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• Contingency Planning for Crises Unimagined (Part 1)

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  11 hours ago

• Confusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Premal Shah, left, the president of Kiva, and David Roodman, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development.
  1 day ago

• Cuenca-stic Times!

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 days ago

• My Motorcycle Diary from Guayaquil

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• I might be falling for microfinance.

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  5 days ago

• Don’t have a cow…Give one!

  
  jeffkapusta.com — Authority: 130
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Kiva Loans Surpass 100,000,000 USD

  
  P2P-Banking.com — Authority: 118
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• My Rwandan Children…

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• My Kiva Fellowship kicks off in 5 hours…

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Halloween in Cusco

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Why We Should Debate Loan Expiration

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Halloween in Cusco

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• “Nuestra Capital Semilla” (Our Seed Money)

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• No More Genocide

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  By Gavin Sword, KF9 Rwanda It is true that internationally, Rwanda is most known for the horrific events of 1994; a genocide that claimed the lives of more than 800,000 of its people.   There is no satisfactory way to comprehend what happened here.  Yet as a testament to the human spirit – life in Rwanda ...
  1 week ago

• KIVA UPDATE (for Taylor from Texas)

  
  Ambellamy — Authority: 121
  Its been awhile since i mentioned KIVA.ORG and micro loans in a while, so heres an update on my loans. I havent made any new ones because ive been really busy, but I plan to when things settle down. (i did withdraw the funds from my account but i plan on putting them back when i get back into it. I was worried Id ...
  1 week ago

• Main Street = D-MIRO’s Main Priority

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  By Kimia Raafat, KF9 Ecuador Fortin district of Guayaquil The recession has affected most families in one form another.  Personally, I was laid off from my first post-collegiate job and ushered over to the unemployment line.  Post lay-off, I spent a solid week sitting in my pajamas and watching the news.  I ...
  1 week ago

• Lending money through Kiva.org

  
  alamodestuff — Authority: 127
  This morning I did something Ive wanted to do for a very long time. I started an account with Kiva.org and loaned money to an entrepreneur in Ghana. What is Kiva? "Kiva is the worlds first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe." [ ...
  1 week ago

• Kara Visits the Womens Conference (Questions for Ashton Kutcher, Please!)

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 735
  This morning, BoomTown will be onstage at California First Lady Maria Shriver’s well-known Women’s Conference in Long Beach, Ca. to moderate a panel titled “Changing the World Through the Web” for a crowd of 1,800 people. The panelists for my session at what has become one of the top forums for women’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• On the Road from Bethlehem, Danger is in the Eye of the Beholder

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine I’ve been in Palestine for one week and have feared for my life.  Have I reinforced the stereotype yet?  It might be surprising to learn that the only times I have actually felt scared here have been dodging reckless drivers, not bullets. But that’s me.  On my ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Stockpile of Dollars: How to Deploy Kiva Funding

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 435
  by Josh Wilcox, KF9 Peru With a significant new source of funding comes considerable responsibility and opportunity for those who represent the funds at the local MFIs (aka the Kiva Fellows).  One of the most exciting privileges about working at a brand new pilot partner is the opportunity to influence how Kiva is ...
  2 weeks ago

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