Part of my Kiva Fellowship here in Bolivia is to complete two Borrower Verifications (BVs) for two Kiva partner microfinance intuitions: Emprender and IMPRO. During the BV, I ask four questions to verify that the borrower is the real borrower, and I ask one question to understand the Kiva borrower b[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kiva’
December 4th, 2011 - 5:00 am § in Nonprofit Spotlight, Tips & Resources
A Do-Gooder’s Guide to Responsible Giving: Kiva Cards
In the United States, it was ushered in on Friday the 25th of November in the wee hours of the morning. Here in Ica, Perú, it is manifested in the towering polyethylene Christmas tree and tinsel-adorned telephone booths in the Plaza del Sol shopping mall. Around the world, in many forms, it’s upo[...]
Why I Volunteer Abroad
Before I volunteered as a Kiva Fellow in Sierra Leone (May of 2011) and Bolivia (September 2011), I was living in Santa Barbara, California. Imagine: Santa Barbara beaches saturated with color, mansions with the smell of jasmine twisting through the air, and a pace of life only to be set by the sun[...]
November 24th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Careers, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Looking for Opportunity, Nicaragua, Peru, Tips & Resources, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight
Guest Post: To Kiva Fellow or not to Kiva Fellow, Eso e’ la pregunta. (Part III of III)
Today’s guest post comes from Rob Gradoville, a current Kiva Fellow, Rotary Scholar, and Fulbright Fellow in Cusco, Peru. Since 2005, Rob has been thinking about the best way to provide the basic services that rural folks in the developing world want and need most: clean water and electricity[...]
November 23rd, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Careers, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Looking for Opportunity, Nicaragua, Peru, Tips & Resources, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight
Guest Post: To Kiva Fellow or not to Kiva Fellow, Eso e’ la pregunta. (Part II of III)
Today’s guest post comes from Rob Gradoville, a current Kiva Fellow, Rotary Scholar, and Fulbright Fellow in Cusco, Peru. Since 2005, Rob has been thinking about the best way to provide the basic services that rural folks in the developing world want and need most: clean water and electricity.[...]
November 22nd, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Careers, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Looking for Opportunity, Nicaragua, Peru, Tips & Resources, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight
Guest Post: To Kiva Fellow or not to Kiva Fellow, Eso e’ la pregunta. (Part I of III)
Today’s guest post comes from Rob Gradoville, a current Kiva Fellow, Rotary Scholar, and Fulbright Fellow in Cusco, Peru. Since 2005, Rob has been thinking about the best way to provide the basic services that rural folks in the developing world want and need most: clean water and electricity[...]
Earthquake! (and Disaster Mitigation through Microfinance)
Last Friday morning my post on the official Kiva Fellows Blog mentioned the devastation of the 2007 Peruvian Earthquake in Ica, Peru and the surrounding areas. At 2 PM local time later that day, another earthquake shook the city. Kiva Fellow David Connelly, my predecessor here at Kiva Partner Caja[...]
August 24th, 2011 - 10:07 am § in Ecuador, In the Field
Loan Sharks, Microloans and the Highest Interest Rates Around
Small business owners in Ecuador, like Marcia Suqui in the video below, can use their microloans to move forward with their businesses and improve their quality of life. After all, this is the idea driving Kiva.org, my current employer here in Ecuador- that small loans can change lives. But not all [...]
Machismo Madness: In with Microlending, Out with Machismo
For the month of July, La Vida Idealist asked bloggers to write about their experiences with machismo. This is the final post in that series. Each Kiva borrower visit I perform here in Ecuador introduces me to new role models. New strong, inspiring women I can look up to; women who, through their [...]
