student loans

Jordan’s Knowledge Economy

What comes to mind when you hear the name Jordan? While Americans might reminisce about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, those outside the U.S. will think of a small country in the Middle East near nestled between Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the West Bank. Steeped in thousands of

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An Education in Mongolia

by Ryan Madison

A newly arrived Vittana Fellow looks forward to the next 9 months in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Getting To Know La Paz

by Mark Andrews

The first thing I noticed when I flew into the El Alto International Airport (LPB) is that La Paz is really high up. At 13,325 feet, LPB is one of the highest airports in the world, and the direct flight from Miami (8 feet above sea level) gave me

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Your Fellow in Peru

by boleary

Photo of sand paintings during Semana Santa in Peru A little about me: I grew up in Seattle, Washington in a very full house. In addition to my parents, two sisters, two brothers, and grandmother, there was always at least one student from another country living under our roof. Furthermore,

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Holy Discontent in Rwanda

by Patrick Huang

Mwaramutse! (“Good morning” in Kinyarwanda, one of the three official languages in Rwanda.) And this morning, like many mornings here in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is especially picturesque. Despite the 25-minute (uphill) walk to the office, the view more than makes up for arriving at work almost drenched in

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Why Donate?

by Katie Gruver

On Vittana.org, you can make an individual loan to a student and help them finish school. These loans change lives; there’s no doubt about it. There’s Haward (23) from Nicaragua whose loan helped him become a lawyer and who’s now giving back pro-bono services to his community. There’s Mercy Marilu

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How we can turn $1 into $53

by Katie Gruver

Around the Vittana offices, we talk a lot about sustainability, return on investment and (everyone’s favorite word) “leverage”. Buzz words aside, what we’re really about is delivering student loans as efficiently as we can to as many young people as possible. Some organizations talk about providing a 2:1 leverage on

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Vittana’s been Netted by the Webby’s

by Katie Gruver

A few weeks ago we got a nice surprise in our inbox; we got the news that Netted was featuring Vittana in their daily email. Quite nice of them, don’t you think? Here’s the article in case you’d like to take a peek. Netted sends a daily internet-focused email that

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I’m a Vittana Student Too!

by Isabel

So no, I don’t have a loan from Vittana lenders. But like all of the students who do, Vittana’s support for my learning and development will have a large impact on my life and professional goals. For the next two months, Vittana is giving me the chance to discover more

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The Method to Our Madness

by Katie Gruver

Yes, Vittana has a website. In fact it’s a pretty good one. The Vittana website facilitates peer-to-peer micro-lending where people (mostly in the United States) provide loans to students in the developing world so that they can attend college and technical school. But we’re not JUST a website; not

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