: Total value of all ...
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• My Rwandan Children…

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Gavin Sword KF9 Rwanda I know this is not the first time that I’ve mentioned that my children are Rwandan.  We adopted Savilla and Christian in 2006 when they were both babies. Our girl turns 4 this month while our boy is a few months past 4.  They are the cutest, most adorable little people one could ever ...
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• My Kiva Fellowship kicks off in 5 hours…

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Dennis A. Espinoza, KF9 Cameroon Saludos Kiva Community – My name is Dennis Espinoza and in a few hours I will be leaving for Africa to serve with GHAPE , a longstanding Kiva partner based in Cameroon. Before I kickoff the 25 hour trip from Chicago, USA to Bamenda, Cameroon, a personal note about the reason ...
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• Halloween in Cusco

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Sheethal Shobowale, KF9, Peru In Cusco, Peru, Halloween is celebrated in full force.  It kinda feels like home (side note: home for me is Brooklyn, New York).  Back in New York, I usually put some pumpkins on my stoop and make some curried pumpkin soup. This year, Cynthia McMurry (Kiva’s Field Support ...
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• Why We Should Debate Loan Expiration

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Suzy Marinkovich, KF 8/9 As you may have seen, over the past couple of months Kiva has seen its first loans expire on the site.  Currently, I am in my eighth week of working with a brand-new Kiva partner, CIDRE, an MFI specializing in agriculture and livestock loans in Bolivia.  I mention this because I’ve ...
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• Halloween in Cusco

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Sheethal Shobowale, KF9, Peru In Cusco, Peru, Halloween is celebrated in full force.  It kinda feels like home (side note: home for me is Brooklyn, New York).  Back in New York, I usually put some pumpkins on my stoop and make some curried pumpkin soup. This year, Cynthia McMurry (Kiva’s Field Support ...
  3 weeks ago

• “Nuestra Capital Semilla” (Our Seed Money)

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 479
  By Sheethal Shobowale, KF9, Peru My first loan disbursement outside of the Asociación Arariwa office took place in San Sebastian, an area of Cusco about 15 minutes away from the office. This group meeting was my ideal picture of group microfinance.  Banco Comunal de Maria Auxiliadora is a group of 11 low-income ...
  4 weeks ago

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