The Small Enterprise Development Co., Ltd., or well-known “SED”, provides several microfinancial services for both group-lending and individual-lending. Its key service is the group-lending through a village bank (VB) established by a poor woman to practice regularly saving and provide financial services to improve their livelihood.
With more than 30-year experiences on providing microfinancial services, the SED has emphasized on participatory working approach and its background can be categorized into 4 phases.
To alleviate poverty of low income families in Thailand and to empower women through sustainable poverty lending program
1. To encourage a community to form an revolving fund or village bank
2. To monitor, develop, and strengthen capacity for village banks
3. To provide loans for village banks and their members to improve their business
4. To develop the relationship with donors and encourage investors and organizations to participate in activities of village banks
5. To organize training and exposure trip on microfinance for interested organizations
1. Transparency
2. Accountability
3. Quality and Improvement
4. Cost-effectiveness
5. Empowerment
1. Village Bank Loan
2. Business Loan
3. Individual Loan for Women Entrepreneur
4. Pico 1
5. Pico 2
6. Informal Debt Redemption Loan
Chair of BOD
Member of BOD
Member of BOD
Member of BOD
Member of BOD
29 June 2022, SED consulted with Raks Thai Foundation (Khun Han Office) to seek cooperation and the possibility to provide a micro-loan for local entrepreneurs living along the Thai-Cambodia border.
Every month, the SED provides a microloan with an amount of almost one million THB to support a local entrepreneur. In August 2020, the SED in cooperation with Kiva lent
24 February – 06 March 2020, the SED welcomed Mr. Pranav Singh, the Kiva fellow. During the period, the Kiva fellow visited borrowers in Surin province under the project of
12 – 30 Nov. 2018, Danny, Kiva fellow, from Kiva organization monitored and provided technical assistance for the project of “Individual Loan for Women Entrepreneur”. It’s the cooperating project between
10-11 July 2018, Kendra Thorogood, Senior Portfolio Manager, Europe & Central Asia, represented the Kiva organization monitoring the implementation of the project of “Individual Loan Product for Women Entrepreneurs” at
Every year, we vote for the outstanding Field Officer to be a representative of SED and nominated to compete in the WPF Field Officer Appreciation Awards funded by the Whole
271, Moo 7, Salakdai Sub-district, Mueang District, Surin Province, Thailand, 32000
