Loan for learning drawing softwares

Oscar

Kitonguni Village, Kenya

34% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Oscar

Member since

February 2015

On-time repayments

111 installments  •  17%

About Me

I am Oscar luka from kitonguni village in mukaa and am 28 years of age. I come from a family of 7 members, i being the first born. I did my secondary education in 2007 but the journey of school life was never smooth. After my primary education, I was forced to repeat class eight as there was no money for high school fees. After another year in primary school, I passed so well but I finally went to a village secondary school. In mid the second year i was forced to drop school in form 2 and my ambition to learn was curtailed due to lack of school fees. Father was then practicing cash crop farming from where the family depended for livelihood. Unfortunately the land happened to have honor-ship wrangles and people destroyed all the crops as result. Mother being a housewife could not do anything and financial challenges set in as there was nothing to sell.
After a year or so of helping father to look for money to buy food and pay for my siblings fees, things became better and i thank God as i managed to go back to school and got a form 4 certificate. But i could not go to college after that. I have used my certificate to earn a living since but the salary i work for is very little to cater for all the needs.
Last year i thought of a way of creating income using other ways and the idea of rearing chicken for sell struck me. I bought young indigenous chicks and started the business which is doing well and promising. Am single but am forced to assist to raising my younger siblings up. I like making new friends and socializing. I am also a fun of music and reading novels.

My Business

I chose this type of business because am able to do it as i work which supplements my income. Again there is ready market once the chicks mature. Chicken are highly demanded in big hotels as food. Since i get assistance from a neighbor friend in feeding them and providing enough water and administering disease prevention drugs, i find little challenges. After selling around 100 chicken am able to get a profit of 350$ which is 115$ monthly profit. The profit depends on the number of chicken sold. One chicken can fetch (7-8) $. The approximated cost for raising 100 chicks is 120$.
Because of lack of enough capital am not able to supply chicken all through the month but after a period of two months, otherwise my plan is to supply monthly. I am able to get some good profit from the business which i use to buy feeds, drugs, and new chicks for reinvestment. If i get the loan i will be able to construct another chicken house and buy other chicks, of which my plan will be implemented. If i get the 100$ from zidisha i will use 25$ to buy chicks, 70$ to construct a house and the 100$ i have saved to cater for feeds feeders, water troughs, and drugs for disease prevention.

Loan Proposal

this time round i intend to use the money to pay for part time classes in auto card and arch card for engineering drawing lessons. i will use the total amount together with savings to pay the fee of $150. the skills will increase my chances of employment as an engineer.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$95.00

Date disbursed

Jul 30, 2015

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

22 months

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  • Paola M    Feb 24, 2016

    Hi Oscar! How are you doing?

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  • Lydiah    Nov 21, 2015

    Dear Lenders, It was good that I was able to speak to Oscar and he promise to settle down all the arrears in his account.

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  • Lydiah    Oct 6, 2015

    Thank you Oscar for keeping your word.

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  • Lydiah    Sep 30, 2015

    Dear Leaders, I was able to talk to Oscar and he informed me that his main challenge was the loss of the market of his product but he is planning to look for the market in some other areas like Nairobi and the urban centers around his home so that he can increase his sales.Oscar promise to pay his loan arrears on Sunday,I advised Oscar to take advantage of this platform to market his product to the members and also do a lot of networking through social media to enable him to market his product.

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  • Oscar    Sep 19, 2015

    am currently unable to pay the ksh. 300 installments due to challenges in finance but will upgrade the amount once am able. thank you for your understanding.

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  • Lydiah    Aug 22, 2015

    I was not able to talk to Oscar himself since his phone could not go through but I managed to speak to the person who invited him, and he informed me that Oscar had a few challenges that he believe he has sorted out and he was sent to start to pay the loan soon,at the same time I requested Mr Nduva to assist Oscar to adjust his loan installment so that he can be able to pay the loan with much ease

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  • Douglas St Quintin    Aug 20, 2015

    Hi Oscar, Let me know how you are getting on with your studies and your chicken project. We are all here to help!!

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  • Oscar    Aug 4, 2015

    thank you for entrusting me again with a loan for the second time. i received ksh. 9,176. i used the money to pay for a training in drawing soft wares as had earlier indicated. i am currently going on with he training, thank you again.

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  • Oscar    Jul 30, 2015

    thank you for trusting me again with the second loan. as i had indicated earlier, i will use the loan to learn drawing using softwares, which will give me skills required in the job market. this will enable me to secure a job in civil engineering works.

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  • Oscar    Jul 24, 2015

    my first loan helped me so much though i faced some challenges in repaying back the money, but at last i managed to settle the whole amount. am sorry for the inconveniences that occurred then. i have applied again for the loan, and promise to repay it as per the requirement if at all i get it again. thank you zidisha for your help.

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  • Oscar    Jun 16, 2015

    am able to pay this amount. thank you

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  • Oscar    May 11, 2015

    i request to reduce my installment amount because i suffered some loss as i lost my phone and cash through pickpocketing incidence. am now trying to recollect back to normal.thank you zidisha

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  • Oscar    Mar 18, 2015

    am sorry zidisha group to announce to you that i want to reduce my installments from ksh.922 to ksh.500. this is because my chicken have been affected by gumboro disease which am now trying to fight to prevent losses, i will be able to adjust again when things go well again. thank you for your understanding. God bless you.

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  • Oscar    Mar 17, 2015

    my business is doing well except on sunday the day for repaying my first installment, an emergency broke up which made me use the mount i had saved for this purpose to do something else. i had saved the full amount that day but i was forced to sent some money home to counter an emergency. am sorry for the late payment, although this was my first installment. i hope that this delay won't affect my profile. otherwise in future i will try to avoid this. i thank you zidisha group for the understanding. may God bess you abundantly.

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  • Francis    Feb 28, 2015

    all the best oscar....

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  • Charles    Feb 20, 2015

    congratulations for the effort you are making in business and helping others. keep it up, you will soon make it. may the zidisha group see these efforts and support you.

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    • Oscar    Feb 20, 2015

      thank you pal for nice wish for me. am almost there

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  • Oscar    Feb 20, 2015

    thank you zidisha group for your efforts in supporting young and ambitious entrepreneurs to grow businesswise.

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