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Three Interesting Borrowers
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 11 December 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua Last week I met three borrowers who struck me as particularly interesting, each for a different reason. All three have been thought-provoking and have stuck with me over the course of the week. In their own way, each of the three represented a unique experience for me. Even though I’d been [...]
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Pineapple, Plantains, Pitahaya…Oh My!
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 1 December 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua Since arriving in Nicaragua for my Kiva Fellowship about two months ago, my time here has been marked by a range of new experiences. I have become surprisingly adept at pouring juice from a plastic bag into a glass. I am intimately familiar with the smell of burning garbage, the most [...]
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‘Tis Someone’s Season To Be Jolly
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 19 November 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua As the holiday season fast approaches, I imagine many of you back at home are starting to make lists (checking them twice?) of presents or of people you’re going to buy presents for or even of presents you hope someone else gets you. It’s no secret that businesses in the United [...]
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Managua airport/aeropuerto de Managua
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 17 November 2009
You will probably be pleasantly surprised upon arrival at the airport in Managua, Nicaragua. It has been overhauled in the past few years and is quite modern, complete with full services for travelers. There is free WiFi throughout the airport. There are some good duty free stores in the luggage pickup area. [...]
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Intermezzo del Bosque
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 13 November 2009
intermezzodelbosque@gmail.comwww.intermezzodelbosque.com2271-14288883-0071 Tuesday (martes) to Friday (viernes) 5-11 p.m.Saturday (sábado) 1p.m.-11 p.m.Sunday (domingo) 1 p.m.-7 p.m. We went to eat last night at Intermezzo del Bosque. It’s got the best view of Managua of any restaurant I have been to. Also, it’s delightfully fresh and cool because it’s at the top of the small mountains that border Managua [...]
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A Slice of the Pie
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 5 November 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua Before I left for my placement as a Kiva Fellow in Nicaragua, I was browsing my microfinance institution’s web site, trying to see what I could learn from it and to familiarize myself with the organization, AFODENIC, a bit more. I clicked on a link in the left sidebar called “Fuentes [...]
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Where The Streets Have No Names
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 21 October 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua In one of our training sessions for the 9th class of Kiva Fellows at the end of September, a staffer told us that we might be living and working during our fellowships in places without street signs–because the streets are unnamed. He described how, in small towns, a direction might be [...]
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Nicaragua – Granada
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 4 July 2009
Our time in Nicaragua flew by and all of sudden we are sitting on a plane on our way home wondering how our time went by so quickly. Nicaragua was a fascinating place to visit and since neither of us had ever been to Central America before this was kindof like jumping right into the [...]
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A $62 Million Dollar Mistake
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 17 June 2009
The cancellation of funds and an expanding economic crisis has left the majority of Nicaragua’s poor without a support system.
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Nicaragua
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 21 July 2008
After deciding it had been much too long since we had left the country, we settled on a brief weekend trip to Nicaragua. Upon arrival at Logan we were joined at the American ticket counter by the New England Revolution who were on their way to LA for an upcoming match. While our flights were uneventful that day (the way we like it!), we found out on the news later that the Revolution were not as lucky.
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