Asia and the Pacific
Number of partners: 6 | Amount: US$14 million | Number of countries: 3
Case study: Cambodia
The Cambodian microfinance sector has developed rapidly over the past decade. But there are two key challenges in the country’s microfinance sector. First is having too much debt, and the second is that the government’s interest rate is too high, especially for smaller microfinance institutions.
HKL
One microfinance institution that was able to quickly launch and scale a housing product was Hattha Kaksekar Limited.
As of December 2016, HKL had over 6,800 active borrowers, spreading US$39.4 million across all its branches.
Bumak's story
Bumak, 35, and his wife, Saerng, 32, have benefited from HKL housing microfinance loans. The family used two HKL loans of US$2,000 to improve their home for their two children: their son Thanat, 9, and daughter, Khanchana, 4. The loans helped the family install a roof, lay a tile floor and plaster the walls.
We now have a good home to raise our family, and we feel secure. It is safe here compared to where we lived before. Bumak, microbuild beneficiary