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Kiva Fellows in DeNile
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 3 August 2009
By Jaclyn Berfond, Laura Buhler, Alison Carlman, Joel Carlman and Cameron Morris Last weekend the East African Kiva Fellows delegation descended upon the bustling streets of Kampala, Uganda and the banks of the Nile River for two days of intense knowledge transfer and mild revelry. We spent hours discussing the importance of data validity in performing [...]
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PAX RWANDA
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 24 June 2009
I am sure that many of you have read of the horrors that occurred here in Rwanda almost exactly 15 years ago, but few of us can actually envision the magnitude of such tragedy and its consequences on a society. Upon arrival in Rwanda I have noticed many hindrances to development and I have generated a [...]
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The need for entrepreneurship
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 12 June 2009
“Allow me to introduce myself”, I’m Laura Buhler, a member of the KF8 class. I am from Calgary, Canada and have found the transition to life in Rwanda to be very smooth, given just a couple of bumps in the road. Exactly two weeks in to my Fellowship at Vision Finance Company (VFC) in Kigali, Rwanda, one [...]
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