Plan International Cambodia (Plan) is a child-focused development NGO that promotes child rights to end child poverty. Our partnership with Plan International Cambodia dates back to 2007, starting in Kampong Cham province and later extending to Siem Reap province. The partnership benefited the poor and vulnerable, especially women living in Plan’s target areas where they could access the financial services from VisionFund Cambodia to start up and or/ expand their small business to increase their agricultural production thereby eventually improving their living conditions. There have currently been 7,173 clients with a total loan portfolio of US$2,856,371. The loan size for more than 7,000 clients is averages at US$398, which means VisionFund Cambodia can maintain a strong focus on targeting low-income clients or the poorest segment of the rural population. “plan-international.org”

Hydrologic: Following in the footsteps of International Development Enterprises’s (iDE) long tradition of expertise and know-how, Hydrologic today is an independent legal entity and social enterprise delivering safe drinking water to more than half a million Cambodian people through the well-known Tunsai CWP. In order to tackle the poor drinking water conditions in rural areas, Tunsai (rabbit) ceramic water purifier (CWP) was introduced by iDE in 2001. “www.hydrologichealth.com”

Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) focuses primarily on sustainable, long term development projects with the rural poor and with populations that are at risk. ADRA assists those in needs without regard to ethnic, political or religious affiliation. Since early 2010 VisionFund Cambodia and ADRA have been partnering in Phnom Kravanh District, Pursat Province. ADRA’s beneficiaries borrowed from VisionFund Cambodia mainly for agricultural production and for starting or expanding their small businesses. There are currently 640 clients with a total loan portfolio of US$282,425.“www.adracambodia.org”

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) is an international non-profit organization that transforms global health through innovation. PATH takes an entrepreneurial approach to developing and delivering high-impact, low-cost solutions, from lifesaving vaccines and devices to collaborative programs with communities. PATH has collaborated with Hydrologic to partner with VisionFund Cambodia since early 2011 to pilot a water purifier program in Kompong Speu to promote water and sanitation hygiene. The pilot proved quite successful and was later scaled up throughout Kompong Speu and other provinces, such as Kandal, Takeo and Kompong Cham, in even closer partnership with VisionFund Cambodia. We have 50,476 clients used the loan to purchase water purifiers.In early 2012, we started to pilot another new related product (latrines) through what is so-called, “sanitation financing loan” in Kandal province in a tripartite partnership between PATH, iDE and VisionFund Cambodia to promote basic hygiene and sanitation. Proven its success, from 2014 we have scaled up this sanitation financing project with iDE serving 11,567 clients with a total loan portfolio of US$1,064,720. “www.sites.path.org”

In 2013, we started to partner with Habitat for Humanity Cambodia (HFHC), a non-profit housing solutions organization which has served households through housing, community development and water, sanitation and hygiene in Cambodia, to offer loans for latrines (sanitation financing) in two districts (Puok and Angkor Chum) of SRP. Habitat provides a rebate of $5 to $10 per client to motivate them to buy and use latrines. There have currently been 751 clients with a total loan portfolio of $176,997. “www.habitatcambodia.org”

We first piloted a health and disabilities insurance project with Prevoir Kampuchea Microlife Insurance (PKMI) with the support from UNDP from 2012-2013 in three provinces. Clients pay around $5 per year to have this insurance coverage for in-patient treatment, minor surgery, other accident-related treatment and accidental disability compensation. It was later evaluated and found to be a helpful project which contributed much value to the lives of clients and their communities. VisionFund Cambodia then scaled up the project in 2014 to more provinces in closer partnership with PKMI. “www.pkmi.asia”

Solar Phumyeoung is a local solar product provider company legally registered with the Ministry of Commerce to provide solar products in Cambodia. VisionFund Cambodia has partnered with Solar Phumyeoung to provide loan for solar products to clients in a couple of provinces such as KPT, KCM, SRP, PVH and KRT since May 2014, alongside Kamworks.

International Development Enterprise (iDE) focuses on developing market systems to serve the needs of the poor in developing countries. For more than eight years in Cambodia, Vietnam, Timor Leste, Laos, and now in Nepal and Bangladesh, iDE has been a pioneer in the application of market-based approaches to improve household water treatment, sanitation and hand washing (WASH) in rural areas. iDE’s approach exploits the comparative advantages of the private-sector, government, and NGOs to reach large numbers of poor households in short time frames. “www.ideglobal.org”

WaterSHED Cambodia is a local NGO that facilitates access to affordable and desirable water and sanitation products that increase adoption and proper use among the rural poor. Using proven, market-based principles, WaterSHED leverages the power of private enterprise to bring water, health and prosperity to the people of Southeast Asia. WaterSHED entered a collaborative partnership with VisionFund Cambodia in mid-2012 to disburse sanitation financing loan to enable the rural poor to buy latrines. Currently, we have about 9,838 clients with a total loan portfolio of US$655,310. “www.watershedasia.org”

Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as US$25 to help create opportunity around the world. VisionFund Cambodia started the partnership with KIVA in September 2011 with a pilot status rolling out in only 2 provinces and ultimately upgraded to active status in April 2012. With its strong social mission and remarkable works, VisionFund Cambodia was granted five social performance badges out of a total of seven badges for its anti-poverty focus, client voice, family and community empowerment, facilitation of saving, and innovation. Currently,VisionFund Cambodia has expanded this partnership up to 12 provinces so as to enhance its social performance and impact.As of December 2014, VisionFund has been a Kiva partner for 39 months and has raised around $6.77 Million on the KIVA website. “www.kiva.org”

In late 2013, VisionFund Cambodia partnered with KAMWORKS, Cambodia’s leading solar company which started as a social enterprise in 2006, to offer solar products to villagers in Kratie province and Kompong Chhnang province through financing. As of December 2014, we have had about 158 clients(US$57,884 Portfolio). However, with all of our partnered companies, we have had around 567 clients buying solar panels with a total loan portfolio of US$167,861. “www.kamworks.com”

Rotary Club/Sustainable Cambodia: Rotary Club is a not-for-profit organization of business, professional, and community leaders who come together for commitment and fellowship to create opportunities and a better future for the next generations. It works through Sustainable Cambodia, a local NGO, in Pursat province to help Cambodian villages to become self-sustaining communities where people want to live, with healthy water and facilities, good food, healthcare and education for the residents. VisionFund Cambodia has partnered with Rotary Club/ Sustainable Cambodia to pilot providing financial services and engaging PKMI to offer health and disabilities insurance to their target groups since July 2014. “www.rotarypursat.com”

World Vision Micro is an online fundraising platform which connects people around the world to raise fund for Cambodia’s community through micro loans of VisionFund. While the goal is to raise funds, Micro also provides the opportunity of transformation not only to clients but also to donors by helping them to better understand the country and its people through sharing stories of entrepreneurs and emphasizing how businesses are positively impacting those people’s lives as well as the lives of their families, especially children.
VisionFund Cambodia piloted the e-Funding platform on World Vision Micro since early 2011 and continues to support this program in nine provinces where World Vision International-Cambodia’s area development program (ADP) exists. VisionFund Cambodia provided Samsung Galaxy tablets for the loan officers to upload journal updates both for mid-term and final updates. As of December 2014, approximately US$930,000 has been raised on the World Vision Micro platform. “www.worldvisionmicro.org”

Agence Francaise De Development is our most recent partner for solar project. We just signed off the MOU with AFD to receive the first 1 million loan for the first year of partnership commencing from 2015. The project will be extended up to 82 months (almost 7 years) from 2015 onwards. “www.afd.fr”