Lydia

Chakama, Kenya

27% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Lydia

Member since

February 2013

On-time repayments

19 installments  •  21%

About Me

My name is Lydia Kashutu Kahindi,Im married with two daughter children,the first born aged five years and the other three years,all are schooling in a private school.I live in Ghaba village in Makongeni sub-location in Chakama Location.My work is to run a cafeteria.Im a class eight leaver,could not continue with my farther education because of financial crisis.I started this business mainly to earn a living and to improve my life.I do purchase various items with the earnings from my business:sugar,salt,tomato/tomato sauce,beans,maize,coconuts,water,plates,firewood,sufurias,spoons,benches etcAlso buy clothes for my family,pay school fees for my daughtersand transport etc

My Business

My business is cafeteria,Im running a cafeteria in my locality.this provides selling of cooked foods to people.In this cafe I cook dumples,chapati,beans,meet,ugali,kitheri and many others.There is demand of these comodities because many people are employed and have to go with time well and because of the bother to kitchen work.My customers prefer to my business because I cook delious foods and talk to them in a friendly way.The business is profitable for because for instance one sack 90kg bought at ksh:1500/= can be sold in two weeks and give ksh:15000/=Risks that face my business are lack of enough capital and security.My monthly income is ksh:40000/= and my monthly expenditure is ksh:25000/= my profit is ksh:15000: of which can repay Zidisha loan comfortable.

Loan Proposal

I will use the loan in a well distributed manner as follows;atleast 10percent will be spent to buy new spoons,20percent spent to buy will be spent to buy new plates,20percent will be spent to buy beans,20percent will be spent to buy maize and the remaining fraction will be spent to buy sugar and flevers etc.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$100.00

Date disbursed

May 1, 2013

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

19 months

Lenders

F

Fabrizio

Grottaferrata, Italy

HMCmicrofinance

Oxford, United Kingdom

G

gerd87

Haar, Germany

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