Vision Fund

World Vision Cambodia (WVC) is an internationalChristian relief and development organization workingto promote the well-being of all people – especiallychildren. World Vision seeks to serve people who arepoor worldwide, regardless of race, religion, or ethnicorigin. VisionFund Cambodia has been working inclose strategic partnership with WVC since the 1990’s.VisionFund Cambodia delivers financial services, whileat the same time WVC Area Development Programs(ADPs) manage social safety programs and/or projects,such as food and water security, education, health,peace and justice, and HIV/AIDS. We currently have20,473 clients (US$7.23 million portfolio), who arethe beneficiaries of WVC and who used the loan forvarious income generating activities to improve thelives of their children and families.The International Labour Organization (ILO) has,since 2007, maintained partnership with VisionFundCambodia through a local NGO partner known asHealth Centre for Children (HCC) with an aim tohelp families whose children are at risk of becomingchild labourers instead of being in school. VisionFundCambodia offers micro loans in Phnom Penh areaswhere the HCC operates. ILO has also supported usin developing a financial education program for ourclients.Hagar is an international Christian organizationdedicated to the recovery of extreme human rightsabuses, particularly human trafficking, gender-basedviolence, and sexual exploitation. Hagar and VisionFundCambodia began to integrate microfinance anddevelopment projects into the Tapreach community inKampong Thom in March 2008 to help disadvantagedwomen achieve financial independence.Plan is a child-focused development NGO thatpromotes child rights to end child poverty. Ourpartnership with Plan International Cambodia datesback to 2007, starting in Kampong Cham province andlater extending to Siem Reap province. The partnershipbenefited the poor and the most vulnerable poor,especially women living in Plan’s target areas wherethey could access the financial services from VisionFundCambodia to start up and or/ expand their smallbusiness and or/ increase their agricultural productionto eventually improve their living condition. There havecurrently been 5,763 clients with a total loan portfolioof US$1,68 million. The loan size is averaged at US$293,which means VisionFund Cambodia maintains a strongfocus on targeting low-income clients or the poorestsegment of the rural population.WING, then a subsidiary of Australia New ZealandBanking Group (ANZ), is a mobile payment providerthat offers money transferring service to its customerswithin Cambodia. In partnership with WING, VisionFundlaunched mobile phone money transfer services inJanuary 2009, making VisionFund the country’s firstMFI to deliver such a service, which extends accessof financial services to rural Cambodians allowing unbankedindividuals to save money, transfer, and makepayments conveniently and inexpensively.Cambodian Center for Study and Development inAgriculture (CEDAC) is a local NGO that envisionsa Cambodian society where small farming householdsVISIONFUND CAMBODIA ANNUAL REPORT 2012 29