Add stock to my small backery business

Geoffrey

Eldoret, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Geoffrey

Member since

May 2014

On-time repayments

135 installments  •  66%

About Me

I am 39 years old married to one wife with 2 children,the eldest daughter is in primary school class 5 while the younger is a son in baby class..
I am an accountant with Eldohosp Pharmaceuticals ltd. A private firm doing pharmaceuticals products distribution in Kenya.
I live in a slum estate known as Kamukunji /Bondeni in old Uganda road after Gituro quarry ,ask for moon light plot is well known house number 31 and 32 . plot number is 18/529/007
My wife and I started the small bakery business to boost our income to enable us have multiple streams of income so that we may have financial freedom.
My hobbies is listening to gospel music and reading the bible and traveling and my free time I go around the estate preaching to people and witnessing to the people about Jesus Christ as the Lord and savior

My Business

My business is Mandazi and queen cakes small bakery in Kamukunji / Bondeni estate of Eldoret .
We started the business two years ago ,our source of the earning from my employment and also the profit I make from the business.
The goods I sell to my customers are mainly Mandazi and queen cakes
Our customers prefer our business because we are always there to serve them and they never find us closed also my wife holds a certificate in comprehensive cookery and very soon will be doing diploma in the same these year starting April,her knowledge in the product enables our business to offer the best .Infact she is the one who is in full time in the job while most of my time Iam at my place of work,She is agood manager.
The business is profitable because there is high demand for the products that we are selling to them.The estate is densely populated .The risk my business faces is scarcity of products due to some times we unable to serve the entire population .
My typical monthly cost of running the business is US$ 205 while Gross profit or income before these expenses is usually approximately US$ 400.

Loan Proposal

My business is a Mandazi and queen cakes small bakery in Kamukunji / Bondeni estate of Eldoret .
We started the business one years ago ,our source of the earning from my employment and also the profit I make from the business.
The goods I sell to my customers are mainly Mandazi and queen cakes
Our customers prefer our business because we are always there to serve them and they never find us closed also my wife holds a certificate in comprehensive cookery and very soon will be pa suing diploma in the same,her knowledge in the product enables our business to offer the best .
The business is profitable because there is high demand for the products that we are selling to them.The estate is densely populated .The risk my business faces is scarcity of products due to some times we unable to serve the entire population and also political instability and ethnicity.
My typical monthly cost of running the business is US$ 185 while Gross profit or income before these expenses is usually approximately US$ 390.

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About Me

I am 39 years old married to one wife with 2 children,the eldest daughter is in primary school class 5 while the younger is a son in baby class..
I am an accountant with Eldohosp Pharmaceuticals ltd. A private firm doing pharmaceuticals products distribution in Kenya.
I live in a slum estate known as Kamukunji /Bondeni in old Uganda road after Gituro quarry ,ask for moon light plot is well known house number 31 and 32 . plot number is 18/529/007
My wife and I started the small bakery business to boost our income to enable us have multiple streams of income so that we may have financial freedom.
My hobbies is listening to gospel music and reading the bible and traveling and my free time I go around the estate preaching to people and witnessing to the people about Jesus Christ as the Lord and savior

My Business

My business is Mandazi and queen cakes small bakery in Kamukunji / Bondeni estate of Eldoret .
We started the business two years ago ,our source of the earning from my employment and also the profit I make from the business.
The goods I sell to my customers are mainly Mandazi and queen cakes
Our customers prefer our business because we are always there to serve them and they never find us closed also my wife holds a certificate in comprehensive cookery and very soon will be doing diploma in the same these year starting April,her knowledge in the product enables our business to offer the best .Infact she is the one who is in full time in the job while most of my time Iam at my place of work,She is agood manager.
The business is profitable because there is high demand for the products that we are selling to them.The estate is densely populated .The risk my business faces is scarcity of products due to some times we unable to serve the entire population .
My typical monthly cost of running the business is US$ 205 while Gross profit or income before these expenses is usually approximately US$ 400.

