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Uganda’s Taxi Park: Organization in the Chaos
By Sarah Curl, KF 12 Uganda It’s five thirty in the morning and my cell phone that functions as an alarm, telephone, clock and flashlight is going off. The sound starts off soothing but gets more...
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A Photo Diary of Uganda
Sarah Curl, KF12 Uganda Here is a photo diary of what I have seen in Uganda over the past three months. Sarah Curl is a Kiva Fellow serving in Kampala, Uganda. She is working at Pearl Microfinance...
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Adventures in East Africa
By Katie Morton, KF12, Yehu Microfinance Trust, Kenya A perk of the Kiva Fellowship is having friends who live and work in diverse locations around the globe. This is the story of some KF12s that met...
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A week in my life..
By Anna Cleal, KF13, Kampala So what does week one of being a Kiva fellow entail? I can’t guarantee that this will be typical – we are all in very different places around the world, but for me… Day...
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Developed or Developing – Which would you rather?
These words were inspired by a recent conversation I had with a Ugandan man who had spent 10 years of his life living and working in the UK. He left shocked over the lack of community, how you couldn't...
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The View from the Ground
By Nila Uthayakumar, KF 14, Uganda Tuesday morning. It was just my second day at Micro Credit for Development and Transformation (MCDT), a Kiva partner microfinance bank based in Kampala, Uganda. I sat...
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Video blog: The heart of Kiva
Mindblank! Recently I have been at a loss for words, and haven't felt so compelled to share anything on the blog. Instead I decided to focus my efforts on producing a video of my time in the field as a...
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In Defense of “High” MFI Interest Rates: Part II
By Nila Uthayakumar, KF 14, Uganda On the one-year anniversary of Eva Wu’s blog post entitled In Defense of “High” MFI Interest Rates, I was inspired to write a post on this exact topic. The date of...
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Last Week in the Field: “Christmas”, Trekking, Adversity + Good Company
Compiled by Alexis Ditkowsky, KF14, South Africa Members of the 14th class of Kiva Fellows have officially hit their stride. While we never know where the next dispatch will come from or what...
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Video Blog: The Story of Lini Nanyonga
By Nila Uthayakumar, KF 14, Uganda Nila has just arrived in Kampala, Uganda after having spent six months in Zanzibar, Tanzania last year. She considers East Africa home now, and looks forward to...
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Update from the Field: Videos, Epic Commutes + Going Beyond Microfinance
Compiled by Alexis Ditkowsky, KF14, South Africa Another week, another incredible range of dispatches from around the world. Several Fellows told their stories with video and pictures while others took...
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Video Blog: The Kiva Story
By Nila Uthayakumar, KF 14, Uganda Nila is a Kiva Fellow living in Kampala, Uganda. She looks forward to working with several Kiva partner MFIs in Uganda and Kenya over the next few months. Filed...
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Update from the Field: Man’s Day, Singing Fellows + Learning How to Count
Compiled by Alexis Ditkowsky, KF14, South Africa The Fellows will be covering International Women's Day later this week but let's take a moment to acknowledge its lesser-known cousin in Kyrgyzstan,...
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My Heart has Taken Root
Nila Uthayakumar, KF14, Uganda My Rough Guide to Kenya has been open face down on my desk for the past few days. My time in Uganda has been incredible. I have seen and experienced so much in such a...
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Microlending Behind the Scenes: How MFIs Judge Credit Worthiness
By Nila Uthayakumar, KF14, Uganda, With the help of several other Fellows in the field I’ve met all kinds of borrowers. From age 16 to 76; from orphans to a former beauty queen; from potato sellers to...
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Instability and Microfinance in Kampala
By Michele Wehle, KF15, Uganda I am beginning to feel as if I’m getting a handle on life as a mzungu (foreigner) in my second week as a Kiva Fellow in Kampala. Despite my luggage being lost and having...
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More than Microfinance: How BRAC Uganda Empowers Adolescents
By Michele Wehle, KF15, Uganda A Bengali organization founded almost 40 years ago, BRAC is one of the largest NGO's in the world. BRAC does tremendous work in and outside of Bangladesh, and has...
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On the road again: Borrower visits throughout Southern Uganda
By Michele Wehle, KF15, Uganda Two weeks ago I set off bright and early to the bus park in Kampala to catch my six hour bus to Ibanda, Uganda. My objective was to meet five Kiva borrowers around...
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The Second Bottom Line and BRAC Uganda’s Gold
by Andrew Huelsenbeck, K16 Kiva Fellow, BRAC Uganda The Second Bottom Line One thing that’s gotten very popular with microfinance institutions (MFIs) lately is measuring success based on what is called...
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The Kampala Commute
by Andrew Huelsenbeck, K16 Kiva Fellow, BRAC Uganda Many Kiva Fellows have some pretty crazy commutes. This is a post about what it’s like getting around town in Kampala, Uganda. When it comes to rush...
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