Here is a short compilation of graduates telling how Vittana loans changed their lives. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M63TTSbeocg[/youtube]
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AFODENIC
For me, it was never really a question of whether or not I could go to college. Sure, money has always been tight in the Foster household and finding a way to pay for college for their four sons was never easy for my parents, but it wasn’t optional either. [...]
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I am stationed at an ideal place to measure the impact of Vittana loans on students and their families. AFODENIC in Nicaragua is one of Vittana’s most established partners, having worked together since 2009. More than 100 students have graduated college because of Vittana loans through AFODENIC. I’ll tell you [...]
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Every once in a while an idea comes along that makes so much sense, you wonder why no one thought of that before. It just seems so obvious. That was my reaction when I first heard about Vittana — through a commercial on Hulu of all things. It was a [...]
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I’m on my way back from Granada on what’s called a “microbus”, a term that refers to the size of the bus rather than the number of passengers. I am sitting in a very small seat which I’m sharing with my 3 new best friends. There is music blasting from [...]
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Hurray! It’s Friday – and not just any Friday, but Friday the 13th! Are we suffering from Friggatriskaidekaphobia? No way! We think 13 is a lucky number – and Friday is always a good karma day for us. Why? At Vittana, we look forward to Fridays because we get to [...]
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Since my arrival in Nicaragua a month ago, I’ve been struck by two opposing realities. On one hand, Nicaragua has a long way to go. According to the CIA World Factbook, “Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America, has widespread underemployment and poverty.” The global economic crisis has hit Nicaragua [...]
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Have you looked closely at the bios of any of our students lately? They have amazingly compelling stories. Often, it is our Fellows who meet them in person and tell their stories (like here, here and here), but as we are currently in a brief lull between Fellows, I am [...]
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Over the course of the last month and a half, you might have noticed that many of the students appearing on our site are from Nicaragua. That’s because, with the support of the Vittana team, our partner organization, AFODENIC, is doing an outstanding job marketing, administering, and scaling its student [...]
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This week, I will travel to Managua to spend some time with Vittana’s Nicaraguan partner, AFODENIC. I shared some quick thoughts about the trip (and some screen time for Dusky) below: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuOFkFbGWy8[/youtube] A number of outstanding Nicaraguan students, including Jazmina Amador, Maria Valverde Rios, and Howard Morales, are currently fundraising [...]
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