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 Lender,if granted this loan i will use the money to expand my Agribusiness to boost my current market demand through your help,i will purchase modern hybrid seeds worth $ 50, and also boost my farm input worth $50,later introduce more modern farm machines
My main focus is to increase more livestock to sale to farms choice who buy pig and produce more value added products such as sausage,Bacon,Ham,Delicatessen ,Economy Products,Continentals,Fresh Pork.
With you support I will be able to expand my Agribusiness to meet my customers demand, which keeps on growing every day. I will buy direct from authorized dealer who sell at subsidized prices. I will then later resell them at retail hence boosting my profit margin.
Hence creating job opportunities to empower my community.
I assure you I will be submitting my weekly repayment promptly as stated in Zidisha terms and conditions.
Thank you for your kind support and transforming life of many individual by empowering them economically.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$100.00
Date disbursed
Jan 18, 2015
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
7 months
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Lenders
Cobham, United Kingdom
United States
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