Zidisha | Project Updates

Project Updates

The latest updates from projects made possible by our global community.

Renson · Nakuru , Kenya

Jan 19, 2025

Zidisha is my beautiful friend for long time

Owo · Portharcourt, Nigeria

Jan 19, 2025

Thank you zidisha community your support has helped me venture into rice business. I started with one bag now I have three bags. Also my cosmetics business is doing fine thanks to your support. God 🙏 bless you zidisha community. comment image

Sheila · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 17, 2025

My business has real expanded from the time you offered me a loan .I have stocked my business with a lot of products and am real pleased .I will much appreciated if you give me hand to open up another business that will create a job to someone and to myself too.

Antony · Mwea, Kenya

Jan 15, 2025

When i started i had a semi permanent mud house bt today the project assisted me alot and i was to build a permanent house for my family and also i was able to take my children to good schools

Carren · Mombasa, Kenya

Jan 15, 2025

To all my supporters,here I come again wishing you a very happy new year.I received my project on the sixth of this month,am really happy,to let you know that,I increased my mpesa float value, the harvest is here and just waiting for the cereals to get dry so that I purchase the school supplies. As for the cosmetics,am still selling the left overs from the previous purchase, because in our country we consider January to be a tough month due to new enrollments in schools, colleges and universities. Therefore few concentrate in buying cosmetics.The grocery is still on,and my prayer always is that may God open more ways,so that I repay as scheduled so that other supporters can benefit. Am very very humbled,and know with zidisha sky is not the limit for us as members.Long live Zidisha.

Gladys · Lusaka, Zambia

Jan 15, 2025

Thank you very much my backers for funding my loan. With the funds you have helped me I will buy the Garden Tools to help for planting and cultivated the farm land to high standard for the production of a good yield crops. This will benefit many in our community as the maize will be used to mealie meal which is our stable food foe our daily consumption.

Leonard · Nairobi/serem, Kenya

Jan 14, 2025

I bought a tree and break it into frames. I also bought iron sheets and nails. I thank God by tomorrow I will be doing roofing. I once again say THANK YOU.

Eko Edi · Boyolali, Indonesia

Jan 14, 2025

Dear lender, I would like to express my gratitude for your continued support for my business project. I use the funds to develop my business so that it can progress further. I am very grateful to this platform because it has had a big impact on my life. Because the support from your funds has increased my income so that I can use it to pay for my children's school fees and college fees. Thank you for your support so far.

Douglas · Kitwe, Zambia

Jan 8, 2025

Dear lenders, may I say am humbled for unwavering support towards my business project. The aim is to expand this project in schools and hospital by buying more iron steel bars and water buckets to make more water local dispenser stands. So that they be hygiene in schools and in hospital and clinics. These local water dispenser are very useful for the community by washing their hands after eating and toilet use t keep them clean. I'm so grateful for efforts and support to this project of mine. May God bless more and your families.Thank you

Joyce · Nakuru, Kenya

Jan 8, 2025

Thankyou for all the support my son will be able to go to school. Am forever grateful to this platform as it has a great impact in my life.God bless you all

Esther · Eldoret, Kenya

Jan 7, 2025

Hello members,the funds have increases my earnings and so I have used them to pay school fees for my children and build a new house.Thank you very much.

Elizabeth · Kisumu, Kenya

Jan 4, 2025

Happy New Year 2025, to all my supporters. I am truly enjoying my poultry project, since l sold some chicks and have enough feeds. I also decided to sell the eggs for now and l am thinking of building an outside rearing cage since the small room lacks space. comment image

Abigael · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 3, 2025

I have used the funds to add one cow for milk which will give me more milk for sells.Regards comment image

Jedida · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 3, 2025

I am very grateful to have once again been funded for the next phase of my project. I will buy pipes and sprinkler heads for watering my expanding organic garden as well as bougainville fence around the property (I will also be purchasing these seedlings). In addition to my organic vegetables, I am now planning on planting fruit trees - starting with avocado, papaya and mango (I am working with a horticulturist and he will advise on others as we go forward). I hope there will be enough left over to create an Instagram advertisement so that I may continue to provide more free yoga sessions for a few selected who cannot afford to pay but need it for their mental wellbeing. The advert should also help drive more new clients for yoga the yoga sessions. Thank you Kavita, Lukas, Julian, Anshul, Jesus, KinHo, Musa, Nataka, Lillian Qudus, Sofia, Victoria, for your contributions, and the Zidisha team for your continued support. Wishing you a wonderful start to 2025, may it be a prosperous, happy and peaceful one for all. Jedida

Anthony · Kericho, Kenya

Jan 3, 2025

I was able to expand my cybercafe business and can attest that the profits also increased. I would like to thank this platform for helping me realize my dream. I intend to also venture into serious farming in my next project.

