Sarun Group

Sarun is a 45-year-old married woman with six children, two of whom are garment factory workers, while four other are students, whom lives in the Kampong Cham province, Cambodia. She and her husband have been farming together, growing cashew, to support her family since 2007, and typically makes around US$15 per day. Sarun leads a two member group to apply for a loan. As the group leader, she is going to use her loan portion to buy fertilizer. This loan will help her to have enough money to buy fertilizer for cashew cultivation, so she will be able increase her family income. Sarun is a pictured on the right. She hopes that she will be able to buy a hectare of farmland, build a decent house, and help her children’s studies.