Mr. Set S., age 25, and his wife, Mrs. Chiva Noem, age 24, have been married since 2006 and have a young daughter. The family lives along National Road Number One, about thirty-five kilometers from Phnom Penh.
Set has been a chef for 8 years; his wife stays at home. Because Set's business is the family's only source of income is only from his business, Set wants his wife to raise pigs at home. It will help them to generate income to support their family. Therefore, Set is asking for his first loan of $1,000 to build a pigpen and purchase piglets for his wife to raise.
MAXIMA Mikroheranhvatho is a Cambodian microfinance institution founded in 2000 to help low-income rural and urban people and small- to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) access financial services. Sustainable access to credit helps to create jobs and enables business owners improve their living conditions, educate their children, provide health care to their families, and more. It also enables the rural poor to remain at home with their families, rather than moving to city centers in search of employment.