Mr. Eav Im, 44 years old, and spouse, lives in Dey Lo village, Chey Udom commune, Lumphat district, Ratanakkiri province. They have been in the business of selling groceries for nine years. In addition to grocery selling, they are also cassava and cashew farmers. Mr. Eav Im and Ms. Pha Phok have two children; the first child is a motorcycle mechanic, and the other one is a secondary school student. Mr. Eav Im said, he knew LOLC through his neighbor and was quite interested at that
time. Later, when the LOLC Financial Sales Advisors came to promote his village, he asked for more detailed information and more understanding about the loan feature and decided to apply for the loans from the LOLC. As of now, he has applied for up to three consecutive loan cycles from LOLC, which all the requests were at the same purpose, expanding cultivation by purchasing additional land to grow cashews and cassava in addition to his existing business. After expanding the cultivation of cashew and cassava plantations to a larger extent, post-harvest yields increased significantly, and his crops continued to be sold to brokers who came to collect from the plantation field. By now, the living condition of his family is much better because his income from selling crops has doubled. Mr. Eav Im expressed his gratitude to LOLC for taking care of their clients, especially himself, that receiving consultant on how to strengthen and expand the business to sustainable grow.