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Kiva Fellow Evangeline

Location:: Seattle WA United States
Occupation:: Kiva Fellow
I loan because:: I have run a business myself and know first-hand how difficult it can be to access capital when you need it. I've also traveled to many developing countries and have a special love for entrepreneurs in those areas.
About me:: Previously, I managed employees who make software. Now I volunteer with Kiva.
Member Since:: Sep 6, 2007
Bio:: Evie has recently completed an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and hails from the video game industry. Her passion is for using technology in international development. She first became inspired by microfinance and sustainable humanitarian aid through Project Artemis, a program in which Thunderbird gives business education and small loans to women in Afghanistan. Born in the US, she's been an exchange student to Japan and to France and has traveled throughout Europe and Asia, developing a particular love for Cambodia and Thailand. Evie is conversational in French and is now learning Russian. She'll be a Kiva Fellow for a year, working in Ukraine, Cambodia, and parts unknown.
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Evangeline's Kiva Fellowships

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Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF7

Fellow at Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC)

Jan 5, 2009 to May 29, 2009

Updates From The Field

The Hundred Thousand Peso House

Feb 11, 2009

Meet Paglaum Multipurpose Cooperative (PMPC), Kiva’s new partner in Plaridel, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. PMPC Board of Directors & Evie, Kiva Fellow As a co-op, its clients are [...]

Recession-Resistant Microfinance

Dec 17, 2008

Storm clouds are gathering in Eastern Europe. Ukraine, Hungary, and Iceland share the news headlines as the wold’s foremost victims of the global financial crisis. Political infighting and tensions [...]

Ukrainian Perspectives on the US Presidential Election

Nov 4, 2008

The top news story today around the world is the US Presidential Election. Here in Ukraine, the banner headline on the English-language newspaper Kyiv Post is “ US Voters Go to the Polls .” Ukraine [...]

The Global Financial Crisis in Ukraine

Oct 22, 2008

On a recent trip into the Ukrainian countryside, I spoke to a woman named Yelena. She’s a Kiva client who sells office supplies to local businesses, and has been in business for herself for nine years. [...]

A Problem of Success

Oct 19, 2008

On Thursday this week, two of my office mates at HOPE Ukraine drove with me to their nearest field office, 2 hours away. Driving through the countryside was like going through Ohio or the Ardennes. Low, [...]

Why Ukraine Needs Microfinance

Oct 10, 2008

Bangladesh needs microfinance. Nigeria needs microfinance. But Ukraine? As a former Soviet state, home of the Orange Revolution , and under-journalized European backwater, Ukraine certainly has an image [...]