A view of lending from the field
13 January 2010 at 01:07 Coambs 3 comments
By Ed Coambs, KF9 Philippines, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation
A great entrepreneur!
By now you have probably had a chance to make a loan on Kiva.org and if not you are thinking about it. Either way you are probably thinking about how does the loan get made in the field. Well like you I wondered this until I became a Kiva Fellow. Now that I have spent 3 months in the field, I can honestly say I know how the lending process works.
Let me just say it is a lot hotter, and comes with shall I say a distinct smell that you will never get while clicking through Kiva.org at home or wherever you make your loans from.
I hope that you enjoy watching this short film I have put together to show what the lending process looks like from the field. After watching this short flick take a minute to check out Kiva.org and make a loan to one of the many great entrepreneurs out there.
If you want to take you lending to the next level, consider joining a lending team. Why not check out the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation lending team.
Entry filed under: blogsherpa, KF9 (Kiva Fellows 9th Class), NWTF (Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation), Philippines. Tags: improving lifes, KF9, Kiva Fellows, microfinance lending, Philippines microfinance.
1. M & D | 16 January 2010 at 06:55
It’s good to have this visual! It might be helpful to have this on your home page so newcomers find it more readily. I’m so impressed by the work that Kiva does, and by the effectiveness of microloans. We were on vacation in Mexico last week and saw small supermarkets run by women, and I knew that these women most likely needed loans to get started. Thanks to Kiva’s borrower profiles that I had read, I had a greater sense of what these women’s lives might be like, the family members they needed to support, and the hard work and long hours they needed to put in just to get by in life. Thank you, Kiva.
2. dave oglaza | 14 January 2010 at 12:06
Hi thanks for adding this I found it really useful!
3. Chakra Lal Maharjan | 14 January 2010 at 01:51
Hi, Greetings & thanks, I am so happy with you,it’s very much good to me, how’s doing your ministry it’s ggreat chalendge for me, it’s really guideline for me. I am doing Newar ministry.