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Loan toward a car for taxi business

Thank you Lan for helping me me with the loan to expand my business, am a taxi driver here in Ghana and for so doing am planning so well to make it a one time business so that i can have my personal cars to also hire other drivers to work for me. Thank you so much for the loan, i really appreciate it.

Business mentorship program

Dear Lenders! I wish to let you know that I received the funds and was able to secure the office in time. In fact am currently having it partitioned and renovated and will be moving in by next week! All thanks to your open hands that were willing to lend to me! May you enjoy God's blessings in your lives!

Stock of books for my shop

Adding stock to my book shop
I purchased crayon and exercise books which i added into my shop.This increased my profit and also created confidence to my customers as they would always get what they want in one place other than buying one item here and going for another in the next shop.My family members are so happy as we approach festive season .I will buy them christmas gifts due to increase in my profits.

Stock a boutique shop

thank you so much my lenders through the money you helped me.i added another one I I was able to buy spraying chemical for my cabbages in the farm
now they are healthy and I hope soon to sell them and get lot of cash.you really changed my situation through that loan

Ngoyo Holiday Retreat Center

My last loan went a long way to assist in the putting of final touches on the rental units, thank you. The next loan should enable me to complete the job

Add stock to my bussiness.rice and groceryshop

I purchased salt,matchbox,soap which i added into my shop.This increased my profit and also created confidence to my customers as they would always get what they want in one place other than buying one item here and going for another in the next shop.My family is also happy as we approach festive season .I will buy them christmas gifts due to increase in my profits.

Opening another new barbershop

Thank you very much Zidisha lenders,The concluded loan made a great impact not only to me but also less fortunate in my community also my family as I was able to provide them & paying my daughter school fees who is in secondary school, Not forgetting ihave learnt a great lesson from Zidisha lenders about extending a hand to other needy people as its creates a huge impact in their lives.Thank you again for impacting many lives God bless you.

Computer training college

to this far, Zidisha has nade me a stable business person,,,, despite taking too long to update on the progress, on note form i managed to change the outlook of my premises, constructed a shade along the verandah, (u can compare with the first pictures), diversified to gas vendoring, My money agency still doing good and also managed to buy a new photo printer epson px 660 for efficiency delivery of my services. may zidisha live long. see images of the current business premises.

For business selling laptop computers, clothing & other items

Dear Lenders, How are you? Hopefully everyone is in good health. This week in Indonesia it has started to rain, the rainy season has come to replace the long dry season. A few days ago, I bought inventory, hopefully it will be sold quickly and I can buy a variety of other items. Thank you very much for the help of the loan provided, so that I can continue to sell and get the benefits that I use for my daughter"s future. May we all be in good health. Greetings, Endang

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Dear Lenders,

Apa kabar? Semoga semua dalam keadaan sehat. Minggu ini di Indonesia sudah mulai turun hujan, sudah datang musim hujan menggantikan musim kemarau panjang.

Beberapa hari kemarin, saya membeli persediaan barang-barang, semoga cepat terjual dan saya bisa membeli variasi barang lainnya. Terimakasih banyak untuk bantuan pinjaman dana yang diberikan, sehingga saya bisa terus berjualan dan mendapatkan keuntungan yang saya pergunakan untuk masa depan putri saya. Semoga kita semua dalam keadaan sehat.

Salam,
Endang

Firewood business

I bought more wood with the loan I recieved and this helped me get more proceeds.

Farm improvement and fees for my kids

The loan I received helped me buy the bean seeds, now am preparing my land to plant them, thanks for the loan and I will keep updating my progress as I go.

Greenhouse establishment

Earnings have reached 14,000 shillings a month

Airtime calling cards and mobile money

Zidisha loan is saviour to me and my family. Having completed university without getting a job after completing national service , it's through Zidisha loan I'm able to start my own business of selling call cards, mobile money, transfer of credit. I'm able to support my husband pay for the bills, pay the children school fees and put food on the family table.
Always grateful and thankful to Team Zidisha and to all lenders for your show of love and care. God richly bless you all

To install unlimited internet in my cyber

Hello Zidisha and the lenders me patrick still the progress is good and the management so far on my side running smoothly i am happy for the money transaction tabs you have added to ease the work and i recommend the team for the good work. My daughter closed school and they is alot of warmth in house this vacation season.My profit is making me able to make the repayment and so far so good.
Best regards

