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Kiva Fellow Brent

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Location:
New York NY United States
I loan because:
it can make a difference.
Member Since:
Jul 8, 2008
Bio:
Brent is a California native with a background in non-profits focused on grassroots social change. He worked as a community organizer outside Boston and was the statewide grassroots coordinator for the Citizen’s Campaign in New Jersey. He spent several years working with New York’s immigrant communities as an organizer with 1199 SEIU, where his team helped thousands of home care workers establish unions and campaign for livable wages and health care. Brent has traveled extensively, volunteered with a community health program in India, and refuses to return from this fellows placement without learning to cook at least one delicious local dish. He was drawn to Kiva by his longstanding desire to do more for poverty in developing countries, and his enthusiasm for innovative ideas that empower more people to improve their lives. Brent graduated from Harvard University with a degree in government, and plans to pursue an MBA focused on social enterprise.
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Brent's Kiva Fellowships

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Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF7

Fellow at AFODENIC

Mar 2, 2009 to Aug 1, 2009

Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF8

Fellow at Fundacion Realidad A.C (FRAC), a partner of World Vision International

Jun 1, 2009 to Jul 17, 2009

Updates From The Field

Growing a Business, Saving a Child
May 29, 2009
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By Brett Dobbs, KF7 Kenya While an estimated half of Kenyans with AIDS are receiving anti-retroviral treatment, only about a third of Kenyan children are. In a Feb. 5th 2009 report issued by Human Rights [...]
M-Banking!
May 14, 2009
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What I’m writing to tell you about is M-PESA! Usually it doesn’t have an exclamation point after it, but I put one there because every time I think about it, I get very excited. M-PESA! Long story short, M [...]
Healthy Loans
Mar 27, 2009
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Neat pajamas. That was one of two things I got out of having Amoebic Dysentery last week. The other, was a new appreciation for the work that K-MET , the development corporation with a small micro-finance wing, [...]

Entrepreneurs Brent Has Visited

Update for Luis Adolfo
May 20, 2009
Luis is a merchant in Managua, and applied for his Kiva loan to invest in his business. He used the money from his loan to purchase materials like ceramics. The result of his loan was very god, because he was [...]
Update for Nidia Andrea
May 20, 2009
Nidia has her business selling clothes, as well as a book store. She used the money from her loan to invest in her business, and will need another loan to continue investing in her business. She recommends [...]
Update for Rosa Argentina
May 18, 2009
Delicious things are happening on the outskirts of the capital of Nicaragua, with a little help from lenders on Kiva. Rosa Argentina Calero Mendoza has her business here selling various foods she makes at [...]
Update for Johanna
May 15, 2009
Johanna is running a pulperia in her home, a sort of neighborhood convenience store that is common here in the capital of Nicaragua, where she sells various food staples and snacks. The space she has for her [...]
Update for Alejandra Virginia
May 15, 2009
If you’re ever hungry and strolling through barrio Rene Cisneros, a low income neighborhood in the capital of Nicaragua, be sure to stop in at the home of Alejandra Virginia Torrez Solis around lunch time. [...]

Brent's Loans

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22 loans

  

Brent's Teams

Brent's Invites

3 accepted invitations

Portfolio Distribution

  • By Gender
  • By Country
  • By Sector
  • By Partner

Gender

Distribution By Gender
Gender %
Female72.73%
Male27.27%

Country

Distribution By Country
Country %
Mexico9.09%
Nicaragua4.55%
Mali4.55%
Liberia4.55%
Paraguay4.55%
Peru4.55%
Togo4.55%
Sierra Leone4.55%
Senegal4.55%
Iraq4.55%
Honduras4.55%
Costa Rica4.55%
Colombia4.55%
Cambodia4.55%
Bolivia4.55%
Dominican Republic4.55%
Ecuador4.55%
Guatemala4.55%
Ghana4.55%
El Salvador4.55%
Benin4.55%

Sector

Distribution By Sector
Sector %
Retail45.45%
Food27.27%
Clothing13.64%
Services9.09%
Agriculture4.55%

Partner

Distribution By Field Partner
Field Partner %
Fundacion Realidad A.C (FRAC), A Partner Of World Vision International9.09%
Hattha Kaksekar Limited (HKL), A Partner Of Save The Children4.55%
Fundación Paraguaya4.55%
Fundación Mario Santo Domingo (FMSD)4.55%
Manuela Ramos / CrediMUJER4.55%
Prisma Honduras, S.A.4.55%
Women And Associations For Gain Both Economic And Social (WAGES)4.55%
UIMCEC, A Partner Of ChildFund International4.55%
Soro Yiriwaso, A Partner Of Save The Children4.55%
Fundación AgroCapital, A Partner Of ACDI/VOCA4.55%
FUDECOSUR4.55%
Asociación ASDIR4.55%
Apoyo Integral4.55%
Alidé4.55%
Al-Thiqa Organization4.55%
Banco D-MIRO S.A.4.55%
BRAC Liberia Microfinance Company Limited4.55%
Esperanza International Dominican Republic, A Partner Of HOPE International4.55%
Christian Rural Aid Network (CRAN)4.55%
BRAC Sierra Leone Microfinance Company Limited4.55%
ADIM (Asociación Alternativa Para El Desarrollo Integral De Las Mujeres)4.55%