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Kiva Fellow Laura

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Location:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation:
Kiva Fellow
I loan because:
I believe good business can correct what bad business has done to the developing world...
About me:
I worked as a Kiva Fellow at Vision Finance Company in Kigali, Rwanda. Now I'm in strategy consulting at McKinsey & Co.
Check out:
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org
Member Since:
Aug 5, 2007
Bio:
Laura recently graduated from Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary with a B.COMM in International Business with a linguistic focus in French. She spent 2007-2008 at HEC Paris Graduate School of Management in France as a visiting student and completed an undergraduate dissertation on International Law on migrant workers' rights in the Gulf and Mashreq states. In summer of 2008, Laura worked as a summer business analyst for McKinsey & Co. Canada and will return in the fall of 2009 as a full-time analyst. Laura has been an online lender through Kiva for some time now and always wanted to enter the microfinance sector after graduation, so before starting back at McKinsey & Co., she will head to Kigali, Rwanda as a Kiva Fellow. Laura is fluent in French and English.
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Laura's Kiva Fellowships

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Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF8

Fellow at Vision Finance Company s.a. (VFC), a partner of World Vision International

Jun 1, 2009 to Aug 3, 2009

Entrepreneurs Laura Has Visited

Update for Harerimana Cyprien
Jul 16, 2009
reetings from the Northern Province of Rwanda. This is an update on the progress of Kiva client Cyprien Harerimana, general store owner, and recipient of your Kiva loan. Cyprien is a real business man. Vision [...]
Update for Jean Damascene
Jul 16, 2009
Greetings Kiva lenders! “Miriwye” from the Northern Province of Rwanda. If you are receiving this message, it is because you made a Kiva loan to Jean Damascène Bigirimana. Thank you for your loan to Jean [...]
Update for Theoneste
Jul 8, 2009
If you are receiving this update, it is to thank you for your Kiva loan to Théoneste Irakaremye at his shop in Rwamagana in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. As we approach the Tanzanian border, the land here begins [...]
Update for Gorette
Jul 3, 2009
“Miriywe”! Greetings to Kiva lenders of Gorette Karangwa-Dusabe. I had the pleasure of visiting Gorette in her beauty salon this afternoon (Friday, July 3, 2009). The first two things that struck me about [...]
Update for Murorunkwere
Jul 3, 2009
“Amakuru” from Kigali, Rwanda! If you are receiving this journal update, it is because I am thanking you for lending to Shadia Emertha Murounkwere. in Kigali, Rwanda, whom I visited this afternoon (Friday, July 3, [...]

Laura's Loans

19 loans

  

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Portfolio Distribution

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  • By Country
  • By Sector
  • By Partner

Gender

Distribution By Gender
Gender %
Female57.89%
Male42.11%

Country

Distribution By Country
Country %
Lebanon36.84%
Palestine10.53%
Peru10.53%
Tanzania5.26%
The Democratic Republic Of The Congo5.26%
Rwanda5.26%
Mexico5.26%
Iraq5.26%
Kenya5.26%
Kyrgyzstan5.26%
Armenia5.26%

Sector

Distribution By Sector
Sector %
Retail36.84%
Agriculture26.32%
Services15.79%
Food10.53%
Clothing10.53%

Partner

Distribution By Field Partner
Field Partner %
Vitas. S.a.l.21.05%
Al Majmoua Lebanese Association For Development15.79%
Palestine For Credit & Development (FATEN)10.53%
Microfinanzas Prisma10.53%
Vision Finance Company S.a. (VFC), A Partner Of World Vision International5.26%
Yehu Microfinance Trust5.26%
SEF International UCO LLC, A Partner Of World Vision International5.26%
MCC Mol Bulak Finance LLC5.26%
BRAC Tanzania5.26%
CHF International Access To Credit Services Initiatives (ACSI) Iraq5.26%
CrediComun5.26%
Hekima, A Partner Of World Relief5.26%

Laura's Lending Activity by Country

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