Kiva Regions
LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean
EAP: East Asia and the Pacific
Anglophone Africa
Francophone Africa
EECA: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
MENA: Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
I speak a foreign language with at least a high level of proficiency. Where can I go as a Kiva Fellow?
Below is a list of countries where Kiva has (or will likely have) partnerships with local MFIs. In most cases, fellows work at the partner's head office, however, the partner occasionally will assign a fellow to a branch office. Cities listed below are some locations where Kiva Fellows have gone in the past, to give you some idea of where you'd be likely to go in a given country. Future placements may take place in cities other than those listed.
Arabic
Locations in the Middle East and Northern Africa
Iraq (Please do extensive research about on-the-ground realities before listing this location)
Jordan (proposed 2010)
Lebanon: Beirut
Palestine: Ramallah
South Sudan: Juba (Juba Arabic preferred) (Please do extensive research about on-the-ground realities before listing this location)
Armenian
Armenia: Yerevan
Bahasa Indonesian
Indonesia: Bali, West Timor
Dari or Pashto
Afghanistan: Kabul (Please do extensive research about on-the-ground realities before listing this location)
French
Locations in West Africa and the Caribbean
Benin
Burundi (Please do extensive research about on-the-ground realities before listing this location)
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa (Please do extensive research about on-the-ground realities before listing this location)
Haiti (position based in Dominican Republic)
Mali: Bamako
Republic of Congo (proposed 2010)
Rwanda: Kigali
Senegal: Dakar, Thiès, Mbour
Togo: Lomé, Kpalimé
Khmer
Cambodia: Phnom Penh
Mongolian
Mongolia: Ulaan Baatar
Nepali
Nepal: Kathmandu
Portuguese
Locations in Africa and South America
Mozambique: Hluvuku
Russian
Locations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Armenia: Yerevan (Armenian preferred)
Azerbaijan: Baku (Azerbaijani preferred)
Georgia (proposed 2010)
Kazakhstan (proposed 2010)
Kyrgyz Republic: Bishkek (Kyrgyz preferred)
Mongolia: Ulaan Baatar (Mongolian preferred)
Tajikistan: Dushanbe, Khujand (Tajik preferred)
Ukraine: Kiev (Ukrainian preferred)
Sinhala or Tamil
Sri Lanka
Spanish
Locations in the Americas
Argentina (proposed for 2010)
Bolivia: La Paz
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica: San Jose
Dominican Republic
El Salvador: San Salvador
Ecuador
Honduras
Guatemala: Guatemala City, Totonicapan
Mexico: Mexico City, Nuevo Laredo
Nicaragua: Managua, Leon
Paraguay: Asuncion
Peru: Lima, Cusco, Ica
United States: New York City, San Francisco
Swahili
Locations in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya
Rwanda (Kinyarwandan preferred)
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam
Uganda: Kampala
Tagalog or Cebuano
Philippines
Thai
Thailand (proposed for 2010)
Urdu
Pakistan
Vietnamese
Vietnam
But what if I do not currently speak with a high level of proficiency, can I still go and learn there?
If you speak conversational or low proficiency Spanish, French, Arabic or Portuguese, we cannot place you in a location requiring these languages.
What if my only Kiva language is English?
If you do not possess skills in any Kiva language, you will still be expected to prepare for your service by studying basic conversational skills in the language for the country you are placed. These countries have English as a language of business, but your ability to connect with entrepreneurs in the field will be greatly enhanced by having a few key phrases to use in these interactions. Countries where English is acceptable for conducting fellows' activities include:
Kiva's Anglophone Portfolio
Armenia (Armenian preferred)
Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani or Russian preferred)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian/Serbo-Croatian preferred)
Cambodia (Khmer preferred)
Cameroon
Ghana (Twi preferred)
Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesian preferred)
Kenya (Swahili preferred)
Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz or Russian preferred)
Liberia
Mongolia (Mongolian or Russian preferred)
Philippines (Tagalog or Cebuano preferred)
Rwanda (Kinyarwandan or French preferred)
Samoa (Samoan preferred)
Sierra Leone
South Sudan (Please do extensive research about on-the-ground realities before listing this location)
Tajikistan (Tajik or Russian preferred)
Tanzania (Swahili preferred)
Thailand (Thai preferred, proposed for 2010)
Uganda (Lugandan preferred)
United States: New York City, San Francisco (Spanish preferred)
Vietnam (Vietnamese preferred)
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