100 more birds for my farm

Maritina

Yenga, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Maritina

Member since

February 2016

On-time repayments

50 installments  •  72%

About Me

I am a single mother of twin children Paul and Laura , I lost my husband when the children were only one week old , through terrosit attack in west gate mall Nairobi. I am the first born among three children , I went to st cicilia misikhu girls and masinde muliro for diploma in business management.
After the death of my husband who was our sole bread winner life was very difficult these is when I relocated to rural area and started my poultry farm. The major difficulty I faced was lack of expertise in poultry production,I went to bukura agricultural college for training and I am now well adverse on poultry farming matters and the business is doing well.
My children are now 4 years old, and they are really growing fast ,I love them and always wake up early to take them to school.
I am a good singer and choir member in my church, I am a youth leader and a counselor to young widows.

My Business

I run an organic poultry farm where I keep chicken and turkey. I sell chicken for meat and sell fertilized eggs as well as young chicks.
The demand for fertilized eggs is high because most people now have incubators for hatching the eggs.
I choose poultry farming after a friend advised me it was profitable and easy to manage. I am very happy to be a poultry farmer.
my monthly typical costs are $200 for feeds and lighting and labor , my average revenues per month are $450-$500 per month.
I use my profits to take care of my children, pay for fees for my siblings and for home improvement.

Loan Proposal

I am happy to report that the first loan was very helpful to me and it helped me very much.I am now looing forward to expand my farm through purchase of 100 more day old chicks at cost of $120 and use the $80 to buy feeds. I have savings of $100 that I would use to take care of the birds. I am looking forward to double my investments in 4 months.Thank you in advance

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  • Margaret    Aug 19, 2018

    Sadly it has been over 2 years since Maritina took her loan and she has yet to make any effort to repay.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$201.00

Date disbursed

Jul 18, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

49 months

Lenders

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

utdream

United States

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Carl D Patterson

United Kingdom

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

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Anonymous

United States

Hans Moor

Vorden, Netherlands

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