| Sok was one among a hundred poor families who | | | | local moneylenders at the moment. |
| benefit through SSF. They were invited to attend a | | | | |
| workshop sharing about the 2010 fiscal year plan. The | | | | As growing for harvesting consequently, one month |
| workshop was organized at SSF compound in | | | | ago, so the family was loaned five kilograms of |
| September 2009. Last financial year [2009], SSF was | | | | morning glory seeds for the first around. Growing by |
| able to support 50 vulnerable kids and those hundred | | | | using cow-dung and compost, the family isn’t |
| [100] poor families as SSF could partner with | | | | needed to spend on chemical fertilizer which is |
| Riverkids, Global Colors, Groundwork Opportunities | | | | possible by them to harvest almost 300 kilograms of |
| and other individual donors around the world. | | | | morning glory with a 21-day growth. The family is so |
| Even though, after nine months with two pigs | | | | excitement as for this first time that they began |
| support from SSF and Global Colors for raising but | | | | their organic gardening and they could earn almost a |
| due to Sok Nhaem family is extreme poor, has ten | | | | hundred [100] US dollar. The family is started second |
| household members, and only Sok alone burdening | | | | and third rounds already right now. The second round |
| her family through collecting tamarind leaves for sale | | | | will be harvested next week while the third will be |
| [which is possible to earn less than one US dollar a | | | | one week after. |
| day] so we couldn’t see any progress than the | | | | Please back to the background of the Sok Nhaem |
| family is able to manage maintaining a sow that she | | | | family, the family is one among a hundred poorest |
| decided to raise for breeding. | | | | and the most vulnerable families that SSF helped |
| Once again, Sok wants SSF to assist her family with | | | | support to begin home-based businesses (cottage |
| technical skills growing crops to ensure she can | | | | industry) after they couldn’t even effort to |
| respond to the family needs immediately. SSF studied | | | | survive and mostly all their kids were dropout school |
| the opportunities that her family could improve their | | | | and attempted to seek jobs both legally and illegally |
| income generations through growing organic | | | | while they are underage. Due to the family always |
| vegetables. Sok’s family was able to begin their | | | | faced with food shortage every year so all kids |
| garden after SSF is able to expand another | | | | within this family were faced with malnourished and |
| “Microloan” project with very lowest interest | | | | they don’t grow up very well against the |
| to the poor who have willing to begin income | | | | minimum standard. Sok’s husband always |
| generation activities without waiting for just grant aid | | | | threatened to kill his wife and his kids when his |
| alone. The Project was able to begin as SSF has | | | | neighbors give him alcohol. Sok gives us a proof |
| reached another new friend Mrs. Carolina who is very | | | | through the scars on her throat where her husband |
| quite serious about the highest interest rate (5-10% | | | | wrapped his hands around her neck. Since SSF |
| daily interest) that the poor are able to borrow from | | | | intervened, the violence has decreased. |