tuutuuk and problem foton-ru

i have friend one time live down by jivolat, name tuutuuk, when i down at jivolat rinse glut of extra-being from tulablong, yes, i go into tuutuuk abode and sit it tuutuuk on new-light rug of circle made fur of gretenv, there we talk long time, one time tuutuuk it tell i, parsap up in kel great dificult for tuutuuk, it say parsap drain greatly of nekkel and tuutuuk, it no able tag all foton-ru 

i think well problem, foton-ru no tag it fur it no curl and fur foton-ru no curl it jangle bad it put it tobing machine, i say tuutuuk, it make grow jolibop of low of moving shab and a foton-ru it like go jolibop and it consume and fill it foton-ru nogon of jolibop, here it parsap no drain nekkel of it tuutuuk, tuutuuk it thank i with podon of a sniveg, i warm of it podon of sniveg of tuutuuk and i go

happen many task, i get extra-being pull hard it tulalblong so go i jivolat, yes, i go into tuutuuk abode, and new-light rug of circle made fur of gretenv it no have tuutuuk on or near, i go rinse glut of extra-being good and feel more good and go walk by low of moving shab and, yes, bowing come to i hear, bowing of loss and bowing of death-come-near, i fast now and hot and burn in shom, fear i death of tuutuuk

i find tuutuuk it clutched in jolibop, jolibop snarl so hard i never see and tuutuuk it not can run and moving shab it tuutuuk almost below, i go back tuutuuk abode, take slom it under new-light rug of circle made fur of gretenv, i go back where tuutuuk, i put slom of snarl of jolibop, it jolibop it die-go-down, now tuutuuk it below of moving shab i put slom more of snarl of jolibop, it jolibop die-go-down in a wind and pull i tuutuuk by it maggon, tuutuuk it out it moving shab and tuutuuk it no give i fear death of tuutuuk, it tuutuuk look i old-light of eye and it tuutuuk go

again happen many task and glut of extra-being of i pull like rock long of maggon, pass i abode of tuutuuk and go in it tuutuuk abode and not i see tuutuuk and not also see i rug, think i well and know i it tuutuuk it go and see in picture-in-nekkel that i not find tuutuuk in abode of tuutuuk in moment-to-do for until moment-to-die and small moving shab i touch on face and go back i abode for find wisdom

The 'Cibert' and the School Supplies List: Thoughts on a Loan That's Close to Home

I have just translated a Kiva loan profile for a woman called Julia who runs a 'cibert' in Jipijapa on the coast of Ecuador. I would like to say something about the 'cibert' and also the nature of the loan, which is to purchase school supplies for Julia's daughter.

The typical translation of 'cibert' is 'internet cafe'. However, this is hopelessly inaccurate. The internet cafe was a largely recreational place to use the internet and drink coffee (and be cool because obviously there had never been places to share information, communicate and drink beverages before in human history). These appeared in the mid-90s when the internet was still young and disappeared about ten years later when people realised they could just drink coffee and use the internet in their houses instead. (The launch of the first iPhone and widespread offerings of free wifi in public spaces also contributed to their decline.) Thus, they are preserved in the memories of anyone older than about 35 as a somewhat hipsterish fad, something we did when we were too young to know better.

By contrast the 'ciber' or, in some dialects of Spanish, 'cibert' remains a socially relevant phenomenon across Latin America, South and South-East Asia, Africa (particularly south of the Sahara), where mobile money services are also sold, and in rural areas of countries with widespread internet availability. In Ecuador at least, they are not specifically frequented by hipsters and neither coffee nor any other comestible is typically served. They provide internet access for school children who do not have internet at home to do their homework, printing and photocopying services for young professionals applying for jobs amongst other document and internet-essential tasks.

Thus, I have chosen to translate "cibert" as "a small internet and computer service business". I hope you will agree this is more accurate than "internet cafe".

And now to the nature of the loan. Julia is requesting the loan not to assist the running or expansion of her business but because providing these essential services to her community provides her such a thin margin that, when the annual list of school supplies is published by each school - state and private - for parents to buy, she struggles. This is such a relatable situation. Teachers like myself, despite being essential to the economy and people's lives, are rarely afforded a comfortable lifestyle by our salaries, and so I know very well the struggle to purchase the uniforms, stationery and teaching supplies that families are forced to provide every year.

In Ecuador and I don't doubt elsewhere too, it is a sign of a dilapidated education system, which is said to be substantially poorer than it was a generation ago. State schools cannot afford to provide these supplies, and private schools fear pricing out middle-class families by including them in their monthly fees.

And so Julia is appealing, through Fundación ESPOIR*, to the large-hearted and comparatively affluent of the international community for a loan of $325 to buy these essentials for her daughter and pay it off over the school year. You can meet Julia and support her at https://www.kiva.org/lend-classic/2968416.

At the time of writing, the loan may not yet be live, so I thank you for your patience if the information is not yet available.

*Fundación ESPOIR is a microfinance institution in Ecuador that specialises in providing financial services to low-income business owners, particularly women, through community banking and individual loans.