Jedida · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 3, 2025

Preparing for compost. I am determined to keep organic rather than using chemicals for fertilizer, for health reasons as well as environmental concerns. comment image

Evelyn Muewa · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 2, 2025

I thank all my supporters for funding my business.i will expand my grocery andmploy one more person

Evans Loningoi Lechapara · Kenya

Dec 28, 2024

I always expand my business evey time I get funds from zidisha,when I get this fund will buy a freezer to keep the remaining food and soft drinks ,this will help me to avoid a lot of waste,thus increasing the sales , would also employ another waitress/waiter since without waste will be making more money and will be able to give a job opportunity

Terhemba · Makurdi, Nigeria

Dec 26, 2024

.I thank you my supporters and and all Zidisha members for this great opportunity. I will use this money to buy a generator to provide electricity for my business as it will increase the volume of work hence more income to take care of my family. Thanks again

Kevin · Mombasa, Kenya

Dec 23, 2024

Am now able to plan every event in a smooth way...I now have 6 tents for a wedding, traditional dowry payment event or funeral shade to the mourners.i have a team of 6,this have created employment to our youths who are in catering profession.

Kevin · Mombasa, Kenya

Dec 23, 2024

I can now take care of my kids and those of my late sister school fees.i have also employed 10 individuals who assist in my running of the organisation...cooking,tents washing and set up

Jedida · Nairobi, Kenya

Dec 20, 2024

....and they kept growing comment image

Lucy · Gilgil Town, Kenya

Dec 20, 2024

Dear Samuel and John happy holidays. I'm very happy you funded my project. I will buy equipments to cook snacks. That's chips pan, mesh spoon and juakali chips warmer display. I will also buy potatoes, sausages and meat to prepare samosa. That will help me make better profit and also employ someone to help me. Thank you very much for making it possible.

Kevin · Eldoret, Kenya

Dec 17, 2024

With my 1st loan I.managed to open up another mpesa branch nearby and by now all off them are doing fantastic. I have managed to hire 2 stafffs

Sylvester · Chibombo, Zambia

Dec 17, 2024

I Intend to buy 20 bags of maize seed to plant more more maize crop to have a huge harvesr this farming season so that I could do much better than I did last year. Henceforth it will help buy the hummer mill for the community to processing mealie meal within community and their generate good income to reinvest more the farming business. Thank you my backers for supporting me, am so grateful .

Burhan · Kaloleni, Kenya

Dec 15, 2024

Good evening 3 children are going to school now and I am able to pay the school fees without issues and food they est what they need My children is Moiz 12 Years,Mariam 6 Yesrs and Mulki 2 Years .

Esther · Nairobi, Kenya

Dec 14, 2024

Hello my supporters , thank you so much for your help,I bought more stock of books, stationaries and school uniforms where I stocked my shop, it has helped many people in my community because they always get books, stationaries and school uniforms for the children at a good price especially now the schools are near to open...

Dickson · Laboret, Kenya

Dec 14, 2024

Hi lenders..I thank you so much for the support.. I have been able to buy my client hearing aids.. This will boost my business..and career. It has also helped restore my client's ability of hearing.

Caren · Kabsabet , Kenya

Dec 13, 2024

I started a Business of keeping chicken and so far I have 50 of them . I started with 5 chicks and counting

Victor · Kapsabet, Kenya

Dec 13, 2024

Good afternoon bankers . Thank you so much for the support, I have manage to have a greenhouse which is currently operational. It has assisted me to pay rent and put food it to the table.

Romuald Jencka · United States

Dec 12, 2024

Blessings on your journey to support yourself and your family. I know what it’s like to work hard and to be able to prosper and succeed in achieving your goals. God bless you and your journey.

Gabriel · Nairobi, Kenya

Dec 12, 2024

Thank you to all my lenders, I will use the funds to lease a rice farm and use part of it to increase my rice stock to maximise on my weekly income. The funds will have a multiplier effect on the economy. I Will definitely create labor in my rice farm.

Albert · Mombasa, Kenya

Dec 11, 2024

This loan helped me get into clothes business 7 years ago and still going strong. Thanks for your patience and help. I really appreciate

Tina · Chingola, Zambia

Dec 11, 2024

Dear backers, am so grateful to you, I have received the funds successfully in my MTN payment account. I have managed to buy the embroidery machine and a sewing machine. The equipment have helped to start making school uniforms, school jersey and school badges. Therefore my customers are very especially those running schools. Thank you so much for supporting me to push my project to another level.

