nicaragua

What Makes a Vittana Student?

by jwebster

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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The Cost to Graduate: The Stories of Two Mothers

by jwebster

When I arrived in Nicaragua ten days ago I transitioned officially from Vittana lender to Vittana fellow. In some ways, I get to do what I imagine other lenders would do if they had the time and the means: travel to the corners of the developing world where Vittana has

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Haward: Before and After, and Paying it Forward

by Kushal Chakrabarti

Almost every day is a good day at Vittana. We work hard, we have fun. We’re scrappy, and we sweat the details 24/7 to get more students funded. Like any company, some days are better than others. Last week, we had an extremely good day.  Why? We received an amazing

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Student highlights: Alejandro Vargas

by Lindsey Maxfield

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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Celebrating Moms Who Go to School

by Nick Cain

In a recent entry here on the blog, Vittana Fellow Nayna Gupta told the story of Mercy Marilu, a young woman from Lima, Peru.  Mercy, who works as a primary school teacher, received a Vittana loan to help her finish a degree in early childhood education.  Mercy’s story was inspiring—after

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A Nicaraguan Education

by Lindsey Maxfield

To better understand the context in which our Nicaraguan students study, one should consider the political and cultural history of Nicaragua’s education system. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Americas, and has a complex history involving devastating natural disasters, dictatorships, and civil war [1]. For a chronological list

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Vittana in Nicaragua – An update from the field

by Nick Cain
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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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