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• Lady in the Sacred Valley

  Blog: A Lady in London - 5 April 2012

  After two lovely days in Machu Picchu, it was time to head back to Cuzco. But when my train arrived at Ollantaytambo station in the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, I still had one thing left to do: meet one of the town’s most important organizations. Or rather, they met me. As [...]

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• Lady in Machu Picchu

  Blog: A Lady in London - 30 March 2012

  I know exactly how long I’ve wanted to travel to Machu Picchu. One of my childhood Spanish teachers was from Peru, and in addition to teaching us his country’s language, he awed us with stories about its culture. When I was in 6th grade, he showed us a video about the Inca Empire that inspired [...]

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• A Look Under the Hood (Fine-tuning an MFI for 2011)

  Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 14 December 2010

  By Eric Burdullis, KF12, Cuzco, Peru Last weekend, I had the chance to attend Asociación Arariwa´s year end planning retreat out in the Sacred Valley in Urubamba, Peru. More than just spending the weekend having fun with my co-workers at the institution, I was excited to finally see what a microfinance institution (MFI) really is about. On one hand as a Kiva Fellow, I get a very in depth look at how my MFI works, but on the other hand, Kiva is still perceived as a funding source for the MFI so they are constantly “putting their best foot forward”.

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