Posts tagged ‘Lake Kivu’
A Story from the Field, but from a Distance
In most ways, Tuesday was a pretty average day as a Kiva Fellow. I spent a few hours working with Bob, the Kiva Coordinator at new field partner Hekima. We reviewed how Kiva implementation is going at the institution and tried to resolve a few technicalities. We drafted some new templates and a manual, tools that will help the partnership scale-up and evolve from pilot phase to active phase. Bob updated me on his plans to train a second Hekima branch on Kiva’s processes, and invited me to come along. What was not average is that I had to decline. Bob works in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and due to ongoing security concerns in the region, Kiva staff and Fellows are not allowed to visit.
