Project Updates

Good day my funders
I'm eager to get started again and push my chicken business again.
It has been a rough road but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Currently,I have managed to order 300 chicks and will be glad if I'm helped with a loan so that I grow them and grow my business once again.my dream is to grow some vegetables and one of my area of interest is chilie.i intend to grow an acre fr a start of chilie and see where it can take me.there is market for chilie and slot of expansion will e great.
Thank you Zidisha and looking forward to making good of the business available.
Thank you very much

Hi!
I wish to express my appreciations for the support so far received from Zidisha since 2015 when I first join Zidisha. I have been able to establish a cyber business which is nor able to support my family.
Challenges have been there especially with the Covid-19, but, we thank you for understanding the situation and allowing reduction of loan instalment.
I am now having peace of mind and embarking on finishing my studies I had put on halt owing to prevailing economic situation in the country.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I am so happy to support you! Congratulations for managing to send all your children to Secondary School and even College, I know this is not an easy task in Kenya with the school fees. Wishing you much success for your business and all the best for your kids' education! Salamu kutoka Ujerumani! Jioni njema! Cordula

I am a member of zidisha for years and i wish to say that zidisha loan has really helped me to improve my life in bussiness.Due to Covid. 19 my business did not do well and now i have decided to start all over again by buying few jampers and thereafter sell hem them at a small profit. Hoping that it will work for me.

Am so much grateful my backers for funding my project now I will be able to purchase maize for my poshomill.
This will help boost my business and hence make more profit which will contribute to my child school fees.
Thank you once again for your financial support.

God bless you all .

Thank you so much zidisha community for funding my loan. It will help me to top up the money I have to buy a morden T.B testing machine (TB LAMP) that will hasten TB diasgosis (turn around time) and also increase my earnings. This will help me even repay loan on time. Am greatful to my fellow zidisha members whom am seeing comes even from my country. It is a great sacrifice and may God bless you all.

With this loan I will be able to purchase wood for carving art in different types to help increase my income. So making my project possible thank you

I was able to add more goats in my farm which has enabled me expand my farm activities

Thank you so much Lisa from Germany for funding my loan. You have really helped my cause. I will be able to start the bip business.

I thank my backers for lending me funds.
I engaged in sale of vegetables.
I had a net profit of Kshs 3000 every week. This enabled me to successfully repay my loan and also make a saving of Ksh 500 per week.
I used my savings to do shopping for my 2 children when they reported back to school after the general elections. I am happy because I was able to supplement efforts by my husband in providing for our children.
Thanks again my backers and may Giod bless you abundantly.

My previous loan was used to acquire a video recording kit. I intended to use the kit together with my smartphone to create content for my freelance social media advertising business. Words can't express fully how grateful I am to those who funded my previous project. I'm eternally grateful for the trust.

Couple of years ago, I applied for funds to purchase the internet modem to support my online business then. The gadget made my work efficient since I had the reliable internet, hence enabling me work from home with ease. My earning increased rapidly to the point of having enough money to install more reliable internet in my house and living a more decent life.

I am going to expand business by adding stock. This will help improve my lifestyle and i will be able to help my family

Thank you very your generous contribution towards my cereal project, indeed was able to purchased additional sacks of cereal thus contributing to more customers inflow contributing to revenue increase and reduction operational cost.

Thank you so much, I want to buy a printer head for my printer that has not been working properly for months now. It'll be imported from AliExpress because its much cheaper from that side it'll save me about 50% of the local cost.
Thank you for funding my project. God bless you.

Using my previous loan, I purchased a video recording kit. I intend to use the kit along with my smartphone to create engaging promotion video content to get customers for my freelance social marketing business.

I love this platform as it bridges the cap between entrepreneurs and finances in such a capitalistic world where gaining of capital is really hectic for smes .

I would like to thank my backers in advance . May you be blessed whole heartedly

It will be use to buy rolling materials, paint color, paintbrush, containers, and printing machine. It will increase my income to support my business. Thank you

I added my new stock in my shop ,and my customers recommend me for the available new stock for the market today.
I fuel my workers van for the week ,mode of transport was enjoyable
I also managed to train my new workers with my expense.
I promoted my few workers by adding the their salary and wages

Years back i found a new and am enjoying it.i am a youth advocate championing for adolescents' comprehensive sexual reproductive health and rights .through community sensitisation and dialogues.i also do it online the target being some do consume online information much better.
i also engage in peer education and mentorship sessions to my fellow peers either one on one or during organised meeting or activities on various health issues at community level.
i aslo do contraceptives distribution in the community and do referral when need arises due to High teengage pregancies in my community.

Iam thankful to zidisha. The loan i borrowed helped me to do my business. I used it to transport my firewood from the farm to the market for selling. Iam now capable to transport them easily.

In time of need the zidisha loan saved a life. My orphaned niece was admitted in hospital on Thursday last week for removal of a lump on the breast. I paid the bill but left with no money to survive till the next salary. Zidisha came through for me.

This is highly appreciated. It will go along way in helping many kids who normally would not afford a pair of skates. I also intend to cut the charges by half as i no longer see this as a business but life changing activity for the kids it has a positive impact to the society in the long run.

Dear Christian Golo, CMB and Zimba Joseph,

Thank you very much for your backing.

We shall be able to buy raw materials to assemble vertical (cone) gardens, certified seeds and organic fertilizer for onward sale to our urban farmers.

Thank you dear friends for the love and support you have given me. I will make an improved firewood jiko at the school kitchen this will help us with the savings of firewood and time. We have been buying firewood which has become very expensive for us. Most of our learners don't pay school fees, and with the little I get I will have to add some more money from my savings to enable me do the kitchen project. Thank you so much.

