Nicholas Sabin was the first Kiva Fellow placed in Sierra Leone following the country’s brutal civil war. During the 2008 summer he worked with Salone Microfinance Trust and interviewed over 60 micro-entrepreneurs. Previously, Nicholas worked in corporate strategy for the financial services industry. He holds degrees from the Wharton School of Business and the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently pursuing graduate studies in management at the University of Oxford.

Blog Entries by Nicholas Sabin

From Machete To Microfinance: A Double Amputee's Recovery

Posted September 8, 2008 | 08:46 AM (EST)


Yenku Sesay looks down where his hands used to be. He answers my question with a sickening quickness: "1998. May 6. 10am." That was when the rebel army, led by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), invaded Yenku's village of Kondembaya in northern Sierra Leone and took him prisoner. The rebels...

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