Cameron's Mozambican Kiva Fellowship – The Story
Posted in Travel, mozambique on Aug 24th, 2009
This weekend I took a break from sucking down diesel fumes, shuttling between semi rural Boane and derelict, African chic Maputo and headed to the islands. A short two hour boat ride from Maputo lies a pristine brace of islands, Ilha da Inhaca and Ilha dos Portugueses. Take a semi rustic (real loose usage of [...]
Posted in mozambique on Aug 19th, 2009
ISH YOWE!!!The office has been full of laughs this week as I’ve been struggling to learn the basics of Changana, one of the native Mozambican dialects. The office maid really gets off on it, she started doing extra sweeping around my desk so that she can teach me more words and laugh at me. It’s [...]
Posted in Books, Maputo, mozambique on Aug 16th, 2009
Yeah, me too! Yesterday when I arrived in Maputo I realized that I had left my book (King Leopold’s Ghost) in Boane, a 1.5 hour bus ride away. Fear not, just buy another one. Maputan sidewalks offer a literary selection that rivals Moe’s (on telegraph in Berkeley, CA) at a fraction of the cost. I’m [...]
Posted in Travel, mozambique on Aug 11th, 2009
When asked “what do you want to be when you grow up?” as a wee little 1st grader a lot of thoughts came to my mind. I wanted to be like Christopher Columbus or Vasco da Gama, sail on ships, explore new lands and drink beer with peg legged salts (not slaughter the natives). It [...]
Posted in Microfinance, mozambique on Jul 15th, 2009
Warming the moto up in the parking lot. I only fell twice today (just kidding mom).
Children of the motoway. They always get pretty excited when the moto arrives.
Posted in Agriculture, mozambique on Jul 15th, 2009
After writing a blog post last week about the need for Mozambicans to produce agricultural products locally in order to lessen their dependence on South African agriculture, bring down food prices and eat fresh food I found a local hero. Yesterday I spent the better part of an hour on Bernardo Armando’s agricultural plot. Bernardo [...]
Posted in Maputo, Uncategorized, mozambique on Jul 15th, 2009
Here are a couple shots I took yesterday that in my opinion are quintessentially Maputan. Most construction in Maputo dates back to the Portuguese days and it shows. Facobol is by far my favorite. I have a romantic view that the Facobol billboard is some sort of soccer ad from the 70s that has regally [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Microfinance, Uncategorized, mozambique on Jul 9th, 2009
The name of a diddy I just dropped on the Kiva Fellows blog. Musings on farmers markets, community tractors, indexed weather insurance and more.
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