Capital for clothing business & paying kids' school fees

Patricia

Mombasa, Kenya

91% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Patricia

Member since

March 2014

On-time repayments

342 installments  •  65%

About Me

I am Patricia Mupa Ballo. A single parent and a mother of two girls. i live in mshomoroni in Mombasa. i was born in Kilifi and raised in Kilifi in a family of five kids being the third born. i schooled in Lari secondary in Nyeri and went to Kenya revenue authority training institute. i did secretarial and book keeping course. I started my business in order to earn a living and make ends meet. i am employed but i still do not get enough because i need to grow in life. with my earnings i pay rent, i do shopping, i buy mens shirt & t-shirt at a wholesale price and sell retail as well as pay my kids school fees. Am really trying my best to provide good education to my kids. though its very challenging being single but i thank God for this far.

My Business

To my lenders from Zidisha, I kindly wish you all the best in your endeavours. I sincerely continue to appreciate you for all the endless support you have given me, my children and above all my business. My business at the moment is at a level which without you I couldn’t make to attained. With due respect, I would like you to consider me on my fifth loan application so that I can further expand my business and improve it. We are very happy and pleased to be associated with you. God bless you....

I kindly hope that my loan will be fully funded.Thanks again all lenders &the entire zidisha team.Yo have been a help to many. Be blessed.

Loan Proposal

Am going to split the amount in two;-
1, School fees for my house - help
2, Top up my capital
For the school fees am going to make a difference in someones life remember this girl was secondary school drop out, and i appreciate her hard work for the two years we have been together, shes so kind to my kids and for sure she deserve this. Secondly i will buy some new clothes to add my stock this will enable me make more profit.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$252.00

Date disbursed

Jul 23, 2019

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

20 months

Lenders

lietu

Tallinn, Estonia

C

cyrilleberger

Gammalkil, Sweden

L

leniwiec

Poznan, Poland

J

Johannes

Pirmasens, Germany

SuperMario28

Cudahy, United States

T

TZ

Singapore, Singapore

Lukas Petereit

Frankfurt, Germany

Elly

Woudrichem, United Kingdom

Wendy

Los Angeles, United States

kt

Brush Prairie, United States

J

Jo

United States

Ren

Minneapolis/StPaul, United States

Thomas Naimoli

United States

Tilman Schweitzer

Mainz, Germany

D

David

United States

M

Mark

United States

M

Miles

United States

R

Richard

United Kingdom

MM

Mac McKiva

United States

M

miri

Austria

A

Anonymous

United States

J

Jen

Germany

RE

Robin EJ Spelbrink

Westerbroek, Netherlands

Jeanette

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

M

marjorie

Netherlands

Christine

Munich, Germany

Frosty

North Pole, United States

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  • Patricia    May 11, 2021

    am not able at the moment but am trying my best.

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  • Patricia    Mar 5, 2021

    Business not stable

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  • Patricia    Feb 13, 2021

    Hello my lenders, my business is still not stable but am trying my level best to clear the remaining balance. Thanks

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  • Patricia    Jan 12, 2021

    business not stable yet...

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  • Frank Mwenda    Jan 10, 2021

    Patricia promised to repay her loan onces she's on her feet

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    • Patricia    Jan 12, 2021

      Hey Frank, on that note can my members loan fund fee offset the loan balance? kindly assist

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  • Patricia    Dec 21, 2020

    am trying my best to clear the balance still things are not okay.

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  • Frank Mwenda    Dec 9, 2020

    I spoke with Patricia, she said her business is not doing well, but promised to resume paying the loan very soon, I advised her to adjust her weekly payments to an amount she can afford to pay for now

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  • Patricia    Nov 5, 2020

    with the current situation am not able to pay.

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  • Timothy    Nov 1, 2020

    Ballo said her business is not stable that is why she has skipped repayment.

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  • Patricia    Sep 30, 2020

    Business not stable

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  • Patricia    Aug 27, 2020

    Currently my business is not stable

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  • Patricia    Jul 22, 2020

    my business is in a bad condition.

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  • Patricia    Jun 9, 2020

    Currently i closed down my business, hoping things will get better very soon.

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  • Walter    May 15, 2020

    after reaching out petricia she told me that she is willing to clear outstanding installment amount but the is not well enough with her.but she promise to start paying by next Friday

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  • Patricia    Apr 26, 2020

    Am unable to pay because my business is not stable at the moment.

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  • Patricia    Mar 13, 2020

    At moment am not able to pay the required amount because my business is down.

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  • Walter    Feb 28, 2020

    After speaking with Patricia she told me that she was pregnant and she had just gave birth and she Will pay on march when she will be back on her normal daily duties

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  • Patricia    Jan 13, 2020

    my business is not yet stable thus I cant afford to pay the previous amount.

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  • Patricia    Nov 18, 2019

    Am reducing the loan repayment amount because am facing a lot of challenges but i believe things will get back to normal.

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  • Patricia    Sep 14, 2019

    Am sorry for have i defaulted but am really working hard to repay back the loan balance. My business have not been picking well for last one month. Hopefully things will get back to normal as from this month.

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