Simon
Kianjoya Village, Kenya
100% repaid
Name
Simon
Member since
April 2013
On-time repayments
171 installments • 72%
I am a small-scale retailer and a part-time teacher at Mugaa Secondary School. I sell basic household things such as sugar, flour, salt, tea, etc. My business on average generates KShs 5,000 ($48 USD) in profit. I wish to expand the business so that it generates more profit to support my family. I get my stock from Nakuru town. We run this business with my wife, who attends to customers when I am teaching. My goal is to have a large shop so that I satisfy my customers and support my family.
During my free time, I like travelling and visiting places, listening to music, and watching movies. I have attended and completed college, but I have not yet gotten a meaningful job because there are few jobs in Kenya.
My shop is located in Kianjoya Shopping Centre, just adjacent to Kianjoya Primary School. I combine my small salary from teaching and the profit I generate from the business to support both my family and my younger siblings. My parents are old and rely on me and my other elder sister, who is married and lives far away. So I do not really manage to save a lot, but if I get a loan, I believe I will increase the stock so that I can get more profit to support my family accordingly. The more I expand the business, the more customers I will get and retain. I want my business to be stable and growing. In the future, I hope I can expand the business to even become a wholesaler.
First of all i want to thank zidisha lenders for giving me the first loan that i have happily completed. I want a second loan of 50$ so that I buy two bags of maize meal floor to sell to local households. I want to target this season of low maize production. there is a very high demand for maize floor around and my current savings are too little to help me add maize floor to my shop. Thank you so much zidisha lenders.
I am a small scale retailer and a part time teacher at Mugaa Secondary School. I sell basic household things such as sugar, floor, salt, tea, etc. My business on average generates Kshs 5,000 profit. I wish to expand the business so that it generates more profit to support my family. I get my stock from Nakuru town. We run this business with my wife who attends to customers when I am teaching. My goal is to have a large shop so that I satisfy my customers and support my family. During my free time, I like travelling and visiting places , listening to music, and watching movies. I have attended college and completed but i have not yet gotten a meaningful job because there are few jobs in Kenya.
My shop is located in Kianjoya Shopping Centre just adjacent to Kianjoya Primary School. I combine my small salary from teaching job and the profit i generate from the business to support both my family and my younger siblings. My parents are old and rely on me and my other elder sister who is married far away. So i do not really manage to save a lot but if I get a loan, I believe I will increase the stock so that I can get more profit to support my family accordingly. The more I expand the business the more customer I will get and retain. I want my business to be stable and growing. in future, I hope I can expand the business to even become a wholesaler.
First of all i want to thank zidisha lenders for giving me the first loan that i have happily completed. I want a second loan of 50$ so that I buy two bags of maize meal floor to sell to local households. I want to target this season of low maize production. there is a very high demand for maize floor around and my current savings are too little to help me add maize floor to my shop. Thank you so much zidisha lenders.
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Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$50.00
Date disbursed
Aug 11, 2014
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
5 weeks
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