Buy a tripod stand for my photography service
Alfred
Changamwe, Kenya
100% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Alfred
Member since
January 2015
On-time repayments
118 installments • 69%
About Me
My name is Alfred, born in Kitui County of Eastern region of Kenya. I was born in a family of 6 and I am the second born. Kitui is a semi arid area and the main activity there is farming though on a small scale. I was born in a rural setup where we didn’t have some basic essentials like electricity and piped water. Life was very simple and I grew up in this environment until I relocated to Mombasa in the 1990s after completing my education.
I went to Mombasa city to attend a college where I did a certificate course in mechanical engineering. I secured a job shortly after completing my course and I worked for a local company for one year. I then quit due to low salary and poor working conditions.
It is at this point that I decided to start a career in photography. Armed with a still film camera that I had bought with my savings, I started taking photos in my neighborhood and in social events such as weddings and birthday parties. With time, my clientele grew and I started getting big photography jobs such as corporate events.
I later decided to start shooting and editing videos to supplement my income. This is what I am still doing.
I am married with two children who are 11 to 15 years old and they are both in school.
My Business
As aforementioned, I am in photography business. I normally take photos and videos for social events like weddings, gospel crusades and music production. My clients normally contract me a few weeks to the function.
My work is usually to record an event and to edit it using computer and then deliver the finished product to the client usually in form of DVDs. I make a net income of about $400 every month.
This work takes long hours in all stages and I have one assistant who helps me with this production.
Loan Proposal
My business is photography. I have invested in quality cameras which always give me good shots. However, I am lacking one vital equipment that is needed to give even better shots - both video and still photos. This is tripod stand which ensures that a camera takes steady and well focused photos/videos. In fact it almost a must have for any serious photographer.
That said, I have planned to buy this equipment with my own resources for a long time but many competing needs have prevented me from doing so. My priorities are always the basic needs like providing for my family and this has made it very difficult to save USD 200 that I need to acquire this gadget.
I have seen this opportunity of getting credit from Zidisha and I am appealing to you to fund my second loan so that I may acquire this essential equipment for my business. Thank you.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$212.00
Date disbursed
May 12, 2015
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
6 months
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
United States
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