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Mother's Enterprise Benefits Children



A friend's invitation leads to loans that enable Top to expand her rice and dairy output. Her children now enjoy better nutrition, and are empowered to pursue their dreams.


Loan client: Top To
Location: Kyangtbong, Cambodia
Family: Husband, Long Savorn, and four children
Work history: Top To’s husband works as a soldier in the military. To improve the family’s income, she accepted a friend's invitation to join together with other women to apply for a group loan to increase farm productivity.
Type of loans: Agricultural group loans
Use of loans:
• $25 for fertilizer to grow rice
• $100 to purchase cows, which produced three calves
• $125 to purchase land and irrigation equipment for rice crops
Income before loans: $375 per year
Income after loans: $625 per year
Living standards: Top To says, "my children have benefited, as we now have better food, and it is easier to send my children to school."
Future plans: She wants to diversify her crops, and has begun to do this by growing watermelons. Meanwhile, her children have ambitions, too. Her daughter, Sok Phanny, wants to study to become a teacher.
Perspective on enterprise: Top To says her loan group leader "taught me how to improve my business," and that World Vision "gave me the opportunity to borrow money. Since my first loan, I was able to buy cows, land, and an irrigation machine."
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