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Take the Long Way Home: A Loan Officer’s Journey
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 29 September 2011
By Claire Markham, KF16, Kenya Before I arrived in Nairobi, I had heard on multiple occasions about the fundamental role loan officers play in making an MFI function. Loan officers are the backbone of the organization; they are intimately familiar with their clients and the challenges they face and they go to extraordinary measures to meet client needs.
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The Mombasa Matatu: A “How To” Guide from a Daily Commuter
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 8 October 2010
By Katie Morton, KF12, Yehu Microfinance Trust, Kenya It’s 6:45 am, Lil Wayne is blasting in my ears and Tupac is staring me in the face. Welcome to my daily commute. Here's how to navigate the Mombasa matatu.
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Portrait of a Boda Boda Driver
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 4 June 2010
By Jeremy Gordon, KF11, Kenya “People like us can’t get a loan. You have to be a member of a group with an influential person in it—we don’t know anyone like that.” - Rama The second day I passed him on my way to work, a man on a bright red and chrome boda boda [...]
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Urban Safari
Blog: Timothy Allen on BBC Earth - 20 September 2009
Life on a rubbish dump in Mombasa, Kenya's second city.
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