Iddi · Kangemi; Nyeri County, Kenya

Dec 11, 2024

It really helped me in turning my dreams to reality . I now have 3 shops supplying soya flour in a short time thanks to Zidisha

Tina · Chingola, Zambia

Dec 10, 2024

Dear my backers of my loan, am so happy that you came througj to support towards my project. I intend to.buy the embroidery and a sewing machine to help me in the production of school uniforms, stockens, school jerseys and school badges. It will benefit me to supply in good timw to all my customers and generate good profits which in return will help me to improve in growth of the business and improve the leaving standards of my family and children. Thank your for your support

Dickson · Laboret, Kenya

Dec 9, 2024

Thank you lenders for the funds..Atleast I have the funds now to buy my client hearing aids..the patient will be able to listen now.This will make my service be convenient and reliable.. You have made it possible for me thank you once again.

Doris · Solwezi, Zambia

Dec 8, 2024

I intend to buy mosquito nets and more restocking to more malaria drugs for sale to the people of the community and curb the or stop the break of malaria to the people of the community. Am so grateful for to you all my backers for your unwavering support to my project. Thank you to you all.

Brian · Nairobi, Kenya

Dec 8, 2024

Hello Brandon and other backers,I am very grateful for this opportunity and believing in my dream.I want to really push my limits especially this festive season and get as many sales out there as I can. I'm giving you my word to do my best for my family and help ignite others dreams as well.Again thank you very much

Moses · Nairobi, Kenya

Dec 8, 2024

This funding means alot to me.Thank you so much for your kind support towards helping fund my project,it has ben a long journey of almost 10years of nurturing this Pilot Shop business,i have never given up and i am sure i will reap enough profits one day in order to expand it and also repay back such funding plus interest.The good thing about Zidisha is that any amount that circulates through it will always go a long way to help someone in need,who struggles with small informal business and to support their families.Thank you Zidisha family!

Elizabeth · Kisumu, Kenya

Dec 6, 2024

With the amount l received, l.was able to buy an addition of 10 chicks F1 Sasso breed @300 each ie 3000/-. I also bought 12 kgs of chick mash 1200 and 2kgs starters at 200. In total l used Kshs. 4400/-. Thank you so much. comment image

Doris · Solwezi, Zambia

Dec 6, 2024

With the loan you supported me, I have increased in my profit income generation. The loan has also help me stock up my drug store with more drugs needed by the people in community depending their different cases of illness. Therefore, am so grateful to you my backers for supporting me and I hope and trust that you will support me in my new loan. Thank you so much and God bless you.

Anton · Migori, Kenya

Dec 4, 2024

Have been in this business and I can see it's fruits, it's has been bringing me food on the table together with my extended family. Been talking my children to school and paying bills like rent and etc.

Doris · Solwezi, Zambia

Dec 3, 2024

My community drug store is really doing dear my backers. Am so glad that you have supported me and mu business is growing steadily through your awasome support. Am so grateful and thank you so much to you all.

Felix Makokha · Eldoret, Kenya

Dec 3, 2024

Thank you so much to everyone who have founded my project , may God bless you. I will you the money to buy a new sewing machine and employee one person to help the work.

Okinda · Kisumu, Kenya

Dec 3, 2024

As a first timer here. I usually login to check on my project funding progress. On this day, I am so beaming with excitement after my project has been fully funded. I am grateful to my backers for making this a possibility and I promise to put the money in good use. Basically I am going to settle part the business premises rent which is normally paid within the first ten days of the month. Regards Fred

Mercey · Nairobi, Kenya

Nov 30, 2024

The project will also creat employment to around 3 individuals who will be assisting on deliveries all over and at some pointi i will also need merchandising team to do all merchandising activity to some customers to also increase' market visibility and creat product awareness

Esther · Nairobi, Kenya

Nov 30, 2024

First I thank you members who chose to fund my project and also I thank you for trusting me, with the funds, I will buy more stock for my books Centre which I will be able to sell and supply to other shops and get money, this will also help children and parents to buy more of them which will support their education since I sell at a lower cost, through selling,I will get money which will help me to cater for my children needs,thanks once more and God bless you.

Indriani · Malang, Indonesia

Nov 28, 2024

My project is very developed, many customers and will be sustainable. Life is very helped by this project. Can send children to school well, put them in boarding schools, meet children's needs. Sometimes help neighbors or friends in need.

Will Coburn · Chicago, United States

Nov 23, 2024

I was also born in 2002! Love from the US and good luck.

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