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• Who are these handsome devils?

  Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 14 March 2012

  Previous to the Kiva Fellowship, I worked for the Canada Revenue Agency, Canada’s federal tax department.  It was the only job I’ve ever had where I was reluctant to tell people what I did for a living.  While working for the Agency carries with it a certain stigma, the job itself can be described as [...]

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• I Am Happiest When…

  Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 27 August 2010

  I began writing this blog on a scrap piece of paper just north of the Burkinabé/Ghanaian border. I had spent my morning walking across the border carrying a 40-pound pack and subsequently spending far too much money on a taxi into the nearest town. My Kiva Fellowship had ended a week and a half earlier, and I was sitting in a hot, dirty hotel room with a concrete floor, grimy walls, and inconsistent electricity. I was desperate for entertainment.

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• A Kiva Fellow’s Scrap Book

  Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 20 August 2010

    By Leah Gage, KF 10 in Ukraine & KF11 in Togo   Today is my last day as a Kiva Fellow. Kiva Fellows Class number 10 (or KF10) took me to Zaporozhye, Ukraine where I worked with Kiva’s field partner HOPE Ukraine; KF11 brought me here to Lomé, Togo, where I work with two [...]

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