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Update from the Field: Adapting for Borrowers by Borrowers, Microinsurance +SKFL
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 28 November 2011
Compiled by Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua This week’s Fellows Blog focuses on adaptability: Adapting microinsurance to poor households in Indonesia, an MFI in Turkey adapts to the needs of women entrepreneurs, a multifaceted borrower in Nepal adapts to market pressures, and a Kiva Fellow adapts to changing expectations. In a continuation of The Stuff Kiva [...]
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Multi-faceted Borrowers Part 2
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 23 November 2011
By Abhinab Basnyat, KF 16, Nepal Part 1 of this series is available at here Similar to Narayan Devi, Binu is a multi-faceted entrepreneur. A previous Kiva loan helped her fund a tailoring business where she was able to employ a few other people. As a single mother, she recently moved to another part of [...]
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Picture Perfect Portraits: Children of the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 20 November 2011
Picture perfect portraits tell so much about the subject. When we travel, we meet so many sweet and curious children around the world that absolutely love having their photos taken.
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Multi-faceted Borrowers Part 1
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 18 November 2011
By Abhinab Basnyat, KF 16, Nepal I had always been fascinated by the textbook stories in micro-finance: loans to buy cattle or to start a small tea-shop that supported income generating activities and had a tangible impact on people’s lives. When I met Kiva borrowers, Narayan Devi and Binu, and heard their stories I suddenly [...]
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Update from the Field: New Products in Microfinance, Over-Indebtedness + Transparency
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 15 November 2011
Compiled by Kathrin Gerner, KF16, Rwanda This week on the Kiva fellows blog, start out by learning about three new microfinance products - microinsurance in Indonesia, higher education loans in the Philippines and green and water loans in Kenya. Continue on to Nepal to admire the handiwork of artisan borrowers. Make your way to Ecuador to find out more about the risk of indebtedness. Share the fellows' personal experiences with the recent elections in Nicaragua and rush hour traffic in Uganda.
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Artisan Borrowers of BPW-Patan, Nepal
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 9 November 2011
By Abhinab Basnyat, KF 16, Nepal Thecho village lies just six kilometers outside of Patan, a sub-municipality and headquarters of Lalitpur district. Thecho still has the charm of a village, albeit a rapidly changing one. Thecho has a high concentration of the Newari artisan community. Laxmi, and Hera Devi are two female borrowers of BPW-Patan, who have [...]
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Top Adventure Destinations In the World – Part 1
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 18 October 2011
Last week on CTV News Channel we talked about our top destinations in the world for adventure. While all countries offer adventure of some kind, there are a few that we have been to that seem to cater to the true adventurous spirit.
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My daughter’s elephant safari in Chitwan, Nepal
Blog: Heather on her travels - 20 August 2011
My 16 year old daughter recently returned from a school trip during which the group of teenagers did some treking in Nepal, spent time on a community project at a local school in the mountains and finally visited the Chitwan region where the group went crocodile spotting by canoe and got close to a rhino [...]
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100 Greatest Travel Experiences: How Many Have We Done?
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 17 August 2011
People who hear that we plan to travel forever sometimes ask us if we’ll run out of places to visit. Now we can point them to Wanderlust’s list of 100 Greatest Travel Experiences. The British travel magazine asked readers to vote on what they consider the ultimate travel experiences, as travel is more about the [...]
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My daughter’s community project in the mountains of Nepal
Blog: Heather on her travels - 11 August 2011
My 16 year old daughter, Sophie-Anne has just returned from a school trip to Nepal and in this second article she talks about the community work that her group did in a local school and her impressions of the children and local people that she met. During our trip we had organised a community project, which [...]
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My teenage daughter’s trek in Nepal
Blog: Heather on her travels - 4 August 2011
My 16 year old daughter, Sophie-Anne has just returned from a school trip to Nepal where she spent two weeks trekking, doing community work in a local school and finally visiting a nature reserve where she rode on elephants to spot rhino and other wildlife. Here she gives her impressions of the trek through the foothills of [...]
