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Kiva Fellow Tamara

Location:: Samoa
Occupation:: Kiva Fellow
I loan because:: it empowers others
Member Since:: Jul 24, 2009
Bio:: A native New Yorker, Tamara graduated from the University of Virginia in 2002, with a degree in Economics and Foreign Affairs. Subsequently, Tamara spent two years working for an investment bank in Manhattan before relocating to Tokyo with her firm where she has spent the past six years of her career. During her time in Japan, Tamara was introduced to the world of microfinance, and a desire to pair her passion for social responsibility and her professional skill set prompted her to pursue an opportunity to contribute through the Kiva Fellowship Program. Humbled and ecstatic, Tamara is eagerly looking forward to continuing the work of the Kiva Fellows who have served before her, and becoming a part of the Kiva community
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Tamara's Kiva Fellowships

What is a Kiva Fellowship?

Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF12

Fellow at South Pacific Business Development (SPBD)

Samoa

Aug 10, 2010 to Nov 5, 2010

Updates From The Field

5 Interesting Questions from the Field

Nov 2, 2010

In my time volunteering with SPBD, I’ve made many trips with the Center Managers (CMs) out on the field to meet clients, interviewing for journal postings, or just to see the atmosphere at center meetings. [...]

Are Microfinance Borrowers “Borrowers” or are they “Entrepreneurs”?

Sep 23, 2010

Let me start out with a quote I just recently found by Professor Yunus from here : “If we imagine a world where every human being is a potential entrepreneur, we’ll build a system to give [...]

How did the chicken cross the road?…

Aug 13, 2010

Why did the chicken cross the road? Better yet – How did the chicken cross the road? Really, you don’t know? Then I’ll get back to that in a minute! Yesterday was my first day in Samoa having arrived [...]