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Video: How MFI’s explain Kiva to borrowers
Jenny Jin, KF11 – Kenya, KADET
Check out a video that features how a microfinance partner, KADET, explains Kiva to clients.
Video: Kenyan mountaintops is where wonderful inspirations live
In Kabarnet, a town situated on the mountain tops of Western Kenya, I spent a day with Irene, a credit officer, to meet KADET’s client groups living in this area. At the end of the day, I was tired but happy from all the people I had the pleasure to meet. One young woman, at the young age of 28, was earning less than $2 a day and supporting 8 orphan children in addition to her own two kids. Wow!
Who are the entrepreneurs at KADET?
Jenny Jin, KF11- Kenya, KADET
In the first weeks as a Kiva Fellow with KADET, I learned that the Kenyan microfinance organization focused on serving rural small entrepreneurs, both men and women. But it wasn’t until I got into the field and met the clients that I began to have a richer understanding of the entrepreneurs that KADET was serving. The clients were infallibly gracious in their welcome, and shared details of their businesses, their family life, and invited me into their homes and introduced me to their neighbors. As many other Kiva Fellows attest, these field visits to meet clients have been the best part of my experience and oftentimes also present the greatest challenge to figure out how to pass on this information to the Kiva community without losing much of the vibrancy.
Solar Loans in Kenya
Jenny Jin, KF11
This past weekend I had the opportunity to check out one of KADET’s newest loan products: solar loans!
A letter from Dorice to the Kiva Community
Dorice is the newest Kiva assistant coordinator for KADET, the Kenyan microfinance partner that I’ve been working with through my Kiva Fellowship. Dorice is new to KADET’s Kiva Operations team but she’s been with KADET for years, and has been a real source of inspiration and fun for the staff and past Kiva Fellows with her passion to help others and her social personality. A week ago, I asked Dorice whether she’d be interested to introduce herself to the Kiva community on the blog, and she wrote a wonderful letter that I’m posting below.
My name is Dorice Lucy Anyango. I’m a Kiva assistant coordinator in KADET Microfinance based in the Nairobi office. I joined the KADET Kiva team in June, and I would like to share the story of myself, and my work for KADET and Kiva.
Exciting Technology Helping Borrowers, Changing East Africa
Jenny Jin, KF11- Kenya
It’s an exciting time to be in Nairobi, Kenya right now – especially for anyone who’s interested in development. This city is filled with passionate locals and expats who are working on social enterprises, green companies, and tech startups of all different perspectives and approaches to tackle big challenges. I arrived in Nairobi six weeks ago after living in Silicon Valley for the past three years, and I found a city even more energetic about innovation than where I had come from.