The joy is great and the feeling is very deep. I’m very grateful and thankful to the Almighty God and to all lenders and supporters that your trust in lending to me is much appreciated. I never disappoint in my loan repayment. My loan repayment is fully completed.
Thank you once again and God bless you all.

Hello Zidisha family, i am drowned by your love, your good heart and willingness to support my project. Thank you for trusting me with your hand earned resources.
As soon as I receive the funds, i will put the funds to purpose by purchasing an extra heifer in my farm. This will increase the herd size and also the yield after calving.
I would like to thank all my lenders who have made my dream come true and also everyone who is involved in the process. I thank Zidisha for this platform. Thank you.

I have received the money. Thank you so much. I'll do my best not to let you down, because I know you went out of your way to help a needy person.

Gradually, I'm getting there, and I can't wait to see myself there.
Always grateful and thankful to all my supporters here on Zidisha. God richly bless you all for your love, patience and tolerant.

I am interested to join zidisha as a community that I am sure that through this community my life can change.

Hello good evening my backers, this evening am very much delighted to say that am very very happy to zidisha for the great support they have given unto me.
Well I had an outstanding school fees balance , and I decided to request a small amount in order to clear the balance.
This balance was for my daughter who is in fourth form where she is sitting for her final exam and in fact this year.
May I say I was very happy congratulations zidisha backers.

Hello Emma! Thank you very much for funding my previous loan and also being part of this one. I am very grateful.
Oh yes, the google map did help very much. I found it easy to direct customers to the laundry....Covid however, hit us in the laundry industry so much that I had to shut down. I have also relocated from the area and I am currently setting it up at the new location. I will post a message here when I am done so that you can help me with changing the location. I will post a phot of the pineapple farm also here very soon. With the pineapple farms, I managed to get some friends to also invest into it and so far it is doing very very well.

Thank you very much for being part of this growth I am experiencing currently.

Hello Zidisha family, am delighted to announce to you that i purchased the heifer as i had outlined in my loan proposal. Now i can believe that i am owning a farm soonest because you made it happen. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for trusting me with your hand earned resources.
I will always remember to pay it forward.

I am very grateful to my backer for her kindness. With her help I am able to invest my previous loan towards the purchase of a motorcycle for food delivery business.

Also look at my small field of chillies.it is coming up well.

special thanks to vratik,amy and julian for your demonstration of generosity and familiness through your contribution.this will go along way in terms of helping realize my dream of starting a mushroom farming project.the funds will facilitate the purchase of the second set of spawns prior to inoculation...thank you

Thank you very much for the last loan, I was actually sick and needed money for medication. You actually gave me a loan and I was able to get treatment I am now ok

I have started a poultry farming business in which I was able to start with only 4 local birds. Now they are 10 birds. I plan on upscaling the number to 1000 which will be the maximum capacity.

Hello Zidisha,

Thank you for supporting my small-scale cereals business. Thank you for helping me secure rental premises from which to carry out y trade. I am very grateful to all of you. Thank you very much. I am excited to walk the next phase of my business together with you.

Regards,
Wairimu

This loan has boosted my medical Bill's now am able to purchase medications I would have not managed to do so without this loan

Hi Elsy! I am so encouraged by your ambition to start a catering business. I look forward to following along to see how it goes for you, and will pray for your success. God bless you!

I will buy a generator to help with my business during power blackouts.

With this loan loan I will purchase 5 beehives at a cost of 5000/50USD. This will increase my revenue once they are colonised. Thanks so much for your support.

EDEM!!! I haven't been on Zidisha in ages! How've you been? It was such a nice surprise to log in & see your new loan project :-) Congratulations, building a hospital is such a great thing to be a part of :-) How'd the laundry business go, did that Google Maps thing ever end up making much of a difference? Did it manage to make a recovery after covid eased up, or the impact was too great? So sorry about that by the way, covid couldn't have made things easy... But I tip my hat to you, you're always so good at diversifying; the pineapple farm looked great! & Hiring out your concrete mixer sounded like a great idea :-)

Really hope life is making you smile man - Emma

Hello... Thanks for to your support. I received my loan fully. Yesterday i bought my long awaited device (Digital voltmeter/multimeter) and immediately after getting to the office we got a job that required its use.. Its perfect and i can't stop appreciating for your support. This has also enabled me to pay partial amount to of the loan.

My loan is fully funded,

I appreciate your kind support.

I hadn't read your comment LJ and wish you can repost it. My father referred to here is my "father-in-law" who stays with me. My biology father died on 10/7/2010. Just to clarify that.

I'm so grateful to all the community for your support. You're all great!

I intend to renovate my cottages by painting both exterior and interior so the money you have lend me will be used to purchase high quality paint for both indoor and out door and for paying for the labour of work done.

Thank you so much for your kind heart I am truly grateful and may God remember each one of you on your time of need.

I used my completed loan to furnish my dining area by adding more tables and chairs to accommodate more people, the dinning table is a 8 seater which is very suitable for big families they now sit together when having meals, previously we had small tables that accommodated 2 and 3 people, I also bought a 5 seater dining table and still used the other 2 and 3 seaters for couples and for individuals. The last thing I did i put a concrete pavement around my compound which costed $ 1000, my compound looks really beautiful with the nice flowers and trees that makes the place look even better. A big thank you for all who helped me in achieving this by sending your finances I am truly grateful to y'all and to Zidisha may you live long.

Thankyou to the lenders and backers .I want to take this opportunity to proudly announce how zidisha has helped me expand my poultry farming bussines.. from the first day of joining zidisha

Zidisha loan is of great help in this tough economic times, it makes the every day burdens like paying school fees and stock additions lighter. One one for the team is thank you, indeed i am greatfull