Tag: Cambodia

Location: Anlong Romiet Khang Cheung village, Cambodia

Loan Use:To buy rice to feed family

Repayment Term:14 months (more info) Repayment Schedule:Monthly Currency Exchange Loss:Possible Default Protection:Not Covered

Mr. Mao Den is the president of a village bank loan located in Anlong Romiet Khang Cheung village in Kandal province. He has been selected by the eighteen people who are seeking this village loan to improve their family living. The members will use their portion of the loan for their own needs.

Mr. Mao Den is a village chief who receives a low salary to support his family. His wife is a housewife who cooks delicious food for her family. Mr. Mao Den has a problem because he wants to buy rice for food for his family, but does not have enough money. He is applying for a loan to buy rice to feed his family. He is a father of two children, one is employed in a garment factory, and the other is a farm laborer and construction worker.

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• Country:
  Cambodia
• Avg Annual Income:
  $2,600
• Currency:
  Cambodia Riels (KHR)
• Exchange Rate:
  4,034.0003 KHR = 1 USD

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Location: Takeo Province, Cambodia   Repayment Term: 20 months (more info) Activity: Musical Instruments   Repayment Schedule: Monthly Loan Use: buy musical instruments to rent in the village   Currency Exchange Loss: N/A

Hun Un, 52, is married and resides with her husband and three children in Takeo Province, Cambodia, an area known for Pre-Angkorean Temples. She is a deputy village chief and earns an income of $0.50 per day. Her husband is a motor-taxi driver, earning an income of about $3 per day. Un is requesting a loan of $500 to purchase musical instruments to rent when there is any special ceremony in the village. In the future, she would like to use any additional profit to repair her house. This is her second loan from CREDIT, a long-standing Kiva partner in Cambodia.

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Country:	Cambodia
Avg Annual Income:	$2,600
Currency:	United States Dollars (USD)

– Vanna Phy from Cambodia is repaying a Kiva loan

Location: Ta Khmao District, Cambodia

Repayment Term: 22 months (more info)

Activity: Fishing

Repayment Schedule: Monthly

Loan Use: To purchase fishing materials for her husband’s fishing business and to rent more plots of the land to grow lotus.

Mrs. Vanna Phy (shown in the photo) and her husband, Mr. Vang Pang, have been married since 1992. They have four sons. All of them are in school. The family lives along National Road number Two, about twenty kilometers north of Phnom Penh City.

Phy sells fish in the village that her husband catches. Besides fishing, the couple also grows peanuts and lotus. Phy is asking for a loan of $1,000 to purchase fishing materials for her husband’s fishing business and she will use a part of her loan to rent more plots of the land to grow lotus.

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Country:	Cambodia
Avg Annual Income:	$2,600
Currency:	United States Dollars (USD)

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Mrs. Sokha Mul Village Bank Group from Cambodia has a loan funded through Kiva

Location: Srae Pou Village, Cambodia   Repayment Term: 14 months (more info)

Activity: Farm Supplies

Repayment Schedule: Monthly Loan Use: To buy fertilizer and gasoline.

Currency Exchange Loss: Possible       Default Protection: Not Covered

Fifteen people selected Mrs. Sokha Mul as the village bank president of their group, located in Srae Pou village in Takeo province. The group members will each use a small piece of the loan for different purposes. Mrs. Sokha Mul is 41 years old. She is a farmer who owns a one point four-hectare plot of land where she can grow rice to sell to support her family.

Now she has some problems, because her field is infertile and it is far away from an irrigation system. So to improve production, Mrs. Sokha Mul is applying for a loan to buy fertilizer and gasoline. Her husband, Mr. Vy Horm, is a mechanic at his home. She is a mother of four children, one of whom is a motorbike taxi driver, while the others are attending the local public school. Mrs. Sarat Soung is a group member, so she is presented in the picture.

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Country: Cambodia Avg Annual Income: $2,600 Currency: Cambodia Riels (KHR) Exchange Rate: 4,250.0000 KHR = 1 USD

Khun Savorn from Cambodia is repaying a Kiva loan

Location: Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

Repayment Term: 12 months (more info)

Activity: General Store   Repayment Schedule: Monthly

Loan Use: buy more groceries to stock her store

Khun Savorn, 42, is married with four children. She resides in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia with her husband and children. To make a living, she is involved in a business of selling various kinds of groceries at her home in the village, earning a gross income of US $20 per day. The family is also mainly assisted by her husband who is a painter, earning an income of US $7 per day. These sources of income help cover family expenses.

Savorn and her family members are seeking to improve their standard of living and generate better income. Therefore, Savorn is asking for a loan of US $1200 to purchase more groceries to expand her current business. This is her sixth loan from CREDIT MFI, Kiva’s partner.

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Country:	Cambodia
Avg Annual Income:	$2,600
Currency:	United States Dollars (USD)