Comments on: For Daniel http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/10/28/for-daniel/ Kiva Fellows share their experiences from the field Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:29:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kirsten http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/10/28/for-daniel/#comment-2882 Kirsten Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:27:06 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2882 My thoughts are with Daniel, Lando. I love that you're getting to become so close to people like him. My thoughts are with Daniel, Lando. I love that you’re getting to become so close to people like him.

]]> By: lburr http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/10/28/for-daniel/#comment-2742 lburr Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:25:37 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2742 Dear Tatiana, Jan, and John, Thank you for your thoughts. While I cannot speak on Kiva's behalf, I do not think that the organization is trying to curtail the Kiva Fellows' personal thoughts or experiences. We were asked, however, to "orient" our blogs toward Kiva and microfinance. If you feel that the blogs become too impersonal, I would encourage you to contact Kiva with your concerns. Speaking about my own blog, I get most excited about human relationships and connections and will continue to try and write about the people I meet and how they shape me. Dear Tatiana, Jan, and John,

Thank you for your thoughts. While I cannot speak on Kiva’s behalf, I do not think that the organization is trying to curtail the Kiva Fellows’ personal thoughts or experiences. We were asked, however, to “orient” our blogs toward Kiva and microfinance. If you feel that the blogs become too impersonal, I would encourage you to contact Kiva with your concerns. Speaking about my own blog, I get most excited about human relationships and connections and will continue to try and write about the people I meet and how they shape me.

]]> By: Jan & John, KivaFriends http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/10/28/for-daniel/#comment-2719 Jan & John, KivaFriends Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:33:41 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2719 Thanks for sharing your experiences with us and please pass along our wishes for health and happiness to Daniel after his ordeal. I enjoy reading the blogs because you Fellows are able to take us into another culture and make lending a true person to person experience. All the facts can be found on the MFI websites but the feelings and interactions of the people on the ground are what matter to me. Little things, like Daniel washing his motorbike. I am thinking now I should probably go wash my car because Daniel's bike is probably looked after better than my car. And about praying during a full moon. I will think of Indonesia next month when our moon is full. I love Kiva because it is a person to person lending site. I think the culture you are immersed in and your personal feelings and experiences are what the whole thing is about. Please continue to share those with us here at home. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us and please pass along our wishes for health and happiness to Daniel after his ordeal.
I enjoy reading the blogs because you Fellows are able to take us into another culture and make lending a true person to person experience. All the facts can be found on the MFI websites but the feelings and interactions of the people on the ground are what matter to me.
Little things, like Daniel washing his motorbike. I am thinking now I should probably go wash my car because Daniel’s bike is probably looked after better than my car. And about praying during a full moon. I will think of Indonesia next month when our moon is full.
I love Kiva because it is a person to person lending site. I think the culture you are immersed in and your personal feelings and experiences are what the whole thing is about. Please continue to share those with us here at home.

]]> By: Tatiana http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/10/28/for-daniel/#comment-2717 Tatiana Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:39:50 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-2717 Actually, I was thinking of how interesting the personal recollections are. I hope they aren't too strict about people keeping their posts to microfinance. To me the blog is much better as an open and truthful description of the experiences of kiva fellows in the field. It gives me the deep down understanding that we're all in this together, that all these countries with their vastly different social fabrics are nevertheless interconnected. If it becomes a recitation of the party line, it will be useless. I certainly hope the personal isn't leached out of the kiva experience little by little over time. I think it would be a terrible mistake. The reason it works at all is because it's personal. Actually, I was thinking of how interesting the personal recollections are. I hope they aren’t too strict about people keeping their posts to microfinance. To me the blog is much better as an open and truthful description of the experiences of kiva fellows in the field. It gives me the deep down understanding that we’re all in this together, that all these countries with their vastly different social fabrics are nevertheless interconnected. If it becomes a recitation of the party line, it will be useless.

I certainly hope the personal isn’t leached out of the kiva experience little by little over time. I think it would be a terrible mistake. The reason it works at all is because it’s personal.

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