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PHUONGS STORY
Mrs Phương is 52 years old and she is married with 6 children. In 2005, Phương joined Thanh Hoa microfinance institution to improve her business. Phương has successfully repaid 5 loans from Thanh Hoa microfinance institution. Phương lives in Nong Cong district, a rural town in Thanh Hoa province. She has worked in agriculture raising buffalo for more than 10 years. Her family is a low-income household in the village. Moreover, the market need is low in this region. The main hardship that Phương faces is lack of capital. She is requesting a loan to purchase baby buffalo to raise and sell in the future. Phương is a reputable person in the community.
KHUNPHENG'S STORY
Khunpheng, 35, is married. She and her husband are farmers at Kompong Cham Province in Cambodia. They earn around $13.91 per day, and have three children whose education they support. In their plans, they wish to increase their business growing cassava and support their children with higher education and other needs.To succeed in this plan, they are asking for a loan to purchase the fertilizer and cassava to support their agricultural activities.
JUANITA'S STORY
Juanita is a good resident of Sta. Rosa, Nueva Ecija. She is 54 years old, happily married to Alexander, a farmer and blessed with 4 children. She has been engaged in farming rice for almost 9 years. After they harvest the rice, they sell it at the market. She has been a good paying client of Alalay sa Kaunlaran (ASKI) Inc. for about for about 7 years. her previous loans helped her to produce good variety of rice grains. She has been entrusted again a loan amounting to 20,000 Php under the agricultural loan program of ASKI. Her loan will be used to buy fertilizers for their crops.
HUONG'S STORY
Ms. Huong is 52 years old. There are three people in her family. Her big dream is to have more income to cover daily expenses. She would like to take a loan to invest in her garden. The loan will be used to buy fertilizer and many kinds of fruit trees for planting. She hopes that she will have more income to cover expenses and create savings for the future. She is waiting for your help, and she promises to repay the loan every month with her income.
YUN GROUP STORY
This group of two members is led by Yun, pictured on the right. A resident in a village in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia, Yun is a 45-year-old married mother of four children. She is a farmer and has been cultivating rice and cashews with her husband for the past 17 years to make a living. Both of them typically earn around 10 USD per day.
MEANGLEAB GROUP STORY
Meangleab, 27, appears on the right in the photo. She is a married mother with only school-aged children. She has been working in the agriculture business with her husband together to improve their family living. She has worked in the production of cashews for the past five years. Based on her experience for several years and because her production is getting on well, she wants to expand her business.
SEYHA STORY
Seyha is 29 years old and appears in the photo with his wife. He and his wife are farmers. They have one child. Both of them are making a net income of USD 12.00 each day. Seyha and his beloved family reside in Kracheh Province of Cambodia. He is moving ahead with his wife to improve the family’s living conditions. Due to a shortage of finances, he is now asking for this loan to do cassava farming. He sees that this loan will help him to expand his yield and get more income for his family. In the future he wants to build his house and send his child to college. Seyha sends thanks beforehand to all lenders for their support.
SREYNY'S GROUP STORY
Sreyny is a 46-year-old married woman. She has one child who works garment factory. Sreyny lives in a rural community in Kampong Cham province. For 20 years, she has operated a farm with her husband where she grows rice that she can sell in her community and at the market to earn a living. Sreyny leads this two member group. She will use her loan to pay for additional seedlings and fertilizer to use on her farm. Sreyny plans to use her profits to purchase two more hectare of farmland and build a proper house.
Sieni's story
Sieni is a 25-year-old woman. She owns and operates a small business selling cabbage, cucumbers, and eggplant in her village to earn a living. She has been doing this for more than two years.
DA'S GROUP STORY
Da, 53, is a married man with three children, all of whom are still in school. He and his beloved family reside in the Kampong Cham province of Cambodia. To support his family’s living, he and his wife have been operating a rice farm together to make profits since 2008. Both of them make around $8 US per day. Da is representing this group of five members applying for a loan through KREDIT. Da is going to use his portion to pay for additional seedlings, organic fertilizer, and organic pesticide to boost his rice output. He is really happy for this economic opportunity to better support his agriculture activities and raise his family’s living standard.
TONA GROUP'S STORY
Tona, 30, is a married mother of three school-aged children living in the Kampong Cham province of Cambodia. She is a hardworking woman who has been working with her husband together, growing cashews to pay family expenses for the past 7 years. Both of them typically make about $10 USD daily.
YET'S GROUP STORY
Yet, 50 years of age, is a married mother of two school-age children who resides in the village in Kampong Cham province of Cambodia. For the past three years, Yet has been working in rice farming to earn a living. Meanwhile, her husband is a builder. Being in this business, she and her husband are able to earn around 16 USD daily.
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