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Kiva Fellow mohammed

Occupation:: Kiva Fellow
I loan because:: I want to be part of something bigger than myself
About me:: A small part of the great Kiva organism
Check out:: http://fellowsblog.kiva.org
Member Since:: Jul 16, 2009
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mohammed's Kiva Fellowships

What is a Kiva Fellowship?

Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF9

Fellow at Ryada, a partner of CHF International

Oct 20, 2009 to Nov 19, 2009

Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF9

Fellow at Palestine for Credit & Development (FATEN)

Nov 23, 2009 to Dec 29, 2009

Updates From The Field

Surviving Gaza: Tunnels, a Fiat and 375,000 Sheets of Paper

Feb 3, 2010

By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine Wael and Mohammad (left to right) are Kiva clients in Gaza I had heard that more than half of Gaza’s population lived unde [...]

Women, Microfinance and the Middle East

Dec 14, 2009

By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine

A Pragmatist’s Guide to Microfinance

Dec 7, 2009

By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine Kiva Client Hasan in front of his cab and only source of famil [...]

Trading Turkey for Lamb (Eid Mubarak)

Nov 26, 2009

By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine

I Work In Microfinance Because…

Nov 13, 2009

By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine Recently, Kiva’s been engulfed in controversy over how it presents its Person-to-Person lending platform–a convenient shorthand for the reality on the [...]

Contingency Planning for Crises Unimagined (Part 1)

Nov 9, 2009

By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine Before proceeding, let me first state that this is not a political blog. I neither have the expertise nor desire to engage in the complex web of conflict–latent or [...]

Entrepreneurs mohammed Has Visited

Update for Shadi

Feb 11, 2010

Although it is the largest microfinance institution (MFI) in the Palestinian Territories, FATEN’s size and growth—the organization plans to have $23.5M in disbursed loans in three years, up from $16M [...]

Update for Rami

Feb 11, 2010

Ryada, a Partner of CHF International and a Field Partner that administers loans funded by Kiva lenders, does not take the Arabic meaning of its name “pioneer” lightly. In numerous conversations I shared [...]