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Photo Favorite: Nepali Breakfast
Blog: GoBackpacking - 26 May 2011
Big photo of a typical Nepali breakfast, including vegetable soup, roti, and milk tea.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Update from the Field: Personal Connections, Supply and Demand + A Culinary Excursion
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 23 May 2011
Compiled by Kathrin Gerner, KF15, Togo As the 14th class passes the baton to the 15th class, the Kiva fellows are sharing their final thoughts and first impressions. Be inspired by the personal connections Kiva creates between lenders and borrowers in Nepal and Sierra Leone. Find out how a phenomenal harvest can prevent farmers in Nicaragua from repaying their loans. Discover the creative ways of assessing credit worthiness used in Uganda and around the globe. Sample local customs and cuisine, while reading about the Day of the Child in Mexico and taking a culinary excursion in Liberia.
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Farewell from the Field
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 3 May 2011
By Claudine Emeott, KF14, Nepal To sign off from my post as a Kiva Fellow with BPW Patan in Nepal, I thought that I would take a cue from Alexis Ditkowsky, who wrapped up her Fellows Blog contribution by leaving readers with a note that she wrote to lenders who have funneled loans to WDB [...]
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The ABC of trekking – what is and what’s not cool
Blog: 501 Places - 27 April 2011
Following on from last week’s post about trekking and reaching Annapurna Base Camp (ABC), Kathryn Bullock returns to share with us the key highlights and add her reflections on some of the “uncool” sides of trekking. Having reached ABC we opted to trek back down for lunch and continue down to Himalaya camp. The prospect [...]The ABC of trekking – what is and what’s not cool is a post from: 501 Places
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Eight Destinations that Make Us Dreamy-eyed
Blog: Seat of Our Pants - 22 April 2011
We may not be on the road at the moment, living as we do in the great comforts of our San Francisco apartment. There are times, though, when we take a bit of time away from our busy schedules to poor over maps and travel guides, dreaming of the next trip. In anticipation of [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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The ABC guide to trekking in Nepal – part 1
Blog: 501 Places - 20 April 2011
This week’s guest post is the first of two from Kathryn Bullock, following her return from a recent trek in Nepal. Her first trip to Nepal was featured on 501 Places last year and was well received. The latest adventures are well worth reading. For anyone planning to do some trekking in Nepal, Annapurna Base Camp [...]The ABC guide to trekking in Nepal – part 1 is a post from: 501 Places
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Update from the Field: Trash, Delicious Treats + Community Outreach
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 18 April 2011
Compiled by Alexis Ditkowsky, KF14, South Africa Let’s take a moment to vicariously consume baked goods in Colombia, coffee in Nicaragua, tomatoes in Ukraine, and a traditional meal in Nepal.
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Giving Women a Voice: Local Governance in BPW Patan
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 17 April 2011
Against a backdrop of political upheaval in Nepal, Kiva's local partner, BPW Patan, has not only maintained course as a women's advocacy group and microcredit organization but has also empowered its women borrowers with a healthy local governance structure that promotes leadership and encourages women to voice their opinions.
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Photo Favorite: World’s Best Airline Name
Blog: GoBackpacking - 14 April 2011
If you're ever in Nepal, be sure to fly Yeti Airlines.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, personal and private support forum, expert audio interviews, and much more.
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A New Way of Thinking About Trash
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 11 April 2011
Some years ago an elfin man approached me as I walked along a boulevard in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He could see I was puzzled and wanted to help. What did I need? Holding out my handfull of trash, I pantomimed dumping it, then shrugged my shoulders and swept my hand in a semicircle [...]
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Photo Favorite: Splash of Color
Blog: GoBackpacking - 7 April 2011
Flowers brighten up the Nepali landscape.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, personal and private support forum, expert audio interviews, and much more.
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Update from the Field: Fun Facts, Field Visits + Back to Basics
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 21 March 2011
Compiled by Alexis Ditkowsky, KF14, South Africa For many Fellows, this week was about getting back to basics: the borrowers. In between fun facts about Kiva Fellowships, doing database detective work, and reflecting on the internal dynamics of Kiva's partner microfinance institutions, Fellows found themselves in the field again and again, much to their delight and often to the delight of borrowers.
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Women Working for Women: Staff + Client Collaboration in Nepal
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 17 March 2011
By Claudine Emeott, KF14, Nepal On my first day of work at BPW Patan in Nepal, I took a quick look around the office and was amazed to find myself surrounded by almost all women. Granted, it is a small office — BPW occupies just one room — but the ratio of women to men [...]
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Photo Favorite: Daily Errands
Blog: GoBackpacking - 16 March 2011
I took this photo on the road from Kathmandu to Pokhara, Nepal.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, private forum, audio interviews, and more.
