Entrepreneur
Name
Mary
Member since
January 2013
On-time repayments
357 installments • 77%
About Me
Am mother of six children living in musumarini, Kikambala. Am a businesswoman doing my business in mtwapa and the other surrounding i do my business as door to door service. My first child is girl and she is married and settled with her husband, the second is a a girl and also married the third is a boy, he fished his secondary school education but due to unemployment, he is doing casual jobs, the fourth is a girl and also married, the fifth is a boy and is in primary school, in class six, the last is a boy and in class five. I live with my last three children in Musumarini. I started doing business because i wanted to meet my family needs.I first started with tailoring business, and later i introduced the boutique selling second hand clothes.This business really helped me with my family upkeep.With my income from the business i buy food for the family paying rent at the boutique, and paying school fees.
My Business
My business is a combined boutique and a tailoring shop, these combined businesses gives me a good help in my family upkeep. This business is doing well especially, the boutique which i do a door to door service, this business does better because i go to the customers right to their houses. with this door to door service target all age group as i meet them at their residential places this business is profitable as i get my family needs without any problem. With this business i get an income of ksh 30,000 per month. in this business my risks include, rainy season, this affects as i walk doing the door to door service so its hard to walk in such weather.With the income i get i use ksh 5,000 for my family food, ksh 4, 000 paying school fees, ksh 5 for my family expences and other family needs. i save ksh 16,000 per month, which i can use to repay my zidisha loan.
Loan Proposal
First i would like to take this chance to thank all my lenders and the entire zidisha community for helping me out this long. With the last loan i managed to get the sewing machine as i had stated. My business is doing good as i now have a good production due to the addition of ,machines. With this loan i would like to use Ksh.30,000 to buy buy materials as i now have a high demand of clothes especially with the Christmas season. I will use the rest Ksh. 3,600 to decoration as this will attract more customers as we usher to the Christmas and new year season. Once again thank so much for your efforts.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$370.00
Date disbursed
Dec 23, 2014
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
5 months
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