Expand my vegetable farm

Dorothy

Meru, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Dorothy

Member since

March 2019

On-time repayments

51 installments  •  55%

About Me

Hello I'm a business woman, I started on a local grocery 30years ago and it helps me pay school fee for my five kids. I also Daily farming where I have a dairy cow, 2 goat and several chicken. More to that I have my land where I cultivate on my own. I also have a tea farm where I sell a get money every end month.

My Business

I get money from selling vegetables some from home and others bought in wholesale then I sell in retail. I also sell milk from my cow every morning and evening which is approximately 10 litres per day. 1l = 28ks currently I have a nursery seed bed which has over 15000 seedlings ready to be transplanted in 8days from now.

Loan Proposal

Helloo, from the previous loan I have 50 chicken now, I have a seedling project with about 15000 seedlings which i will be selling next two weeks. I want to expand my vegetable farm and also increase the market cover up. I will also buy some feeds for my dairy cow. I will also add some horse pipes for irrigation

Income Source

COVID-19 has highly affected my business. It has been three months since the country was put under lockdown. The first month was tough but the second month we started a new normal of selling farm products at home.The government has also increased working hours and for sure I have adapted the new normal. I feel like everything is just alright.

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  • Sabrina    Aug 1, 2020

    Thanks a lot for repaying the loan even before it was due! Good luck with all your projects.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$94.00

Date disbursed

Jun 12, 2020

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

3 weeks

Lenders

MarktheMormon

Sandy, Utah, United States

Anna Hoad

Toronto, Canada

JR

Jose Ramirez

World, Spain

DK

Daniel Kalla

Saint Paul, United States

M

Mirko

Yugoslavia

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  • Frank Mwenda    Jan 30, 2021

    Dorothy said she will continue making payments once her business picks

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  • Janice    Dec 25, 2020

    Dorothy is willing to pay though her current circumstances cannot afford her ontime payment due to loss in farming

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  • Dorothy    Dec 13, 2020

    My tomato project collapse which left me homeless. This was after my farm was affected by a bacterial which killed 70% of my investment but I'm starting another project as i wait for the private insurance to help me relieve some amount

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  • Janice    Nov 12, 2020

    Dorothy has explqned about her late servicing of the loan. She has been engaged a serious mess in her farm and this is soon going to continue paying her loan as usual.

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  • Dorothy    Sep 8, 2020

    Helloo zidisha it's so unfortunate i am writing to you this message. I have experienced my toughest time this season. I indeed feel very bad. My farm was doing very well not until when thieves came at night and harvested all my sukuma wiki garden, more than 1000kgs. I have now employed a strong security to guard my tomato farm which is in a 100% good health condition. Right now I am at the police station to report to open a case. I will send the police documents if you need. but meanwhile i will continue to follow and encourage both old and new members to join zidisha. Sorry for the inconvenience

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  • Dorothy    Sep 4, 2020

    thanks i got the money and i am now working very hard to repay

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  • Dorothy    Aug 25, 2020

    Helloo thanks for your support I'm looking forward to add more seedlings

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  • Dorothy    Aug 25, 2020

    my project is doing very well my tomatoes are now flowering

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  • Dorothy    Aug 24, 2020

    Helloo lenders I'm doing very well i have planted 1000 tomato seedlings. They are now flowering. currently I'm harvesting sukuma wiki

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  • Dorothy    Aug 23, 2020

    Thanks I'm doing very well

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  • Dorothy    Aug 23, 2020

    helloo lenders I'm doing great I'm now selling my sukuma wiki. I supply 100kg to the market every 3days as my tomatoes are now flowering. All these came from the nursery you helped me manage

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  • Dorothy    Jul 19, 2020

    Helloo lenders I'm doing very well i believe that the same spirit will continue you have really helped me I have sold all my nursery seedlings which gave me a profit of 300$ I'm now growing 1000 tomato seedlings just transplanting them from my nursery I'm targeting each seedling to produce 2kg. 1kg goes @1$ and sometimes 0.8$. This means i will have 1000×2$=2000$ at the end of November

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  • Dorothy    Jul 10, 2020

    helloo, I'm doing great thanks very much you have really supported my work It is turning into a million profit project

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  • Dorothy    Jul 6, 2020

    Thanks very much for your support I'm sure that all will be well aha

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  • Babbitt Family Foundation    Jul 6, 2020

    I admire your work ethic! Keep up the good work! You are serving your community well!

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  • Mary    Jul 5, 2020

    You sounds like an AMAZINGLY talented businesswoman Dorothy. Keep growing!

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  • Dorothy    Jul 5, 2020

    helloo thank you very much much you have really boosted my project I have really made a change.

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  • Dorothy    Jun 13, 2020

    I recieved the loan I'm doing very well. Thanks very much

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  • Dorothy    Jun 12, 2020

    Hell you have really given a boost to my work. You have made my seedlings marketing so simple. I have 15000seedling where i will be sell each 2ksh. thanks

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  • Malibu River    Jun 12, 2020

    Stay strong Dorothy and thank you for your work mentoring loan candidates.

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