Lehigh In Kenya 2011

Kenya has a vibrant microfinance industry, which provides financial services to the poor. Over the course of ten days, students gained exposure to a wide range of organizational structures and variations in lending methodologies. They interacted with an array of Kenyan MFIs and other development related institutions and met with staff and their poor clients in urban areas and small villages in rural regions. Students observed all aspects of the lending process, especially the solidarity group lending unique to microfinance; viewed first-hand the range of entrepreneurial microenterprises using microcredit, and interacted with clients and their personal stories of how microfinance is affecting businesses, families and lives.

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