Goats for dairy business

Serah Wanjiku

Nakuru, Kenya

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Name

Serah Wanjiku

Member since

May 2010

On-time repayments

249 installments • 68%

About Me

am a married woman my husband is a truck driver i work in mugaa secondary school as a part time school secretary as well as running my bussiness my children are big and some are even married.

Apart from working As a secretary I do farming. My husband and I own a plot of land where we live. it is at this piece of land where I practice farming. I do mixed farming,growing of crops and rearing of animals. mainly I grow maize and beans for commercial purposes I also do grow onions, kales cabbages and other vegetables for domestic use. besides growing of crops I also rear daily cows and goats. Currently I have planted about three acres of maize and beans.

My Business

Am in my early 50s in age and have completed my form four am fluent in english kiswahili and kikuyu after sometime i would like to retire into my business My business involve a lot of activities i do typeseting sell mobile phones scratch cards photocopying paperssell fruits sodas vegetables so it is a kind of a retail shop with typing services KENYA WOMEN FINANCE TRUST NAKURU previously have assisted me with two loans of 20000ksh and 25000ksh in 2007 and 2008 respectively i have cleared both loans

Loan Proposal

I intend to purchase 4 dairy goats@ $100. the remaining amount shall be used for constructing the shelter for the goats.

Previously I was rearing dairy cow unfortunately the cow which I had named "zidisha" fell ill and died. The calf which it bore is still doing fine.

Compared with dairy cow I am convinced that under the current situation dairy goats are far much better. To start with they do not need alot of capital. They also mature much faster compared to cows.

Goat's milk more nutritious. With four goats I believe I will have enough milk for My family and more for sale. Demand for dairy goats is very high.