Project Updates

thanks my dear lenders; Dan, Lynden, WA, Seppo, Vantaa, Bileiro and Mandaluyong for the support you have offered me make a payment for purchasing my automatic generator for my poultry farm unit and upgrade facility. am proud of you. I'm now able to run my incubator without fear of power black out. thanks again

Hello Lenders

Please note that from my increased earnings I have managed to start poultry farming. I purchased 10 Birds as shown in the picture attached. I want to increase my income and be a supplier of animal products in future. Thank you very much

Hi dear Zidisha lenders. I am so excited and humbled to join this unique family. I got my loan yesterday and have ordered for chicken nipple drinkers. Using waterers is hectic because its hot season in kakamega and ave to keep refilling after afew hours. AlsoWater contamination and spread of diseases with waterers. My next loan will be to buy pipes and a tank to fully automate the water system. I will update you as soon as the nipples arrive from nairobi. Am excited- I believe the kukus(chicken) are too.. Thanks so much for believing in me and your timely support. Am so grateful.

Dear lenders,i am very grateful for the loan i received of 49 GHS after deductions and i used it to frame an artwork.
Thank you for the loan and i am still counting on you.

It has helped me with this

Hello dear lenders, I will forever be grateful for you. I am so excited to have completed paying my last loan of $1,555. The loan helped me so much to open a new branch and the new business is improving by the day. I am also happy to mention that I have been able to offer employment to one person who is at the new shop. By mid next year my prediction is for the business to grow to accommodate more employment as I progress. Below are photos of the new business.

the loans have helped me to start making scripts and contents for my anti-poaching campaigns in laikipia. the small amounts that i get from you guys help me to go along way in my script and content production business. i thank everyone that is lending me online through zidisha. it means alot to me and my crew. may the good lord bless you

I will be buying cement for the reconstruction of my pig home at their news location, which will help me raise more profits for they will be healthiest. Thank you so much for kindness, with you my life has changed completely. Thank you very very much!

The loan that i last applied purchased a mifi for internet. this has enhance my marketing through online platforms. profits realy increased. thanks to zidisha. this increased my sales by ksh 95 per day. Zidisha has motivated me to stay put in my business.

Thank you Samuel. My business is going on well. The new idea is to put water filter on top of the hot water storage tank. This way only clean water gets into the tank. Thank again for all your support.

I thank you my lenders for giving me this opportunity of borrowing money from you.. the loan I got has really helped my business and it has change my lifestyle.. my business went down and I had no hope that it will recover but after getting a loan from you, my business has boosted.. therefore I thank you because without your help I wouldn't have bought everything which were missing in my shop.

I will used the loan to support my soap production by buying a kernel oil. This loan will help to increase the the number of drums I use to buy, which is from two to three drums. I am very thankful for the loan.

The loan has really help me to expand my farm.

I used the money to purchase pieces of sewing thread, which enabled me to complete client's orders in time. As a result, I have gained three more clients.

Yes you gave last time helped in boosting the business and made to improve my cybercafe business in that it the best one in this area of ours,customers now prefers this cyber than others and therefore the profit has also increased by 20% in the past only that I had a patient in the hospital for long that is why I have not really invested all the money I have earned from the business,

I will buy an ink jet printer to increase the quality of services in my cyber cafe. It will really help me in extension of my business services. Thanks a lot for funding my loan.

At my place of work.

my zidisha loan has enabled me to purchase some furniture for my office. I am now comfortable in my office.

Reaching out to schools and communities with oral health or dental services

The loan you gave me I used to purchase a sheep(male black mouth) with more weights.am now passionate that I will be having better breeding in future.I am now very happy and am building new and a better structure for shadding ... your parnership is promising and am planning to use the loan you will give me in future to buy some more sheep as I have the male sheep for crossbreeding

Hi Lenders,

Thank you to all my lenders for helping my business grow faster than expected i didn't have hope before i joined zidisha organisation now am focused to grow my business even bigger

From the previous loan which i received in total ZMW 517.00 i purchased refrigeration gauge which the company was lacking in terms of equipment and this has made a difference because we use to hire every time we have a contract in industry yard and this has increased the earnings of 35% of the total income per month

I borrowed the loan to expand my poultry farm and it has really helped me a lot.

Your loans fund had helped me to change my life from selling of sugarcane to sweet potatoes entrepreneur also have built a house of mine at home. Athough i have not done finishing to my house,The photos are as follows;

With my loan I completed servicing I was able to buy The blow dry and wives .
That has really made people to love this my salon and business premise though there has been economic difficulties in this nation but I have been getting the profit in this very business. .
And the income I have use to take my brothers to School who were left with me as orphans
I have also used this money to paint this business premise and it now look good and attractive to my customers and the .income has really increased in the
recent days.

I'm much thankful for the zidisha organization for the loan of 5637/=that they borrow,this money I used to buy a spring chair for my barber shop,and this will make my clients to sit comfortable without problem.

I have used the loan to buy more inventories

This loan has been helpful since have been able to carry on my task timely. Thank you zidisha

my clothes business in eastleigh

Thank you lenders for your support.My last loan was plus to my business and life
I managed to buy a take my daughter to a
new school closer home. I also purchased a
television and for my family and we are more
Comfortable now. I have managed to sufficiently
Restock my order without borrowing for sometime
Too.

