Irrigation project

Peter

Nairobi, Kenya

Funds disbursed

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Entrepreneur

Name

Peter

Member since

January 2019

On-time repayments

8 installments  •  25%

About Me

I'm a 29 year old young man from Kiambu, a Christian, and digital marketer. I'm also a qualified electrician and machine technician. My primary work is with foreign agencies and companies where I provide content marketing services to their websites and social media pages.

I was born in Limuru but I've mostly lived in Nairobi, Ngong, and Kiambu town. Being from a poor family, I had to learn to fend for myself from a young age. I attended Starehe Boy's Center and started a photography business with an old Yashica film camera.

I joined KU to pursue an engineering course, but I'm yet to graduate. I work electrical installation contracts when I get them.

I'm an aspiring dad, and I'm sure my kids will want to do technical courses just like me, but probably in electronics or software development. One of my favorite hobbies is fixing broken electronics, I absolutely love the process of troubleshooting, looking up repair instructions, checking out circuits, and tinkering with stuff until I get it working again. That's in my blood.

The tinkering part of me loves digital marketing because we get to try different strategies and see what works. Data is a big part of it, and I like working with data and math.

My Business

I'm currently starting my own website called ellife. It will be about providing electrical and technical advice and recommendations, primarily focused on the local market. I believe there is a lot of untapped potential in that sector.

The site just went into development, but I need funds to pay for the development so I can start publishing content.

Once I build up the traffic to around 5k visits a month, I'll be able to monetize the traffic, but the most income will come from affiliate marketing by partnering with companies that sell electronics and related services.

Project Proposal

I and my family are trying to give our parents a leg up with a small irrigation project. Basically we want to repair an existing underground water tank so that it can store water that can be used for irrigation during the dry season. the tank has a capacity for 95,000 ltrs, and we also have two more plastic tanks with a capacity of 5k litres each.
We need to buy a small submersible pump to deliver water from the underground tank to the others.
the reason I'm asking for such a small amount while the project is big is that we've already started the project and I'm a little short on cash. While I wait for my regular source of income, we need to keep this going.

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Project Info

Project Type

Pay It Forward

Disbursed amount

$40.00

Date disbursed

Jun 17, 2024

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Backers

Alice

Kisii, Kenya

Chomba

Chembe, Zambia

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  • Peter    Jul 29, 2024

    I had some cashflow problems but I'm now getting back up.

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  • Peter    Jul 15, 2024

    My business and formal job got disrupted as a result of the ongoing protests. I have a secondary source of income but I'll need a bit more time to get some money. I may even pay it off in lumpsum at the end of the month.

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  • Peter    Jun 17, 2024

    Hello Alice and Chomba, thank you for funding my project. The funds will go toward buying a water pump to so we can begin watering our vegetables as the dry season is almost with us.

    This is just the start of a long journey, and we want to become large-scale vegetable suppliers in 3 years if all goes well.

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  • Peter    Jun 12, 2024

    I had to pivot during that first project, but for the better! A colleague and close friend suggested that we should collaborate and start a digital marketing agency instead. So we used the funds to help set up the website for our first client. We'll soon be looking fo r funds to help set up our team and office, but for now this is a different project I'm working on.
    PS: check out the site at bourgeonsafaris.com, and do book with us if you're looking for a vacation in Kenya! I may even get you a nice discount.

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  • Peter    May 20, 2024

    Thank you for supporting my project. It's still a work in progress, and hopefully I'll be able to share a success story soon.

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  • Peter    Apr 28, 2024

    Hi Betty!
    Thank you for funding my project.
    I'm going to pay for hosting and this will help me kickstart my development.
    I believe once it's started it will be able to pay for itself in a year or two.
    Be blessed!

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