Entrepreneur
Name
Charles
Member since
January 2015
On-time repayments
314 installments • 44%
About Me
My names are Charles am in my upper 50s, born in western Kenya Busia in a Polygamous Family life was not a joke,my farther dead when i was five years old,i went through turf time growing up my uncles had to fund my Education up to collage level,after my collage i had to find job so that i can be able to carter for my young siblings and my Mother back in the rural home,i joined uniliver back then in the 80s was commonly know as the East Africa Industries i worked there for few year to support my family later i joined the government of Kenya working in the as registrar of person till late 1990s when the government of The day had to send home most of the work by force and was one of the retrenched person and we were never paid our benefits till today,my life took a u turn,i had a wife five children to take care of i had to use some of my saving to start business and later introduce livestock rearing in my small farm.
My Business
My Agribusiness involves keeping Pigs,chicken,duck and planting vegetable in my farm ,since i started my agribusiness now i can be able to carter for my family, pay their school fees and their uptake.
Most of the produce i use come from within the farm,i don't buy manure i have enough from the livestock i keep and the same for my animals i use the the farm waste to feed them thus i save a lot and preserver the environment,in future I wish to buy a greenhouse to help me conserve the environment,and i can be able to produce more vegetables,i choose farming as a career most of people see farming as a waste of time but for me its my life worth living it because am a smart farmer who use available material to maximum,most of my friends admire my project and i show them how the can capitalize on it.
My typical costs and revenue
Farm produce i make a round $200
per month ,and per year depending on
the produce from my livestock i make
a round $3000 annually.
Expenses
Foodstuffs for my family -$70
Airtime-$10
2 Garden and chicken helper-$90
Chicken feeds, fungicides – $50
Shop Yearly licence- $60
Seeds for planting-$100
you can check out what i do to impact community positively Destiny Group for more http://www.destinyprogressivegroup.herobo.com
https://www.facebook.com/destinyprogressivegroup
Loan Proposal
Dear lenders thank you for your support on my previous Women Empowerment Project
I need your Support Once again to Continue with Women Empowerment project Phase two where by i will start keeping Goats for Milk and Meat to enable Women to Support themselves and their family .
I need around 10 She goats for the first phase for 10 House Hold Each Goat coast 150 Dollars
From this 10 She goats In about 3-6 Month when they give birth i will use the young ones from each family to distribute to the remaining family and the will keep the adult to continue making a living to sustain them .
The project will keep on rotating to new members to empower them financial and keep family together as the saying Empower a women and you will empower the all Community
Thank you so much for your support am looking forward for positives response.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$561.00
Date disbursed
Jul 11, 2016
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
57 months
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Lenders
Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo
San Francisco, United States
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