Add more stock to my eggs depot

Hello lenders hope you are fine,here in Kenya am doing great.
The motorbike that I bought courtesy of the loan I received from Zidisha has really transformed my life and those who depend on me.
Since I bought the motorbike my sales for eggs has increased before I was selling 40 trays of eggs per week,but today I sell over 70 trays per DAY since I now do supply of eggs using the motorbike.
This made my stock of eggs to look very little, but through my trust and faith which zidisha community found in me,I got a supplier of eggs who has also trusted me and he now gives me eggs worthy 1000US dollars and above,I sale them and then pay him.
My lenders with the aid of the motorbike it makes me sale 500 trays of eggs in one week.
This has made my profit to increase to 100 US dollars in a week.
But my wish and prayer is to buy those eggs at CASH ,and my plan to buy them on cash is through repaying my current loan then Apply for another one that will enable buy my eggs on cash.
My lenders I have faith that you will support me financially again.
God bless you all.

Expand land

previous loan enabled me buy spare part that was much needed for my hammer mil business, As my credit limit increases, I would like to borrow a higher loan amount that will enable me to acquire the much-needed hammer mil motor and screen mil equipment

Food retail

that is me in the weeked

Phone and accessories

The loan will be use to mobile phone accessories such as covers, chargers, hands-free kits, batteries etc. This will help me in growing my phone business to make good money to meet my family needs.
Thanks to my lender's, thanks to zidisha.

Growing business

The loan really assisted me, I bought medicine which I sprayed my crops and made get more profit than before.

Install prepaid electricity in my barber shop

The loan received was used to re-roof my koisk and am able to complete the re-roofing with the loan,this has enable me to start working again. Except that I have to fix my matter if which I intend using my next Loan. Thanks to my lenders, am able to make some profits by 50percent.this has enable me to pay my utilities, school fess, rent, and others has stated in my proposal. This has put Smiles in my family faces.

Chicken project epansion

I had some challenges but my bike now is up and running.
thank for the loan you gave me.

First is to appreciate for the already completed loan. It have really improved my life n the life of my family. My son has just done his kcpe. Am happy cos both of them have been attending the best school in the area.

Young sukumawiki sacco

Thank you for the loan I received it helped me to weed my cabbage, the remaining amount of money I applied pesticides in my vegetables, the estimated amount was £15 , am proud with zidisha, I look forward to develop because of you people

Loan to buy more stock

Zidisha has brought a lot of difference in my life i always fell happy when i see myself achieving my dream

Buying more computers for my cybercafé business

Thank you so much lenders and thank you Zidisha Team, for the flexible and affordable loans giving. The loans have changed a lot of my business activities and i can do more business with less time and gain more profit, through the machines i bought such as Colour Copier Core i3 Computer for the control of my cyber cafe. Pork is consumables here in my Village and i am making money of 55% from the sales of pork.. All the above is the help and support of Zidisha and Lenders. Thank you very much

Increase stock of sisal bags and ropes

Though I have never attempted to work with online lenders, I must admit I'm very please that Zidisha is REAL and I'm developing interest as time goes.
The loan I sought helped me in that it saved me time and did packaging for my sweet potatoes and transferred them to market by the expected time. I appreciate this a lot and will forever be grateful.

Beading and arts

thanks for the loan. it's boosting my business

Cow shed

I used the loan to build a cow shed

Stationery business

Thank you ZIDISHA lenders for the 80 dollar loan.It has really impacted my stationery business by adding stock such as calculators, novels and programming books which I managed to sell among my college friends and was able to get pocket money ,support orphans in Zimmerman and take part in Marie Stopes programs on educating youths on the importance of family planning for the future.I really appreciate the support through the funds that is make me independent and be able to apply what I learn pursuing my business degree at JKUAT University.

