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Here is a new post that concerns Amber’s Kiva activities.
https://www.kiva.org/blog/welcome-transcapital-a-new-kiva-field-partner-in-mongolia
Enjoy
Gail Pickens-Barger
Mongolian Borrowers in the Dairy Industry: wp.me/p4kiU-4VO See PCVL/KIVA Amber Barger’s post #fb Kiva Stories from the field. Gaileee
Here is a little snippit from Amber’s post.
There are several obstacles facing Mongolia’s dairy industry:1) Inadequate collection and treatment infrastructure causes 1/3 of milk to spoil on the way to a processing facility
2) Lack of technical expertise and access to capacity-building and trainings for dairy operators in urban and rural areas
3) Preference of new generation for imported, processed milk compared to domestically produced milk
4) Lack of trust by, usually urban, Mongolians in the quality of locally produced dairy goods
5) Insufficient in both quality and quantity of services for milk producers from breeders, veterinarians, and feed producers
6) A need for modern technology and equipment to make small-scale dairy producers more efficient and increase output
Amber looks forward to using her two years of experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer to assist me in my Kiva Fellowship. Please follow Amber over the next year as she tries to give you a look into Mongolian borrowers, culture and business practices, among other things.
Amber Barger in an rural area outside of Uvurkhangai Province, Mongolia
Click here for more on Amber’s blog post. (http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2010/08/14/peace-corps-volunteers-and-kiva-fellows/)
In the June 2010 issue of the National Geographic, I found it cool that two Mongolian peeps were listed as 2010 Emerging Explorers. Each year the National Geographic Emerging Explorers Program selects rising talents who push the boundaries of discovery, adventure, and global problem solving. The 2010 class consists of amazing individuals who are innovators in their respective fields. They are the new visionaries, and inspire people to care about the planet. Fourteen were recognized.
Who from Mongolia, or studying Mongolia?
Paleontologist Bolorstseg Minjin, unearths extraordinary dinosaur and mammal fossils from the Gobi desert while inspiring a new generation of native-born Mongolian paleontologists.
and
Bioarchaeologist Christine Lee analyzes ancient skeletal remains, bringing new understanding of China and Mongolia’s rich cultural diversity, past and present.
When Amber and I visited the National Museum in Ulaanbaater, there must have been over 70 different diverse types of peoples, that live now in Mongolia. It was an awesome museum.
What? M19 – Mongolia set number 19 Peace Corps Volunteer, and now a KIVA 12, the 12th set to go out into the world. Here is the article introducing the K12’s!
23 July 2010
by Gabriel Francis, Kiva Fellows class 12, FUDECOSUR Costa Rica
Hello from beautiful San Francisco!
kiva fellows class 12
The KF12 class take a break from training to visit the Golden Gate bridge.
As member of the upcoming Kiva Fellows class 12 (KF12), I am excited but exhausted. Although Kiva Fellow class 11 is still in the field a new class is already preparing to follow in their steps. Last week myself and the 37 new Fellows of KF12 graduated from an intense week of training.
Over the week KF12 marched through crash course trainings in finance, social performance measurement, media training and more. Thankfully it wasn’t all borrowers and balance sheets. At nights we had a great time participating in events like the Kiva Social.
Our class includes investment bankers from Wells Fargo, technologists from Google, lawyers, Fullbright scholars, and Peace Corps volunteers in Mongolia. Each of us has set aside our jobs to volunteer in harsh conditions as diverse as the mountains of Moldova to the savanna plains of Sierra Leone. Keep an eye on the Fellows Bio page for the full roster which will be updated soon. In my case, I’m taking a sabbatical from Google to document entrepreneur stories in the cloud forests of southern Costa Rica, some of whom are accessible only by motorcycle and machete. By the end of our fellowship we will have a hands-on experience of micro-finance unparalleled in the world.
Please join me in congratulating the upcoming Kiva Fellows class 12. We deploy in under a week! I can’t wait to read your stories.
Kiva Fellows Class 12, KF12
Introducing the Kiva Fellows Class 12 (KF12)
*Just as a side note, the people in the number one are deployed to South America and such, and the people in the number 2, are going to other countries, Mongolia, Africa, etc…
Gail's Traveling Adventure to Mongolia 