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Expats in Zap | Grassroots & Global
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Promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y'. When Borrowers become Lenders…Heroes…and possibly exploited. Blowing Around in the Wind →. March 26, 2010. My roommate Colleen and I often feel guilty about how much fun we have here in Zaporozhye, Ukraine (lovingly referred to as Zap by Ukrainians and expats alike). To this end, we’ve created a series of videos about our life in Zaporozhye and all the fun that ensues as a result. Please enjoy! This entry was posted in Uncategorized. You are ...
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RUSHIN’ the RUSSIAN …or… How I’ve become a horrible person to get to know in only 4 weeks | Grassroots & Global
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Promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y'. Happy Men’s Day! Relying on the Kindness of Strangers →. RUSHIN’ the RUSSIAN …or… How I’ve become a horrible person to get to know in only 4 weeks. March 3, 2010. Step 4 never happened. The interpreter never called this morning and it all fell apart. I love you Kiva, but why the *&%# did you send me to Ukraine, when I speak no Russian or Ukrainian at all? I interviewed in French! I’ve since learned that I had. And so I visit Anya, my Russian ...
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When Borrowers become Lenders…Heroes…and possibly exploited | Grassroots & Global
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Promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y'. New Post on the Kiva Fellows Blog! Expats in Zap →. When Borrowers become Lenders…Heroes…and possibly exploited. March 26, 2010. Ukraine’s small business owners have been squeezed on both sides. Providing small loans of their own is not an uncommon way for these businesses to stay afloat in such difficult circumstances. We have lots of borrowers, Tatyana Syomkin told me. Sitting in their shop, looking around at well-stocked shelves run by Tat...
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Relying on the Kindness of Strangers | Grassroots & Global
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Promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y'. RUSHIN’ the RUSSIAN …or… How I’ve become a horrible person to get to know in only 4 weeks. New Post on the Kiva Fellows Blog! Relying on the Kindness of Strangers. March 11, 2010. Following my latest post about language barriers and related difficulties, I got many a note from friends and family telling me to chin up and come home if I needed. I guess what I considered to be. Was really just coming off as dull complaints… my bad, friends.
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Blowing Around in the Wind | Grassroots & Global
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Promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y'. The Power of Microfinance →. Blowing Around in the Wind. April 22, 2010. God forbid I title this “Blowin in the wind.” Does the addition of “Around” reduce this blog’s corniness and cliche? Well regardless I’m a week and a half from my Zap departure date. As I could have guessed, I’ve really loved my time in Ukraine, even in Zaporozhye, and am sad to be leaving this new found home and favorite job of my life. I have no idea. I’m tired, ...
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Grassroots & Global | promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y' | Page 2
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Promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y'. Newer posts →. Happy Men’s Day! February 25, 2010. The name Men’s Day became a popular term of referral I think because Conscription the practice of compulsory military service for all men was practiced under the Soviet Union. Thus, all men were considered defenders of the fatherland. Kostia, Volodya, Zhenya and Max showing off the gifts we women got them for Mens Day. (yes, theyre holding chocolate bars with their faces on them). We celebrat...
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The Power of Microfinance | Grassroots & Global
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Promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y'. Blowing Around in the Wind. The Power of Microfinance. August 2, 2010. This article is a reposting from the Kiva Fellows blog, Stories from the Field. By Leah Gage, Kiva Fellow Togo. Not an excuse of course for beating his wife, but this is the reality many rural Togolese families face. A few weeks ago, Kiva Fellow Kevin Chaissan asked what it would take and how long for Africa to “catch up.”. What will allow a developing country to develop?
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Do More | Grassroots & Global
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Promoting engagement and responsibility within generation 'y'. Admittedly, I have stolen the title of this page directly from Kiva’s website. (. Kiva, if you have any issues with this, let me know and I’ll change it! But it was this very link. That enticed me to click, learn about becoming a Kiva Fellow, and after lots of applications, preparations, fundraising, training and travel, led me to my post as a member of KF10 at HOPE Ukraine. BECOME A KIVA LENDER. Consider becoming a Kiva Fellow. You are comme...
