Foto Friday is back and better than ever! Actually, I just added a “z” at the end of “Foto” to make it seem cool. What do you think? Impressed?
I figured, one photo on Friday was just a tease, so I added a “z” and vow to bring you multiple photos every Friday to distract you from work for a little while.
Okay, take a minute to get over that big announcement and let me tell you about these lovely little shots.
I arrived in Guatemala a month ago and have been working with a local microfinance institution as a Kiva Fellow. The organization that I’m working with is a new Kiva partner, so I’ve had the opportunity to help train their staff and work to develop their borrower loan profile. One of my principle tasks has been to visit local businesses who are receiving Kiva loans to collect information and explain how Kiva works. I’ve had the chance to visit 24 different business owners in the past four weeks and it has been nothing short of amazing.
The greatest aspect of this process has been venturing into the different towns and villages to track down the borrowers.
Here are a few photos from our expeditions thus far. Enjoy Responsibly.
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How do you find your borrowers sites- looks like a GPS may not be an option?
Lots of hand-drawn maps and asking neighbors where so-and-so lives! It’s a process.
I would love to do something like this.
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It has been great experience thus far Steph, you should definitely apply.
I love the photo of the Atitlan Volcano, so gorgeous! I have family in Guatemala so I’ve been meaning to get down there forever, this pictures make me want to even more so now.
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