Him Sopheap

Status: Paying Back

$250.00		Loan Amount

83% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name:	Him Sopheap
Location:	Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia
Activity:	Farming

About the Loan

Loan Amount:	$250.00
Loan Use:	Purchase farmland
Repayment Term:	20 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid:	Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss:	N/A
Date Listed:	Jun 24, 2008
Date Disbursed:	Jul 8, 2008
Date Funded:	Jun 24, 2008

About the Field Partner

Field Partner:

CREDIT, a partner of World Relief

Field Partner Risk Rating:

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Active

42 months

4814

$3,619,450

0.00%

0.00%

Currency Exchange Loss Rate:

0.00%

About the Country

Country:	Cambodia
Avg Annual Income:	$2,600.00
Currency:	United States Dollars (USD)

Him Sopheap, 33, is married and lives with her three young children in the Kampong Cham province. She is a farmer who works for less than US$1 each day, while her husband works in construction making US$5 each day. The weather conditions have been difficult for farming in Cambodia this past year and inflation has caused food prices to skyrocket. These factors have played into a difficult economic year for many Cambodians, Him Sopheap included. In light of these economic difficulties, she is asking for a loan of US$250 to expand her farmland. In order to increase her profits and possibly raise her standard of living, she would like to purchase more land to produce rice with the loan given to her through CREDIT.

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Journal entries for Him Sopheap

Loan has been disbursed Entrepreneur: Him Sopheap Location: Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Him Sopheap by CREDIT, a partner of World Relief in Cambodia. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 18 months, CREDIT, a partner of World Relief will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.
Posted by from Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia Jul 8, 2008
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Loan Update Entrepreneur: Him Sopheap Location: Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia Him Sopheap, 33, lives with her husband and three children in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. Him is a farme, and her husband is a construction worker. Him requested this loan so she could by more land to cultivate. A CREDIT MFI loan officer recently visited Him to check on her progress. After receiving her loan, Him bought a plot of land. She now has more total output, and her total income has increased by $2 per day. She has taken this extra money and invested in a small grocery stand in front of her home, where she sells snacks and other goods. Him said her standard of living has improved because she makes more money and can afford to invest in another business. In the future she wants to take out another loan so she can buy even more land and broaden the range of goods she sells at her store. When asked, Him said she was thankful to CREDIT for its good service, and to Kiva lenders for supporting her loan. (For those viewing this update in email, this lender's profile can be viewed here: http://partners.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=53451, and all loans from CREDIT MFI in Cambodia can be viewed here: http://partners.kiva.org/about/aboutPartner?id=9)"
Posted by Jeff Zira from Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia Jun 9, 2009
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Repayment Schedule for Him Sopheap

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	Expected Repayments	Actual Repayments	Comments
October 2008	$13.89	$14.00	Repayment Received
November 2008	$13.89	$14.00	Repayment Received
December 2008	$13.89	$14.00	Repayment Received
January 2009	$13.89	$13.56	Repayment Received
February 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
March 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
April 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
May 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
June 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
July 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
August 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
September 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
October 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
November 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
December 2009	$13.89	$13.89	Repayment Received
January 2010	$13.89	Available Jan 1
February 2010	$13.89	Available Feb 1
March 2010	$13.87	Available Mar 1