A quarter million hits and counting!
19 August 2009 at 10:17 JD Bergeron 3 comments
By JD Bergeron, Kiva Fellows Program Director
Perhaps a few of you noticed in the sidebar to the right that Kiva Stories from the Field recently passed 250,000 views. Started in summer 2007, the blog was intended to promote the work of Kiva Fellows in the field and to provide a view into the daily lives of these incredible, generous people doing their part to promote Kiva’s mission of connecting individuals through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
This blog has seemingly inspired a number of other social enterprise blogs and Kiva is quite proud of the reach, breadth and enthusiasm shown toward these stories. We have recently been added to Lonely Planet’s blogsherpa program which automatically links content from specific countries to those pages on the Lonely Planet website. See Liberia for an illustration of how Kiva Fellow Dave McMurtry has become one of the voices for visitors to the West African nation.
It is our aim to continue to provide high quality personal stories and observations on a daily (or nearly daily) basis. Please share the blog with your friends. And we would love to hear your suggestions for stories you’d like to read!
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1. gvidas | 5 September 2009 at 05:27
I enjoy reading these blogs. I made my first loan almost 2 years ago and now the loaning starts to be daily business. But these stories they just inspire me to loan. I am rewarded from them with the clear sense of importance of Kiva. I also like to read about the life in different countries – it is a like a travel guide for me. I especially like when they describe the life of the borrowers – it just reminds me that there still are many poor people. And that is what keeps me lending.
2. Unilove | 24 August 2009 at 23:23
JD,
You and everyone at Kiva should be very proud of the Kiva Fellows program and the Fellows. Such a group of dedicated and inspired individuals, out in the field to do good, is such an integral part of the total Kiva Experience…
Lisa
an unabashed Kiva Fellows fan
3. Guide Me Green | 21 August 2009 at 11:04
Anybody want to take a guess on when we will pass the 1 million mark!? As KIVA continues to grow then the BLOGS will grow also as more content/loans.