No sooner than I returned from the Middle East, than it was time to dive deep into WaterCredit and prepare for initial strategy, business development and outreach trips. In less than a month I was (am!) back on the road — this time in east Africa for MFI meetings, followed by Stockholm for World Water [...]
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WaterCredit Travels: East Africa + Scandinavia!
Posted in Africa, Microfinance, Travelogues, Water, Water.org, WaterCredit on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Snippits from Jordan and “H2O+MF”
Posted in IDLO, Microfinance, Travelogues, Water on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
June was full of wonderful changes: new professional chapters and travel adventures. On the former front, I’ve begun my new role as Director of WaterCredit for Water.org. What is WaterCredit, you ask? It’s an innovative initiative that applies microfinance tools — small loans, group-based lending models, etc. — to the water and sanitation (watsan) sector. WaterCredit [...]
April’s Notes from the Road: The Philippines (2000)
Posted in Travelogues on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Madagang tanghali and Selamat siang — or should I rather say (take your pick– I’ve heard them both frequently), “Hello ma’am! Hello mister!” Said with the utmost of sincerity, a beaming smile, and the seemingly universal wish for me, an ‘exotic species’ in Southeast Asia, to respond. And so, my adventures continue. Continue wonderfully, exceptionally [...]
Long Overdue Post — Africa Highlights (2008) & Into 2009…
Posted in Africa, IDLO, Microfinance, Travelogues on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy (belated) new year — and then some! Incredible how time has flown by. African adventures, holidays, Obama administration and more positive changes on the horizon… The best way to track me these days (including all of my African travelogues, which now seem like a long time ago) is still on my Tweetstream. However I [...]
