Sloane Berrent, our new ASHI Kiva Fellow based in the Philippines, is launching a search for another Kiva Fellow of Filipino descent to continue ASHI's and Kiva's work there. She has posted the following on the Kiva Fellows blog:
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2009/07/13/wanted-tagalog-speaking-kiva-fellow-reward-if-found/"The Kiva Fellows Program is looking for a Tagalog-speaking (or Cebuano) person of Filipino descent for a placement at a microfinance institution on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. That means you must be comfortable being placed there and traveling around the region.
Why Tagalog/Cebuano speaking and Filipino? Kiva abides very closely to the State Department issued warning and there is currently a travel advisory against U.S. citizens traveling to that part of the Philippines.
Reward you say? That’s right. If you recommend the Kiva Fellows who gets the placement I personally will give you a $25 Kiva gift certificate.
Why? Because I’m here in the Philippines now and I wish I could go down to Mindanao myself. I see microfinance making a real impact here in the Philippines, especially in the provinces outside of Manila, and I believe that Mindanao deserves the same availability to Kiva the rest of the Philippines has access to. (slight editing here - please read Sloane's full blog post)
Please send this along to anyone you think is a qualified candidate. Have them refer you in their application and if chosen, I’ll be giving you a $25 Kiva gift certificate to loan to any Borrower you want! Interested in helping with this incentive? Match me and let’s make this “reward” higher ($50, $100 +!) Just say so in the comments and include your email address and I’ll keep you in the loop about who our deserving winner is!~ ~ ~ So, how can we Kiva Friends help? Several ways:
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Offer a $25 Kiva Gift Certificate as a show of support and encouragement. As of 7/11/09, we are currently up to $75.00! ~ donations from Sloane, Unilove, Brennan - come join us!
2. Recommend someone who will qualify and make a great Kiva Fellow
3. Spread the news and widen the search.
4. Post comments on the Kiva Fellows blog to encourage the Fellows and their MFI's
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
Unashamedly, a Kiva Fellows fan,
Unilove aka Lisa
P.S. We have collected an additional $50 in Kiva Gift Certificates for the (hopefully soon-to-be-recommended-and-chosen) Kiva Fellow for this challenge as well!
