Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Oeun Choy


Oeun Choy
Status: Raised
$1,000.00 Loan Request
$1,000.00 Raised
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=26409

About the Entrepreneur Name: Oeun Choy
Business Name: Choy's Carpentry Business
Location: Khsach Kandal district, Cambodia
Primary Activity: Carpentry
Loan Requested: $1,000.00
Repayment Term: 12 months - repaid monthly
Loan Use: To help her son purchase tools and materials to expand his carpentry business
Date Posted: Dec 5, 2007
Date Funded: Dec 5, 2007

Mrs. Oeun Choy (age 58) and her family live in a small village across the Mekong River about fifteen kilometers north of Phnom Penh. Oeun and her husband (age 62) have been married since 1971. They have five children, the youngest of whom still studies in high school in the village.
Oeun is requesting this, her first loan with Maxima, to help her son expand his carpentry business in Phnom Penh. He learned his building skills from his father. (See photo for Oeun, husband and one, shy granddaughter.) He has been working at this business for three years.

Oeun's and her husband’s house could be a model of cottage industry. In addition to taking care of the home, Oeun weaves cloth, something she has been doing since she was fifteen years old. Her husband still does construction, repairs, fills motorbike and bicycle tires, and re-charges auto batteries (for electrical use in homes and on farms). Oeun expressed hope that, with this loan, her son will be able to continue to expand his business in the city.

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