Add stock to my busines

Hi readers ,I appreciate for the support you have been giving me ,God bless u all as we continue to do business together, i have used the loan well ,and i well continue with the same spirit so that i may be able to support my family and community

School fee for my daughter's college

Hallo lenders.this has been the longest year for my life and family since I have been on and off with pneumonia.. but I thank God he has enabled me to pay my loan.. I managed to build three houses with the loan and added three more with the proceeds.. this has helped me pay my daughter's school fees with ease since my tailoring business went down.. with the little income I also managed to visit some students and donated panties and sanitary towels in area that are prone with clashes.. below receive the photos.. thank you all for your continued support

Cyber cafe expansion and farm expansion

Dear Zidisha lenders yesterday I started work on the farm planting for next season . Find some photos

Cyber cafe expansion

Dear Zidisha Lenders,
Thanks for the loan support for my business. I have been able to carry out the follwing with the loan you gave me last time.
Restocking of my shop which included buying of stationery items in bulk for resale.
Re branding of my shop .
With the above activities I have heard an increase in sale by 30% margin.
I have also been able to start a saving plan with my family which we contribute money every month Kshs. 500 which we use to help each other.
I have attached a photo

Revamp of my restaurant to get more customers

Hi Margaret,
Than you for the great advice, i will take it into consideration. I think we may have to do an audit of our dishes, the cost of ingredients, and the mark-up on each item and calculate what we are making per dish while including all the condiments used, such as ketchup or parmesan cheese added at the table.

We will also take into account all our costs, including labour, rent, cleaning, supplies, and utility bills. Estimate an average number of monthly customers, using previous months’ till takings if we're unsure of the figure, plus how much people spend on average. With these numbers to hand i think we should be able to work out how much profit we’re making on individual recipes, and overall. Im sure having all this information in mind will help us see what part to focus on during the revamp. For now, i will use the money to purchase more comfy chairs for my customers. I will start with two first. Thank you so much

Buying kilos of coffee

Man, honestly we came along way from nothing at all, from streets, I use to be a street boy,so tell me what can I lose when I am with my worldwide lenders,who stake their trust on my capabilities, I have been down but I feel good to be up, okey,I started from nothing ,it is alright, now I am at the top of my game and I said "I am moving at the speed of light". Wishing you a great time lenders,.

Milk production

Hi,want to give all of you a lot of thanks for your finical support.
The project is going Ok and know I have 23 students whom learning about rearing chicken.
The support you offered is used to buy books and feeds bt hope soon it will be so good.
God bless you so much.

Re-stock men’s boutique

Greetings to my Zidisha team and my lenders ,,i would like to thank you so much for the support you have given me ,my previous loan i was able to increase my chicken broilers to an amount of 1400,there's been a lot of challenges but by the help and grace of God have overcome all obstacles Knowing that every business there challenges .,. my prayer is may GOD continue blessing you for being part of my business journey you've made it possible

Purchase large format printer

I thank my lenders for their support towards my sewing business. I used the funds to purchase sewing materials to sew school uniforms for a school. This support was very timely since I needed some amount of money to top up what I already had to be able to buy the items. This has increased my earnings since it was not affected by increment of the prices of the items. As a result, there was no waste of time.

Clothing sale

I managed to purchase more goods with the loan I received hence the purchase made a difference in my initial profit of Kshs 1500 per week to Kshs 1900 per week. My neighbourhood is full of small scale traders hence showing the picture of entreneurship culture. I have grown personally since I almost gave up before the loan rescued me to make my business stand.

Young sukumawiki sacco

Thank you for the loan amount you offered me, it has really helped me to manage my project, I bought pesticides and fertilizers, the remaining amount I paid workers,

Incubator for poultry business

Finally finally, this is how far the good Lord has bless me through noble lenders of Zidisha.
3 bed rooms,
1 hall,
1 dinning,
1 kitchen,
1 store room,
1 office, and
spacious car park.

Thanks to Zidisha for supporting me this far. To my lenders, you will always remain the best and may the good Lord bless you all. Had it not been you, I wouldn't have made it this far. Thanks once again.

New business has been added to my printing business and will soon update it on this platform if God permit.

To all lenders, please follow me on this page for quick update of my project.

