First day in the field

One of my responsibilities as a Kiva Fellow is to go out "in the field" to meet Kiva borrowers. Yesterday I went to Kandal province in Cambodia and met 6 clients. Here are a few pictures.

Rice paddies. Two of the families I met are rice farmers.

Duck blood for lunch

At various points during the day I felt like the pied piper because I had so many children following me.

I posted 6 journal updates for the businesses I visited:

• Journal for Mao Em, moto taxi
• Journal for Hangry Tuy, moto taxi
• Journal for Leakhena Tat, vegetable sales, rice farming
• Journal for Yum Sun, pig farming
• Journal for Srey Sor, vegetable sales
• Journal for Nao Ork, rice farmer

Tomorrow I am going back to Kandal province to meet with four more Kiva clients. If you would like to submit questions for me to ask them about their businesses, please submit them on the following pages:

• Chansoeun Oum, dessert sales, motorcycle transport
• Thim Hun, porridge sales
• Socheat Houn, garment factory worker, education expenses
• Kou Chamnan, cattle

If you could submit your questions on the comments section of the above pages, I'd really appreciate it. We are testing out this tool to see if it's a good way to connect Kiva lenders and entrepreneurs. Even if you didn't initially loan to these businesses, it would still be great to get your questions.