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		<title>Video blog: The heart of Kiva</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mindblank! Recently I have been at a loss for words, and haven’t felt so compelled to share anything on the blog. Instead I decided to focus my efforts on producing a video of my time in the field as a Kiva fellow. One of the most amazing parts of being a Kiva fellow is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=178&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Developing or Developed &#8211; which would you rather?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These words were inspired by a recent conversation I had with a Ugandan man who had spent 10 years of his life living and working in the UK. He left shocked over the lack of community, how you couldn&#8217;t just talk to a stranger on the streets like in Uganda, and how people would refuse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=171&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A week in my life..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what does week one of being a Kiva fellow entail?  I can’t guarantee that this will be typical – we are all in very different places around the world, but for me… Day One: I arrived at Entebbe airport Uganda.  Found a taxi to take me into Kampala, to my new abode, met my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=165&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Annapurna</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nepal lived up to all expectations and more.  The truth is that it had been around 9 years in the making!  Ever since our trip there was cancelled in our final year of secondary school (due to the Royal Family Massacre), my friends and I had been itching to go.  Nepal has a certain charm [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=158&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been inspired to start blogging again, despite the fact that I finished my Kiva fellowship over 3 months ago now and life has moved with momentum in countless other directions since then.  Also I got a comment! And that felt good, so thanks to my filipino friend who enjoyed my post about the country I like to call [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=114&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kiva, Google Earth, and the Big Wide World</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Economic Ventures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so hear me out on this concept – I think it’s a good one.  In my eyes one of THE greatest things to come out of the last fifty years is the ability to travel.  The ability to see, to experience, to understand different cultures, and get a taste of what it’s like to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=102&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things the Philippines Can Teach the World</title>
		<link>http://annaclealblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/10-things-the-philippines-can-teach-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 07:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1) How to smile At the moment I am working as a Kiva fellow with the field partner organisation Community Economic Ventures (CEVI), based in Bohol, Philippines. Here there are some of the most fantastic smiles I have ever seen. It’s the real face lit up, all teeth accounted for, glowing beam that can spread [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=93&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear World&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people don’t like airports/train stations/bus stations but I do. I like those few moments in between where you’ve been, and where you are going. The fact you actually get a chance to reflect. I’m in a queue at the airport. Here are my thoughts. Sometimes life rushes. Sometimes it goes so fast you don’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=79&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Right Hand Man, Sesenio</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming increasingly obvious to me, living here in the Philippines, that SO often money does not go into the right hands. The two main shopping malls on the island of Bohol are owned by wealthy Chinese business men. Chain stores like Chow King, McDonalds, and Jollibee are filled with customers. When you ask [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=75&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do we need Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and Interest rates?</title>
		<link>http://annaclealblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/why-do-we-need-microfinance-institutions-mfis-and-interest-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A blog in response to comments under “Bad Roads, Interest Rates, and MFI Sustainability” Food for thought on Interest rates Have you ever seen a microfinance institution? Working with Community Economic Ventures (CEVI) in the Philippines I have come across the most passionate, forward thinking bunch of individuals who really care about the community in which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annaclealblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7826738&amp;post=73&amp;subd=annaclealblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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