I will expand my potatoes seeds shamba by planting more seeds

Up-to now zidisha loans have helped me a great deal. The last loans were used to buy T-shirts and print them out. The T-shirts have enabled the children be uniform. It has also helped in advertising the school thus the promoting the income. The loans are easy to pay with not much stress and is flexible and my lenders have been patient with me even when things were not very well with me

The loan from Zidisha boosted my business like I was able to purchase a freezer for my business .this has really transformed by lives I was able to increase my profit margins by 10% by the first month. The loan also enabled me to apply for the electricity in my local area, through it so many lives have been transformed I'm able to do my business long hours and the locals have been coming to my shop without gear of insecurity.

Dear Lenders,
Greetings,
its my hope that you all doing well together with your families,

Am doing perfectly well with my family and my new project of water purification too.have been able to start helping community by sponsoring a neighbourhood rugby club with drinking and they are very very happy as this has been a challenge to them playing without enough water considering its a small club which is growing and no sponsors yet.Am very happy to see how they were happy when they received my first donation of 6 cartons of drinking.

Am having challeng uploading the new project photos but as soon as my IT guy comes will be able to sort this out ,God bless you all

thank you my lenders i used last loan to buy a cutting machine and printing papers for the business. If accorded this loan I will use to buy printing papers, laminating papers, glossy papers for photos because most customers also come for photo pictures, ink for printers and porches for the cards. most customers have liked my services so i wish to continue as you support me. thanks in advance Zidisha group God bless you.

First I will thank the zidisha team for the loan of 5637 that they borrowed me second I will use this loan to buy a spring chair for my barbersshop,to make my client to sit comfortable.

My dear lenders, I am so grateful for your help. I have used my latest loan to buy a 50 kg bag of rabbits feed 3 dollars the remaining 1 dollar has been added to the money allocated for the purchase of building materials for new cages.
What makes me hopeful with the project is the fact that I have signed a contract with a rabbit- meat exporting company to ensure the marketability of the rabbits. I am looking forward to growing the project so that I can provide employment opportunities hence help in improving the living standards in my area. I pray that we walk together every step of the journey. Thanks again dear lenders!
Regards.

Maize meal product

The posho mill that also does milling to the neighbourhood

Hi Andreas and Justin.Nice to meet you in this forum.I have already sent my appreciation to Mr paul. and to you now.I very want to thank you all for your very generous hearts to help people like me establish business that changes lives
As I mentioned to Paul earlier this business is only 5 months old therefore in the formation stage with many teething financial problems of rent,marketing new products,buying processsing materials , meeting salaries for workers and transportation of finished ptoducts to the market.and competing with more established companies.However there is a great joy that we are moving in the right direction and yet to.meet breaking even which I hope will be in nxt 3 months or so.I do hope it will be much sooner with your financial assistance
. Meet Douglas who is the machinist operating the posho mill and the machine that sifts maize to produce grade one maize meal.He also helps me to pack various products

I am so grateful for the $ 160 I received it has been a big booster towards buying of the system unit ( C.P.U ) honestly speaking I feel I am getting closer and closer towards my dreams. I am so grateful and happy to have ever stumbled on Zidisha family. Joost your words really encourage me cause they show you care. Be blessed 100 folds.

I added a few chicks and the eggs have hatched I now have more than 10 chick's and the egg stocks are increasing. I am very grateful Zidisha.

Thank you so much my dear lenders and entire Zidisha platform for funding my account.This will improve my living standard and positive thoughts towards future of my children. The disbursed amount will be used to buy 10 bags of cement at a cost of KES 7500, 5 bags of water proof cement(penetron) at a cost of KES 3500, 5 kg of steel nails at a cost of KES 1500,a pair of gum boot at a cost of KES 1500,5 packets of red oxide at a cost of KES 2000 .These purchases will increase profit margin, school fees for the children will be paid when schools open,clothes for the family bought, food will be provided well and all business and work expenses will be paid well.

May i take this session to thanks my lenders for project to move to another level.i managed increase my poultry stock and comes this festive season i will make some good business.currently i have an increase of 6dollars per day which have really help in having good stock for the poultry.in addition to that iam also expanding into sheep project.during this chrismas seasson my neighborhood will eat alot of hens and that is bussiness for me.

I am proud of you Zidisha team and more importantly my dear lenders. I have the pleasure to thank you once and again because of your unrelenting supportive spirit. my 6year old son has been able to make it to class 3. next year just because of your support through the funding for my poultry upgrade facility. I am happy for that. I believe you will continue supporting me till I accomplish my mission to support him in school up to University level. Thanks

I want thank all the people who showed interest in my loan application and indeed, made contribution to fund my request. It's been good as at this point because l have a fully functional air conditioner in my hair salon now and clients are comfortable getting their hair done in my place. The enormous heat is gone now and the increase in patronage has been very good. I get almost double the amount l used to make and l can't be thankful enough to all my lenders. Thanks for your contribution.

Dear Don, Johannes and William,
Thank you so much for lending your money to my business. You have lent me not once not twice, and therefore I want to dedicate the success in my business to you my beloved lenders.
This time I have received ksh 9920, which I have used to buy 132 litres of used cooking oil, which is the main raw material I use in my soap making project. That quantity of oil will make 250 pieces of 1kg bar soaps, which is sold at ksh 25000 at retail price.
Thank you so much,
Denis Otieno.

I built three rooms and the proceeds of the three rooms I added another three room right now they are six each going for four thousand, after paying electricity and water bill I remain with 18,000 per month this has helped me to pay my daughter's school fees easily since tailoring business has gone down, and am able to help the needy. The photo below indicated the children of Kapedo school that needed sanitary towels since when they have their monthly periods they don't go to school but sit on sand until the periods are over. Thank you for your support

At a house construction site in a neighbouring village doing electric piping.

The loan help improved the standard of my stationary business

let me take this opportunity to thank you all for your support.everything is going on well and i hope for the best.