Tuesday, February 17, 2009

NEW WHEELS FOR CAMBODIAN BRICKLAYER

Together, in Warren's memory, we helped Nghip Tlong of Cambodia to purchase a motorcycle to get to work so he won’t have to pay for public transportation. Nghip is pictured at right on his job as a construction foreman.

LOAN INFORMATION:
Business Type: bricklayer
Loan For: a motorcycle
Loan Requested: $500.00
WPMF portion: $50.00
Date Funded: June 30, 2007
Repaid in Full: Feb 15, 2009

From the application: “Nghip Tlong is self-employed as a construction foreman and moderately makes around $3 per day in revenue. In order to increase their family savings, Nghip Tlong is currently requesting a loan in the amount of $500 to purchase a motorcycle to transport himself to work so that he will no longer need to pay for public transportation."