Supply of organic vegetables

Aran Dunlop    Sep 9, 2015

Hi Jacqueline, how is your business progressing?

Jacqueline    Jul 3, 2015

Dear lenders,thank you so much for your support. I have received the loan and I really appreciate.God bless you dear ones.

Jacqueline    Jul 2, 2015

Dear lenders,thank you so much for granting me aloan.This loan will enable me to purchase vegetables and fruits that i will supply to Kanini memorial Academy.This supply will enable me to get more profit and to add my stock.Thank you once again dear lenders,God will continue to bless you.

Kerry Tiedeman    Mar 10, 2015

My name is Kerry and I am a Client Relationship Intern for Zidisha in Nairobi, Kenya. Today I had the opportunity to meet Jacqueline, a strong independent businesswoman living in Nairobi.

Jacqueline and I met downtown next to her day job where she works as a saleswoman for Dynapharm, a company specializing in natural herb ingredients. This is a networking sales job where employees are encouraged to sell their products as if its their own business earning commision. Jacqueline excels at her job, however some months are better than others, so she is a self described "Multi-tasker" and has been pursuing other business interests as well.

A year ago Jacqueline found that a fertilizer from Dynapharm helped plants grow well organically. She approached a friend who is a farmer and asked him to use the fertilizer. Then she set up meetings with her local chain supermarket, Tusky's, to sell them the organic tomatoes and onions that her friend was growing. The supermarket was very interested since marketing products as organic is starting to become more enticing to customers here in Kenya. This has been a profitable relationship and Jacqueline is proud of her business skills which have proctored this deal. She is also thankful to Zidisha lenders for helping her to stock inventory of the fruits and vegetables so she can continue selling them to the supermarket.

Jacqueline hopes that as she continues to borrow from Zidisha and pay off the loans, she will increase her credit limit to the amount of 200,000KES in order to afford to build her own green house and grow the fruits and vegetables herself. This way she can control all levels of supply.

She also has a third business venture. She has invested in an onine company that is doing well and therefore giving her small weekly returns. She says she is living a comfortable live which makes her very happy since as single mother she is able to provide for her 2 and a half year old son."It's why I wake up in the morning. He motivates me", she told me over coffee. While she is out purusing her career, he stays at a daycare near their home.

Jacqueline is doing well, thanks in part to Zidisha, and looks for ways to give back. Her fourth and for now final project, she volunteers for an organization Good Hope, which helps women start their own businesses and teaches them how to save. Jacqueline was introduced by a friend, and helps teach the classes and offers support. The church funds the women loans and has them pay back after they make profits from their kiosks and over the course of three months as they save, they can triple the amount of the next loan. Over the course of the two years she has volunteered, Jacqueline has seen these women be able to now send their children to school and provide for their families.

We said goodbye since Jacqueline had to run off and collect goods from the store to sell them to her customers. She is a busy woman, but somehow she still makes it home at 5pm to cook dinner. Her favorite dish is Pilau, a rice and meat dish from Kenya. She also likes to travel, spend time in nature, swim and go to the dance hall. She is a superwoman.

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  Jacqueline    Mar 12, 2015

  Thank you Zidisha team for impact you are bringing into our lives.I was privileged to meet one of your client relationship intern..Kerry Tiedeman.She is a great lady and i was so excited as she was able to answer all the questions i had for Zidisha.Live long zidisha and may God enable you to affect many people's lives positively.

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Jacqueline    Jan 30, 2015

God bless you Zidisha team for your support.

Jacqueline    Jan 21, 2015

Thanks to Zidisha i have been able to supply my products consistently.

Namaste250    Dec 30, 2014

Hi Jacqueline,
I hope you were able to get your greenhouse constructed. Happy New Year! Best wishes for you and your son for a healthy, joyous and prosperous 2015,
Namaste

Namaste250    Nov 25, 2014

Hi Jacqueline,
Thanks for the update. It's always nice to hear good news.
Best wishes for continued success, namaste

Jacqueline    Nov 25, 2014

Greetings to you my dear lenders.First i want to thank you so much for your assistance.I really appreciate the loan amount you raised for me,i was able to add my stock and actually i have sold all of it.In fact,today i am going to re-purchase more.Thanks so much and God bless you.

Namaste250    Nov 21, 2014

Hi .jacqueline,
Congratulations on receiving full funding. I see you are juggling many balls in the air at the same time. You must be very hard working. I am pleased to be able to fund organic growing. I too garden using organic methods.
Best wishes for success, namaste

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  Jacqueline    Nov 25, 2014

  Hi Namaste250,thanks so much for funding my project.I really like farming.I am happy to hear that you are too involved in farming.Thanks so much and God bless.

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