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Sitting Some Days
Some days as a Kiva Fellow totally rock. Its like, “snap, snap, snap!” You are in the groove, making good decisions, few cultural errors, you are visiting clients, streamlining internal processes,...
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Best for Bolivia
Bolivia’s political conflict, antics and struggle are very much a part of the day to day. But somehow, I haven’t really felt it. I know that in September of 2008 the situation was much more tense....
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The Unexpected Value of a Painting
By Nilima Achwal, KF8 Bolivia On my second day in La Paz, I braved the high altitude and made my way to Calle Sagarnaga, the main tourist shopping street. As I trudged up the slippery cobbled street, a...
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Cusco on My Mind
If you haven’t heard, there have been terrible floods in Cusco, Peru in the past week. Since we are in the thick of La Epoca de la Lluvia (the rainy season), rain is expected but the level of...
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Why you should support group loans on Kiva
I met some Dutch Kiva lenders during a trip to Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca in Bolivia who don’t like to loan to groups on Kiva. Both the MFIs I have worked with as a Kiva Fellow, Asociación Arariwa and...
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Mini Carga desde 1 Boliviano (Mini-Recharge from 1 Boliviano)
Everywhere I go in Bolivia I see huge billboards that advertise "Mini Carga desde 1 Bs" (Mini recharge from 1 Boliviano) with a picture of a guy holding a 1 Boliviano coin and a cellphone. Mini Carga...
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The world of Kiva and my first experiences with borrowers in Bolivia
By Clara Vreeken, KF 14, Bolivia Blog 1: My name is Clara and I have started my Kiva Fellowship last week at the field partner IMPRO in Bolivia. IMPRO is a small non-profit organization that has been...
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Celebrating Carnival in the Andes
Compiled by Geeta Uhl, KF14, Peru Kiva Fellows celebrate Carnival in the Andes- in Ayacucho and Cajamarca, Peru and Oruro, Bolivia. Check out photos and descriptions of the various celebrations and...
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Performing meaningful work for Kiva while learning a new culture
Clara Vreeken, KF 14, Bolivia Clara volunteers as Kiva Fellow in Bolivia. She works for three micro finance institutions. She verifies borrowers’ data, implements changes and informs the lenders about...
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All is not quiet on the homefront. Challenges to conducting business and...
By Isabel Balderrama | KF17+18 | Bolivia When thinking of the wide swath of qualities that make up a Kiva Fellow, one can be certain of the one trait all fellows possess: an unequivocal thirst for...
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Standouts in Bolivian microfinance: Spotlight on Kiva partners ProMujer and...
By Isabel Balderrama | KF 17 & KF18 | Bolivia On my last post I outlined some of the difficulties of working and living in Bolivia. Marches, protests, and strikes from nearly every sector of the...
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