Meet some of our borrowers
Bopha
 Bopha at her clothing stall in the market |
 Bopha receives her 3rd JWOC loan |
Bopha has grown her business through several JWOC loans. She is 43 years old, and sells second-hand clothing from a stall at her local market. She obtains the clothing by traveling once a week to the capital city of Phnom Penh (a twelve-hour bus ride in total!). With her last JWOC loan, she opened a second market stall that she runs with the help of her son.
Bopha’s recently received her third loan from JWOC. With this loan, she hopes to continue to grow her business and to expand the products in her second market stall. She hopes the extra revenue will pay for her son’s college education and for her future, and she is proud to have her own growing business.
Salin
 Salin at her bamboo grocery stall |
 Salin is very happy to receive her first JWOC loan! |
Salin is one of JWOC’s new borrowers. She is 55 years old, and has been working from a small bamboo stand near her home selling products ranging from vegetables and spices to dried fish for over fifteen years. She currently makes around $5 per day, and as with many Cambodians, has no access to a formal bank loan. A JWOC loan is her best hope of improving both her income and her family’s life.
Salin has recently received her first JWOC loan to help grow her grocery business. She wants to use her loan to expand her product variety to include more beef and poultry, which she says will allow her to consistently increase her income to over $7 per day. She is married and has two children, and hopes this extra revenue will help her to pay for her children’s continued education.
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