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Phoenix from the Rubble
Phoneix from the Rubble by Caroline Pattinson KF13 My heart fell when I opened up the e mail, ‘Congratulations........ you’re going to Beirut’. I hold my hands up, my first thought was warzone. A quick...
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Celebrate Good Times, Come On!
Celebrate Good Times, Come On! Here at a growing microfinance bank in Jordan, it’s now always about looking forward. Sometimes, it’s about looking back. Tamweelcom started in 1999. In only twelve...
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Happy Earth Day from Kiva Fellows around the Globe!
Compiled by Caree Edson, KF 14, Armenia One of the unfortunate sight-seeing adventures that you never sign up for when you travel (especially in developing countries) is the unseemly amount of trash...
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Micro-finance Family Style
By Heba Gamal - KF15, Lebanon “It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Gibran Khalil Gibran, The Prophet Having grown up in Egypt, I know that family is an important part of daily life...
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Adapting to Change: Lessons from Lebanon
"What can we do, but wait and see" a borrower told me a couple of days after the highly anticipated speech by Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Adapting to new environments can be tough, but...
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“What do I do here in Lebanon?” you ask
"What do I do here in Lebanon?" people ask me all the time. I usually struggle a bit; I take a deep breath and I start explaining what micro-credit and micro-finance is. I tend to throw in words like:...
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Update from the Field: Group Loans, Barriers to Microfinance + How to Visit a...
Compiled by Chris Paci | KF16 & KF17 | Ukraine As regular readers of Kiva Stories from the Field will know, it’s not always easy to extend microfinance services to the people who need them most....
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Update from the Field: Going the distance in Pakistan and putting Kiva Zip...
Compiled by Isabel Balderrama | KF17 + KF18 | Bolivia It's once again time for an update from our Fellows in KF-18. This week we have three posts from four fellows, all of whom are busy learning from...
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