Small business loan

On a personal note we have become involved in a small test project where we went in with a local American couple to loan a local guy the money to purchase a tuk tuk, so he can afford to live and feed his family.  Our friends, Will and Anna had several experiences to vouch for his integrity, so we took their word for it. At some stage you have to trust somebody.  Will and Anna own the "Maybe Later" Restaurant and...

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Education

Donations First up, thank you so very much to my Mother, Grandmother and Marian, they gave $300 between them, I don't have the words to express how generous my family have been, it's truly... thank you so much, I am humbled ! Education The school term is about to start again, something I think might be hard for those at home to understand is the lack of resources schools have over here.  The local "Education Department"...

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Lunch ! and how many can fit on a scooter ?

Donations Jenny from Martin Rd made a $50 donation via pay pal the other day, absolutely wonderful and thank  you so much Jenny, it came through the day before we went to Khmer New year lunch and we have a serendipitous story about how we used Jenny's money to help out a local family.  More on that later. Good Will Centre I was invited down to the Good Will Centres' Khmer New Year party, we supplied some...

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Happy Khmer New Year... but wait, there's more !

Donors Once again a HUGE thank you to Richard at Nymboida for the generous ongoing donation he has set up, I and the people of Cambodia we help with the funds really appreciate it, small amounts go a LONG way over here. As an example, a bowl of soup is around $8 in Australia but only $1.50 here.   If anyone else wishes to make small regular donations, just set it up from  your online banking and...

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