Volunteer Spotlight: “I feel so lucky to be able to do this work.”

August 24, 2016

By: Kelsey Renz

All over the world, Review and Translation Program (RTP) volunteers dedicate their time and skills to ensure that the thousands of loans that come in from Kiva’s partners are edited and translated from our five key languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian. In the past three months alone, RTP volunteers have reviewed 47,529 loans, averaging over 15,000 loans per month. They enjoy being involved in the process from reviewing the original loans to seeing them fundraise on Kiva!

This month we celebrate three of our incredible volunteers, who also happen to share a background in education: Lisa, Deborah, and Harold. Motivated by the opportunity to alleviate poverty and a desire to keep up their editing and translating skills, we are thankful for their dedication and contributions to Kiva!

Lisa Grobar

Kiva Volunteer of the Month, April 2016

“I love languages...this work allows me to learn more about other cultures. It has become a part of my life!”

City: Long Beach, CA

Language: Spanish

Team: Saliendo Adelante

Time with Kiva: 6 years, 7 months

Outstanding Contributions to Kiva: An Economics professor by trade, Lisa loves languages and has helped over 4,000 Kiva borrowers get the chance to fund their loans since 2009.

Deborah Hickman

Kiva Volunteer of the Month, May 2016

“I feel so lucky to be able to do this work...to connect people!”

City: Canbry, Oregon

Language: English

Team: Loan On Me

Time with Kiva: 2 years, 9 months

Outstanding Contributions to Kiva: Deborah enjoys finding humor and lightheartedness in her day. She has helped over 6,800 borrowers fundraise on Kiva since August, 2013.