Meet Our Clients

Having reached over 1,200 member clients, there are a lot of stories of impact. Here are just a few.


Mother Daughter Team Keep Business Booming

Mother & Daughter Team79 years old, Mrs. Jey Jaloeytham, weathers many challenges still living in Klong Toey community. Even with a number of health issues, she and her daughter pictured here, take care of three young nieces and a nephew.

An exemplar trustworthy client member since 2005, she first opened a small convenience store from their home with a $100 loan. After steadily developing the store for two years increasing stocks…

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The Taste of Tokyo, Fresh from Klong Toey

Vimon and her husbandLiving in Khongtoey community for 35 years, Mrs.Vimon Romphum joined as a respected community member client since the beginning of Step Ahead. Her first loan, for just under $100 was to sell second hand merchandise in the community. Later, her son had an idea to study Japanese food preparation, and now she makes and sells a delicious kind of Sushi in several weekly market fairs. Japanese Sushi is actually a new strongly developing cuisine in Thailand…

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