New stationery stock for samba cyber cafe

Dear Lenders,
The just completed loans was used to buy new printing papers stock for the samba cyber cafe.
Being the end of the year, businesses and institutions are preparing books, receipt books and invoices for their next financial year and we took advantage of this and did good business.
The printing papers brought an additional profit of KES. 5,000 which was achieved as were able to deliver customers work on time.
The amount has been reinvested in the business to buy more printing papers stock.
The month of October was also a good month for my family. My son graduated from his pre-school and will be joining Primary school next year.
Thank you for your continued support

Laptop computer for work, and a vision check-up

Dear lenders,

There is new change in payment system for Indonesian borrower. as for now, we can only pay the installment with PayPal. I got limitation with my PayPal, so, I need time to fix it first. I'll be back on the track again next week.

Please be patient with Indonesian borrower for awhile again. Rarely people have a credit card here and there are some debit card that able to be linked to PayPal. But little understand how to do it. and PayPal is not popular here.

You can find the information in page Three of this thread here in the forum;
www.zidisha.org/forum-threa...

Thank you for the considerations.

Fitri

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Dear lenders,

There is new change in payment system for Indonesian borrower. as for now, we can only pay the installment with PayPal. I got limitation with my PayPal, so, I need time to fix it first. I'll be back on the track again next week.

Please be patient with Indonesian borrower for awhile again. Rarely people have a credit card here and there are some debit card that able to be linked to PayPal. But little understand how to do it. and PayPal is not popular here.

You can find the information in page Three of this thread here in the forum;
www.zidisha.org/forum-threa...

Thank you for the considerations.

Fitri

Equipment for poultry farm

Am one grateful Zidisha client ,I want to say Thank you to my Funders and Zidisha at large for this platform. At first it was so difficult to start my business, and I was introduced to Zidisha and am so grateful because I managed to start my business with the fist funding I got which I serviced to the end. My Business started to grow and these brought forth the need of expansion to my cake and bread shop .
Then it so happened that I needed to moved my business and family to a different county, which I did and also opened a shop, a bigger shop which I continued to do the same business under the same name, since I was new in that location my business encountered a storm and it didn’t pick up well .But am so hopeful that with Zidisha i will be able to achieve success.
i delayed in my payment of the loan,something i regret and i will do my best to pay the balance on time.
Thank you Zidisha and my Lenders

To finance my university education

The Zidisha loan I received really helped me to make necessary fee payment in my school, and this helped me have full concentration on my academic work for the semester. I am grateful to all Zidisha lenders for you are really transforming lives. I can't thank you all enough for the good work and smiles you put on my faces. God richly bless Zidisha Team, Director Julia and all you lenders abundantly.

Buy new network switch & upgrade data plan for my cybercafe

Hi Lenders, today I managed to upgrade my data to plan as promised earlier in my loan proposal. The service provide had to lay a new cable from my router to the aerial/receiver just to make sure things work as expected. I took a few snaps of the material used and I will post them soon.
You will notice in these photos the old cable, and the new cable that was laid today, we reused the dish/aerial because it was still in good working condition.
I take this chance to thank you all for supporting my dream. May you be blessed abundantly.

Buying a new motorbike taxi

The money I last serviced which I was lent was of such great benefit to me because I was able to buy a grand new motor bike which enables me to serve my customers very fast and efficiently and of course they come in large numbers those who are my customers .
I have made a lot of profit since the time I bought the motor bike taxi and I have also increased in getting more customers in the last few months
Thanks a lot for having lent me in the past am looking forward for you to lend me again to buy another motor bike by adding more money from my own account.

Supplies for cybercafe

Thanks a lot my dear lenders. A photo of me next to the tank which i purchased after I topped the difference of the money you loaned me. The tank costed Ksh.70,000/-Thanks a lot, i appreciate.

Inventory, shelving, transportation & other business expenses

The last 3 loans have had tremendous change in my pife and those around me. The profits i got really helped me in corporate social responsibility. I have helped some widows and orphans.
Currently am supporting 4 girls in high school one is completing this year and the three still continuing .
I am so glad that the profits have enabled me to start a bigger venture that will get me even better profits to enable me support girls who would otherwise not have an opportunity to study.

Mpesa float loan to cover the festive season due totransacti

I used the loan to improve my grocery shop stocks,initially I never used to stock wheat flour due to limited capital,but now after getting aloan from you good Samaritans I can stock the same hence I can foresee abrighter future for my Family.Thanks in advance.