It has almost been a week and I just found out that I actually do have hot water. Therefore, all those painful cold showers at 6:30 am were totally unnecessary. Unfortunately I am not as comfortable as I thought I would be with my housing situation, especially since I will be here for decent amount of time. For that reason, I have been looking for housing. I feel really bad because the family I am currently with is super nice and has been incredibly helpful. I went apartment shopping last night and met a cab driver that was AWESOME. He took me around and gave me a little background on the different neighborhoods. I think I found a place, but I am going to visit some that are a couple blocks from the office. I have no idea how I am going to tell Anita, but I honestly feel like I am not supposed to live there. Tonight, water from the washing machine drained into my room while I was skyping with my mom and the floor was covered with an inch of water in a matter of 30 seconds. I had to navigate over the furniture to pick up all my things off the floor. I still feel really bad though!
@ Oiko: Today I learned about the smart campaign, which is a global effort to unite microfinance leaders and reinforce the founding principles of microfinance. Oiko's goal is for at least 75% of their counterparts to sign on to the Smart Campaign. Unfortunately, MFIs in the area are too nervous and hesitant to sign on because they fear that their institution won't be able to comply and fulfill all the requirements. However, most are more than capable, but are just unaware or need capacity building from us to incorporate strategic planning or workshops to assist them in the process. I am also trying to pick up on the language used in the field, but in Spanish. Most of them are cognates so it has been fairly easy to pick up. There are a lot of acronyms too, like ONG (organizacion no gobernamental), which is an NGO. There is also MIVs, which are microfinance investment vehicles.
I've been using this site a lot, it has been super helpful: http://www.globalnegotiator.com/trade-dictionary/
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