Acquire more land for potato farming

Rachel

Nakuru, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Rachel

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

307 installments  •  77%

About Me

My full name is Rachel Wanjiru Njuguna. I am married with one son. I grew up on a farm with my 4 siblings. My dad is a farmer and he has been very kind in mentoring me and showing me how to go about farming. I have done potato farming for the last two years. I started with one acre and last year I did two acres.
I have a diploma in marketing management. Apart from farming, I work as an accounts clerk in a hotel.
I started potato farming with my savings. My dad encouraged me to think outside of the box and start farming.
In 2011, I gave birth to my son and I decided to be a stay at home mum until January 2014 so that my son could get the best care. It was not easy because my husband's income was not much. I started saving from the money he left me for daily use. I joined women's groups and this has really helped me to save and support my family.
From this experience, I have become very passionate about women's empowerment and I really encourage the women I interact with to save and work hard. I hope one day to have an organization that supports women.

My Business

I do potato farming. Potatoes are always in demand in Kenya. Apart from the french fries which are consumed daily in hotels, potatoes have many other uses. I chose potato farming because, having grown up in a farm, I have seen how farming can change peoples' lives. My dad was able to educate the 5 of us through farming. Farming also has good returns when done properly.
The typical costs in potato farming are: seeds, fertilizer, labour and pesticides. One spends like 35,000 in an acre and you get a profit of 30,000 to 40,000 within 3 months. I use the profit I get in educating my son, for reinvestment and for house expenses.
My plan is to be able to do more than 50 acres with time. I am requesting this loan because I believe I can start small and go very far.

Loan Proposal

Financial independence is very important for every woman. zidisha has provided a good platform for every man and woman to realise this dream by acquring a loan to help them in improving their lives. As a woman i intend to use the zidisha to better myself financially and expand my business.
This will also enable my provide the best education for my son so that he ca be a better person in this competitive world.
i will use my 3rd loan to acquire 3 more acres of land so that i can increase to 6 acres as i had planted 3 acres earlier.

LOAN BUDGET
3acres @80 dollars=240 dollars

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About Me

my name are Rachel wanjiru. I am a farmer and a businesswoman. I am also employed as an accountant.
I am a single mum with one child who is now 8 years old. I separated from my husband 2 years ago and it has not been easy especially financially.
I work Soo hard to provide for my son so that he can have a good education and life in general.
This year has been particularly challenging because of the economic situation in Kenya and also the weather change

My Business

The last loan I got really helped me financially. The weather was not good the the crop production was not good.
I also started chicken farming in August and that helped a lot with my financial situation.
This year in January I opened a shoe shop and it has been doing very well.
I also have a monthly salary where I am employed as an accountant.

Loan Proposal

Financial independence is very important for every woman. zidisha has provided a good platform for every man and woman to realise this dream by acquring a loan to help them in improving their lives. As a woman i intend to use the zidisha to better myself financially and expand my business.
This will also enable my provide the best education for my son so that he ca be a better person in this competitive world.
i will use my 3rd loan to acquire 3 more acres of land so that i can increase to 6 acres as i had planted 3 acres earlier.

LOAN BUDGET
3acres @80 dollars=240 dollars

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  • Katja    Mar 29, 2017

    Thank you for repaying that fast and Wish you all The best!

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$239.00

Date disbursed

Aug 28, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

4 months

Lenders

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

Richard Griebe

La Jolla, United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

wissam

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Shawn Stice

Kansas City Missouri Central Region USA, United States

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  • Janice    Mar 19, 2021

    The member has cited about low business returns as she was not expecting about.

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    • Rachel    Mar 23, 2021

      Is it possible for my adjusted amount to go lower than 1200? Been trying that and it never works

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  • Rachel    Mar 2, 2021

    Reduced source of income

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  • Janice    Feb 7, 2021

    Rachel will be settling her past dues next week,and post a comment to lenders about her business progress.

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  • Rachel    Jan 28, 2021

    Lack of stable financial income

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  • Rachel    Dec 4, 2020

    Loss of source of income.

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  • Rachel    Nov 24, 2020

    Loss of source of income

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  • Rachel    Oct 13, 2020

    The place I was employed and also had a business were demolished by the government. I have no source of income at the moment.

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  • Janice    Oct 1, 2020

    The borrower has challenges with her business as the sales has dropped drastically due to the negative economicimpacted by covid 19.

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  • Rachel    Sep 13, 2020

    Difficult financial times.

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  • Janice    Aug 20, 2020

    Rachel has promised to send her late loan arrears in few days coming.

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  • Rachel    Jul 12, 2020

    Financial difficulty

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  • Janice    Jul 9, 2020

    Rachel will be reschedule her weekly payment downwards for the next few weeks.

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  • Rachel    May 18, 2020

    Not working because of the pandemic

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  • Rachel    Apr 4, 2020

    Business forced to close down due to the corona virus pendemic.

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  • Madesto    Mar 13, 2020

    i called rael and she promised to repay her arrears as soon as possible

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  • Rachel    Feb 25, 2020

    Financial difficulty

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  • Rachel    Jan 18, 2020

    Hard economic times.

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  • Rachel    Dec 26, 2019

    Can't manage the original amount because of financial difficulty.

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  • Rachel    Nov 9, 2019

    Slow economic situation.

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  • Rachel    Oct 2, 2019

    Hard economic times

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