A Day In The Life Of .... A Liaison Officer from Cambodia

Chantra Roeurn works for lendwithcare's microfinance partner in Cambodia, the Cambodian Community Savings Federation (CCSF), and has taken time out of his busy schedule to tell us a little about his work & life 

Chantra Roeurn © CARE

1. How long have you been working for your organisation?

   

I have been working for my organisation since 17 April 2011.

2. What time does your day start?

For my work, I need to start from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm for the morning and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm as in the     

afternoon.

3. Do you work in an office or spend time out of the office visiting entrepreneurs?

For this work I need to visit entrepreneurs so often to get the information and then come back to compose their profiles again. 

4. What means of transport do you use to visit the entrepreneurs?

  

To visit the entrepreneurs and the better mean of transport for me is using motorbike. Using this motorbike is better mean as the road in Cambodia is not good anymore in the countryside.

5. How many people do you work with?

For this job, I need to work with CBMIFO's (Community Based Microfinance Organizations) staff as they can guide me to visit directly the entrepreneurs' home or their farm.

6. What is your office/town like?

My office is simple with one computer and one desk which will be enble to compose their profiles.

7. What time do you go home?

As well as after I left the work, I need to take the rest time to study Chinese Language from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm as everyday.

8. What do you do in the evening?

After already eaten dinner with my parents, I also spend around two hours to watch TV programs such as International News from CNN, BBC or ChannelNewsasia and Chinese Channel to improve for my listening both in English and Chinese.

9. What do you like about your job?

Since I have been part of this project, I feel comfortable  and for this job is really great as I can visit the entrepreneurs' home and then I could know the really situation of the entrepreneurs' family economic, know about their business on the good process or not, especially when I visit them in the second time to update entrepreneurs. I am really happy when I can visit them so often.

10. What is difficult about your job?

For my job is not any difficult, but it is just a little as during rainy season I can't visit them as the road is muddy as the result I couldn't visit them like I expect.

Compiled by Nancy Thomas, Lendwithcare Executive & Chantra Roeurn, CCSF Liaison Officer 

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Why I Lend: To help out business owners from across the globe

Lendwithcare lender, Ffion Davies, founder of PR company Espressivo Creative, tells us why she lends …

Gilda Valerio, an entrepreneur from the Philippines supported by Espressivo Creative

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Being an entrepreneur can be extremely rewarding, but also, ridiculously lonely at times. When a fellow entrepreneur creates an alliance with another, there’s a new bond being created, an alliance, if you will, and it’s rather quite special.

What’s more special is that here at Espressivo Creative, we’re not only creating alliances with other entrepreneur’s on nearly an every day basis, but we’re proud to be helping out business owners from across the globe who don’t get the privilege to receive as much help as we do over here in the UK. We’ve got a tonne of information at our disposal to aid us with business related queries and issues we may come across, especially when it comes to funds. However, not everyone in this world is as lucky as we are.

We’re currently working with not 1, not 2, but 3 different businesses from some of the poorest places in the world, where people are just trying to start their own ventures in order to stand on their own 2 feet, although I can’t stand that overused cliché, it’s exactly what they’re doing. And how are we doing that? Well, we’re a member of lendwithcare.org, who provide micro loans from people just like you and me who pledge to help other ambitious people to get their businesses started.

This isn’t a donation, but a loan, where we treat our fellow entrepreneur’s with respect, just like we’d like to be treated too. We’re not offering hand outs but a solution to get their brand new business started and giving their lives an extra dimension. I’m proud to say that we’re part of enabling business growth in some of the poorest areas in the world.

Thank you lendwithcare.org for allowing us to help!

By lendwithcare lender, Ffion Davies