I’m really looking forward to my trip to Ghana coming up in late October – my friend Dan and I are planning to fly to Accra about October 23rd after a month in Kenya. It’s been a couple years since I last visited the Dominican Republic and got an in person look at the impact microfinance has on the ground, but I couldn’t be more excited to get back out in the field! I’ll be helping Lumana Credit, a microfinance organization based in Seattle but focused in Ghana, for a couple weeks doing whatever they need — – I’m not sure what I’ll be helping out with as of yet, but that’s the fun of it. I’ve known their founder Sammie Rayner as a result of both being involved in the Seattle microfinance scene for the past couple years, and she’ll be working from Ghana at the same time my friend and I are planning on visiting!

Also, it sounds like my friend Sloane Berrent, who is a former Kiva Fellow, is going to pop in for a visit at the beginning of November for 10-14 days.

It’s still a little ways off, but looking like it’s going to be an awesome trip — I’ll certainly try to share some photos and stories here on myKRO.org during my stay!