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Giving hope and commitment
One of my lasts tasks as a Kiva Fellow was to do a journal update an incarcerated Kiva entrepreneur.
Kiva’s field partner in Guatemala City, FAPE, has a program where they give women in jail trainings and a loan for their businesses while incarcerated. About one year ago, FAPE initiated this program in the jail in Guatemala City, four of the women were Kiva clients. Training programs were given. Loans were being repaid, and the women were even putting money away in savings. The program was a success. In late Summer of 2009, two things happened: the women were moved from the jail to the correctional facility and FAPE changed directors.
Continue Reading 9 February 2010 at 06:00 Jeremy Lapedis 5 comments
