Kiva Loans for MAXIMA Mikroheranhvatho Co., Ltd.

Sothea : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 21:00:04 PDT

$925 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Sothea is 40 years old and lives with her 42-year-old husband, Sarin, in suburb of Phnom Penh. They have been married since 1993 and have two sons and one daughter. Two of their children are garment workers and the third attends school. Sothea sells vegetable and meat and her husband is a security guard. She is asking for her first loan of $1,500 to buy a motorbike for her children to get work.

Yon : Cambodia

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:50:03 PDT

$550 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 12, 2012

Yon, in this photo, is 25 years old and is a widower with one son. She lives with her brother and parents in a village about 15 kilometers from Phnom Penh City. Yon is a garment worker. Yon is requesting a 1,500 USD loan to buy a motorbike for her family to use. She will also use it to drive to work.

Visal : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 04:20:04 PDT

$350 of $1,300 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Visal (in the photo), age 35 and his wife, Sarom, age 36, live in a village about twenty-five kilometers from Phnom Penh City. They have one son and one daughter who are in school. Visal is a rice farmer and raises cattle at home, while his wife sells fruits. He is asking for a loan of $1,300 to purchase a new motorbike for his brother because the old one breaks down and uses more gasoline.

Kimeng : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 04:10:04 PDT

$725 of $1,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Kimeng (in photo) is 43 years old and her husband, Hongleng is 42 years old. They live in a village about 25 kilometers from Phnom Penh City. They have been married since 1992 and have five children who are in school. Kimeng is a morning glory farmer, while her husband is a construction worker. Kimeng is applying for her first loan of $1,000 to buy a motorbike for her husband to get to work because he commutes to work by taking a bicycle.

Makol : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 08:50:03 PDT

$475 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Makol (in the photo) is twenty-four years old and his wife Channa is also twenty-four. They live in a suburb about 17 kilometers from Phnom Penh. They have been married for one year and have no children yet. Makol and his wife are garment workers. He is applying for his first loan of an amount of $1,500 to purchase a motorcycle to get to work.

Chamnan : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:06 PDT

$325 of $1,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Chamnan (in the photo), age thirty-one, is a lathe operator. His wife Sila, age twenty-nine, stays at home. They have been married since 2005 and have two daughters. One is in school and another one is still young. They live in a village about 25 kilometers from Phnom Penh City. Chamnan is requesting his first loan for an amount of $1,000 to repair the house where he lives by making new walls.

Savun : Cambodia

Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:06 PDT

$350 of $1,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 13, 2012

Savun (pictured in the photo) is 33 years old and lives with his wife, Vannak, who is 31 years old, in a village about 20 kilometers from Phnom Penh City. They have been married since 2006 and they have two young sons. Savun sells recycling materials, while his wife is s tailor. Because the house where he lives was old, Savun deiced to build a new one. He is now in the process of building his house, but he lacks sufficient funds to pay for the building fees. Therefore, he has to apply for a loan.

Ny : Cambodia

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:30:03 PDT

$325 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 11, 2012

Ny (in the photo) is 46 years old and her husband, Sokun, is 47 years old. They live in a suburb of Phnom Penh. They have been married since 1992 and have three children--two sons and one daughter. One is an English teacher and the others are in school. Ny is a garment worker, while her husband is a soldier. Ny is applying for her first loan in the amount of $1,500 to buy a new motorbike for her daughter to drive to teach because the old one breaks often.

Bora : Cambodia

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:50:02 PDT

$300 of $1,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 12, 2012

Bora, pictured here, is 27 years old. His wife, Sreikun, is also 27 years old. The couple has one young daughter and they live in a village about twenty-five kilometers from Phnom Penh City. Bora is a farmer. He has his own motorized hand tiller and he also plows farmland for other farmers in his village and gets paid with fees. Bora is requesting a 1,000 USD loan to buy a motorbike as there isn’t one for family use.

Vannak : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 08:40:03 PDT

$200 of $1,200 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Vannak (in the photo) is twenty-five years old and his wife, Voleak, is twenty-three years old. They live in a village about fifteen kilometers form Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. They have been married since 2009 and have two young sons. Vannak is a security guard, while his wife is a cobbler in a shoe factory. Vannak is requesting his first loan of $1,200 to buy a motorbike to get work. He will also use a part of the loan to build a restroom for family use.

Buntoeun : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:10:06 PDT

$250 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Buntoeun (pictured here) is fifty years old and her husband, Chhin, is also fifty. They have been married since 1984 and have five children who are attending school. The family lives in a village approximately twenty kilometers from Phnom Penh City. Buntoeun is a manicurist. She paints and cleans finger and toe nails. Her husband is a construction worker. She is asking for her first loan of $1,500 to buy a motorbike for commuting.

Khom : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:06 PDT

$125 of $1,300 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Khom (in the photo), age thirty-nine, is divorced. He lives with his elderly mother in a village about 15 kilometers from Phnom Penh City. Khom is a policeman. He is applying for his first loan of $1,300 to buy a motorbike for commuting.

Sareun : Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2012 21:10:03 PDT

$275 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Sareun is a 60-year-old construction worker. His 58-year-old wife, Seun, stays at home and does housework. The elderly couple has been married since 1972 and have three daughters, two are garment workers and the third is in school. They live in a suburb of Phnom. Sareun is requesting his first loan of $1,500 to buy a motorbike for commuting.

Soknhean : Cambodia

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:00:10 PDT

$175 of $1,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2012

Soknhean, age 28, is single. He lives with his parents and brother in a village about twenty kilometers from Phnom Penh City. Soknhean is a Khmer literature teacher. He is asking for his first loan in the amount of $1,000 to purchase a motorbike for his brother to use to get to work. Soknhean’s brother works in Phnom Penh, however because his home is quite far from the city, he needs to stay with his aunt after work. With a motorbike which he will buy with money from the loan, he will be able to come back home every evening to help his mother at home. Photo: Soknhean is standing in front of the motorcycle which he wanted to buy for his brother because he bought it, but he did not pay the money yet. So, he asks for the loan to pay for purchasing.

Moeun : Cambodia

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:00:10 PDT

$75 of $1,300 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2012

Moeun (in the photo), age 42, is a motor taxi driver. His wife, Vanny, is a tailor. They live in a village about 15 kilometers from Phnom Penh City and they have four children--two sons and two daughters. All of their children are attending school. Moeun is applying for his first loan in the amount of $1,300 to buy a motorbike for his children to use to get to school.

Cheng : Cambodia

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:20:12 PDT

$125 of $800 raised.

Started raising funds on May 12, 2012

Cheng (in the photo) is 42 years old and his wife is 41 years old. They have been married since 1988 and they have two sons and one daughter. Both sons are policemen and the daughter is attending university. The family lives in a suburb of Phnom Penh. Cheng is a policeman, while his wife is a public primary school teacher. Cheng is asking for a loan in the amount of $800 to buy a motorbike for his wife to drive to her teaching job.