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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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