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George

Tetu-subukia, Kenya

Funds disbursed

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Entrepreneur

Name

George

Member since

September 2012

On-time repayments

12 installments • 8%

About Me

Am a residence of Subukia-Tetu farm and Kenyan citizen youth. Tetu is on your way to Nyahururu about three Km to Subukia center from Nakuru Plot number 98/2 Tetu Subukia Farm where I live and practice a farming. I have been in maize and livestock farming where I keep a few cow and sheep since the year 2005 and in the year 2006 I changed my profession of farming maize which is a long term crop to green house farming which I saw was profitable.

My Business

In the year 2006 decided to specialize in horticulture products such as tomatoes & cabbages. We formed a group where we were able to plant tomatoes but did not do well the first time. We decided that we would plant out tomatoes when there would be no supply at the market. So we decided to be doing that during the sunny season when other farmers are preparing their farm for maize plantation. In my green house although is not big, I have a section where I plant tomatoes and another one I have planted peas. They do well and I am able to harvest them almost throughout the year. I have also started to plant passion fruits although that was in this year which is also doing well.

Loan Proposal

Now
that the first loan helped me to plant the cabbages and are already
being harvested, I will use the amount to prepare the land for the next
season and to transplant my tomatoes seedling s that are already in the
seedbed ready to be planted. I also want to introduce the bulb onion
project which is fetching good money in the market today. Thank you
lender for the first loan granted.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$1,006.00

Date disbursed

Nov 21, 2012

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

12 months

Other loans

Sep 2012: $500

Lenders

Aahz

Manchester, United States

Candiac, Canada

Covilhã, Portugal

Steiermark, Austria

Wellington, New Zealand

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Silver Aug 19, 2013

Are there anything new informations?

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analinjsaturria Jun 3, 2013

Dear lenders,
We have tried to contact Mr. Karanja unsuccessfully since February. Subukia is quite isolated and difficult to reach by road. We've had three Volunteer Mentors follow up on him in the past 4 months. They have spoken to his referring official and he has not been able to contact Mr. Karanja either. His phone appears to no longer be in service.
We will continue our efforts to contact Mr. Karanja through his provided contacts and working closely with our Volunteer Mentors to try to locate him and understand his situation better.
Regards,
Analin Saturria McGregor
Communications Associate
Zidisha

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analinjsaturria Jun 3, 2013

Dear lenders,
We have tried to contact Mr. Karanja unsuccessfully since February. Subukia is quite isolated and difficult to reach by road. We've had three Volunteer Mentors follow up on him in the past 4 months. They have spoken to his referring official and he has not been able to contact Mr. Karanja either. His phone appears to no longer be in service.
We will continue our efforts to contact Mr. Karanja through his provided contacts and working closely with our Volunteer Mentors to try to locate him and understand his situation better.
Regards,
Analin Saturria McGregor
Communications Associate
Zidisha

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Silver Apr 25, 2013

Is there anything new from george karanja?

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George Nov 9, 2012

First I would like to apologize for being quite since i got the money. I have being very much busy in the farm and now have started to harvest hence less work in the farm. I want to say that the amount lend gave me a good plan to start many short terms projects which is earning me good money at this time. I have started to harvest my cabbage and the tomatoes in the green house are already starting to ripen. this means that in a few days i will be able to repay all the amount lend to me by the lenders so that other borrowers can also benefit from zidisha. In fact if possible tomorrow i can do the transaction and repay the amount. I have started to construct another green house and a storage tank. I also want to start the bulb onion project and the melon project and see if it can fetch good money. Thank you very much

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George Sep 24, 2012

To all lenders,
i would like to thank you all for the contribution you have made. I have received the amount and am ready to carry on with my project. thank you very much.

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George Sep 22, 2012

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all lenders and zidisha organization at large for the support now that my loan has been fully funded. I have accepted the bid and ready to wait for the disbursement.
Thank you very much.

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