Tree seedlings nursery

Hamilton

Mombasa, Kenya

100% paid forward

Entrepreneur

Name

Hamilton

Member since

July 2023

On-time repayments

32 installments  •  100%

About Me

My name is Hamilton Charo. I was born in Kaloleni, Kilifi County. I am the third born in a family of six, (all boys). I am a Christian, and also a youth leader in our church.
I went to Kizurini primary school for my primary education and Ribe Boys High School for my secondary education before joining Kenyatta University where I did a Bachelor's of Science degree in Agribusiness Management. I am currently working at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) Mtwapa, Kilifi County.

My Business

My business name is Charo Seedlings Nursery.
It deals with propagation of fruit tree seedlings and forest trees. It involves selling of the following fruit trees: mango, orange, lemon, lime, tangerine, guava, passion, and cashew seedlings. It also deals with forest trees such as Aborea, Neem, Ashok, Casuarina trees. In my Nursery business I am facing the challenge of lack of irrigation during the dry season. If I get a loan of $100 I would be really grateful because I will buy a water tank of capacity 2000 litres. This will solve the problem of lack of irrigation during the dry season. I will use the remaining amount of money to buy knapsack sprayer and some pesticides to spray the seedlings against pest attack.

Project Proposal

I am planning to construct a shade net house. Once I get the funds I will use them to buy construction materials that is the construction poles, nails and the agricultural nets.

I will also use part of the funds to pay for the labour.

Once this is done, it is going to be impact positively on my project because the young seedlings need a conducive environment to thrive well and therefore they will grow well.

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Project Info

Project Type

Pay It Forward

Disbursed amount

$184.00

Date disbursed

Jul 29, 2024

Backers

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Mildred

Namarambi, Kenya

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  • Hamilton    Sep 15, 2024

    The project was about shade net house construction. The money was to fund the purchasing of construction materials plus labor costs.
    I was able to purchase the timber for the construction of the skeleton of the house, but it was not able to cater for the whole project because I still need to buy the agricultural net plus chain and also construct the door.
    So the money that I received was really helpful because it helped me in a long way and if I get more funds I will be able to finish my project.

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  • Hamilton    Aug 21, 2024

    I received the funds and bought the following items:-
    1. Agricultural net
    2. Wood frames
    3. Nails
    The funds also covered some of the labour costs. I am really grateful for your support. May God bless you.

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  • Hamilton    Jul 29, 2024

    I want to take this opportunity to thank you members for making this happen. I am so grateful for your contributions. Your support for this project will really count.
    I am going to use these funds to buy agricultural net, wooden poles and nails. This will also cover for the labour costs.
    I am going to put up a shade net house for my nursery business. There has been a challenge of seedlings dying due to excess heat from the sun but when I construct the shade net house that challenge will be a matter of the past. Furthermore, it's going to reduce on the water loss due to evaporation.
    So once again, thank you members and God bless you for your support.

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  • Benard    Jul 24, 2024

    Keep doing the good environmental work

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  • Hamilton    Jul 14, 2024

    I was able to expand my seedlings business by buying more nursery bags, but my challenge now is the nursery lacks a shade. I want to construct a shade net house.

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  • Hamilton    Mar 15, 2024

    I want to take this opportunity to thank you my funders. I am going to use money to buy more seedlings bags for my nursery business. I will buy insecticides and fungicides for spraying my seedlings. This is going to help me expand my business. Once again thank and may God bless you.

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  • Stephen    Mar 5, 2024

    Hi Hamilton

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  • Hamilton    Mar 2, 2024

    So far I have been able to buy a knapsack sprayer, foliar fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides.

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  • Hamilton    Dec 13, 2023

    This money I plan to buy seedlings bags. This will enable me to expand my seedlings business. I will add more varieties of trees which I did not have and which customers are frequently asking for.

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  • Hamilton    Dec 6, 2023

    Thank you so much for lending a hand in my project. I would like more funds so that I can buy more seedling bags so as to expand my business

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  • Hamilton    Sep 24, 2023

    Thank you so much Zidisha for the funds. I was really stuck in my project due to lack of enough polythene bags for planting in nursery. With this money I am going to buy polythene bags. Once again thank you for making my project possible.

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  • Hamilton    Sep 18, 2023

    I am so grateful to the Zidisha community for making my first project a success, I was able to purchase a knapsack sprayer which I am now able to control pests on my tree nursery. Once again thank you

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  • Hamilton    Jul 21, 2023

    Thank you lenders who helped me, I will use this money to buy a knapsack sprayer and pesticides for spraying my trees seedlings against pest attack. Again thank you and God bless you.

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