AMK Continues to Support Children’s Health

Phnom Penh: On December 29, 2017, representatives of AMK Microfinance Institution Plc, led by Mr. Nang Kinal, Head of Marketing and Communication Department , has brought USD18 million in donations to Kuntha Bopha Hospital-Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh. The funds are the donations of AMK management and AMK staff from all levels. AMK has always paid high attention to all Cambodian children’s health especially the poor as we want to see them have equal opportunity to attend schooling because children are the country’s future.

AMK’s mission is to help large numbers of poor people to improve their livelihood options through the delivery of appropriate and viable microfinance services. At the same time, AMK has set two goals to achieve, financial and social. For instance, AMK has recently involved in many social activities such as (1) Support Smile Cambodia to provide free surgery and treatment to patients with cleft-lip and cleft palate and other facial deformities. (2) Support the poor students of the Institute Technology of Cambodia (3) Support program of Khmer public speaking, and many other social activities.

Speaking at the funds handover ceremony, Mr. Nang Kinal said that, “AMK is committed to achieving its social goals. From year to year, AMK management always promotes good culture of sharing to help society, and the money comes from AMK staff.” Adding that, “With the strong commitment of AMK’s management and staff, AMK is now recognized as a microfinance institution fully implementing the Client Protection Principles from SMART CAMPAIGN, an international organization that unites MFIs globally with the common goal of fully implementing Consumer Protection Policy “.

AMK is a leading Microfinance Institution in terms of outreach and borrower numbers. As of December 2018, AMK has coverage 89% of total villages across Cambodia with number of staff around 2,500, total clients of around 680,000 with a loan portfolio over USD207 million. The number of offices have reached 150 and over 3,000 agents nationwide. AMK is providing variety of financial services including Loan, Deposit, Money Transfer, Micro Insurance, Personal Accident Insurance, Payment Service, Payroll Service, Mobile Banking, ATMs and CDMs.