Loan Proposal

When I get this loan, it will help me pay for buy:-
1)- flour amounting to 58US Dollars
2)-Cooking oil amounting 10 US Dollars

Those are the main ingredient and commodity for making cakes and mandazi.I do believe strongly that with the help from lenders and Zidisha I will be able to increase my stock and satisfy my customers and through that my goal of reaching the entire community will come to reality. I know very well l am going to pay back the loan because of the profit I make per day and also the from my monthly earning from employment.
The business is profitable because there is high demand for the products that we are selling to them.The estate is densely populated .The risk my business faces is scarcity of products due to some times we unable to serve the entire population and also political instability and ethnicity.
My typical monthly cost of running the business is US$ 185 while Gross profit or income before these expenses is usually approximately US$ 390.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$68.00

Date disbursed

Oct 11, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

8 weeks

Lenders

F

flaguy999

Tampa, United States

JP

James Parker

Sacramento, United States

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  • Franmiguel    Apr 7, 2017

    Hi Geoffrey,
    I note that you invited Leonard Ekesa, to Zidisha.
    I wonder if you are able to contact him to see how he is doing?
    He has not made a payment in a year, yet he was a great borrower prior to that.
    thanks in advance.
    Michael

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  • Geoffrey    Feb 7, 2017

    happy new year dear all ,how are you doing???????????????????????????

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  • Geoffrey    Sep 18, 2016

    Dear Lenders ,Just to let you know that I had a road accident on 30.07.2016 which left me with bruises and back injuries and I was admitted to hospital for two weeks ,but I thank God that Iam now healed thats why I could not pay my instalment on time ,thanks for being patient with me I will never let you down .

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  • Evaline    Jul 23, 2016

    TERMINATION OF MY MEMBERSHIP
    Dear Zidisha
    The above subject matters,
    I would like to bring to your attention that I that I will not continue with my membership with Zidisha ,the reason being that I was embarrassed last week when after delaying to pay just by two installments you decided to send text messages all over to my referees publishing me as defaulter despite explaining to my volunteer mentor that I will delay a beat.
    I have therefore decided to pay the out standing balance minus ksh.13500 which you deducted from me at the time of joining the community. You had said that you were deducting the ksh.13500 which was refundable if some one does not have any outstanding loan with you and would like to withdraw membership. Therefore I will not I will not pay the ksh.13500 kindly instead of refunding it please do use it to the clear the loan balance since it is exactly equal to the outstanding balance. Mean while I BELIEVE you will understand balance the books, CLOSE MY ACCOUNT and STOP sending text messages to my referees.
    Best regards
    Eveline Nyambane

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  • Geoffrey    Dec 14, 2015

    MERRY CHRISTMASS

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  • popeye    Dec 3, 2015

    Geoffrey,
    Thank you for repayments. You are doing an awesome job; thanks be to God. Merry Christmas to you and your family

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    • Geoffrey    Dec 4, 2015

      Thanks too for being of great support

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    • Evaline    Jul 23, 2016

      TERMINATION OF MY MEMBERSHIP
      Dear Zidisha
      The above subject matters,
      I would like to bring to your attention that I that I will not continue with my membership with Zidisha ,the reason being that I was embarrassed last week when after delaying to pay just by two installments you decided to send text messages all over to my referees publishing me as defaulter despite explaining to my volunteer mentor that I will delay a beat.
      I have therefore decided to pay the out standing balance minus ksh.13500 which you deducted from me at the time of joining the community. You had said that you were deducting the ksh.13500 which was refundable if some one does not have any outstanding loan with you and would like to withdraw membership. Therefore I will not I will not pay the ksh.13500 kindly instead of refunding it please do use it to the clear the loan balance since it is exactly equal to the outstanding balance. Mean while I BELIEVE you will understand balance the books, CLOSE MY ACCOUNT and STOP sending text messages to my referees.
      Best regards
      Eveline Nyambane

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  • Geoffrey    Dec 2, 2015

    All is well we thank God for the end year boom sales has began and we expect high sales

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  • Geoffrey    Jul 20, 2015

    Dear lenders
    Just to let you know that I never paid yesterday my installment because I lost my phone while traveling and I have to get another phone and replacement of the Safaricom line that I registered with you to resume repayments .I believe before the end of the week I will continue ,thanks for understanding.God bless you

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  • Geoffrey    Jun 10, 2015

    Dear lenders
    I am so humbled by your incredible kindness,good heart and desire to help. I am really grateful for your consistent support . I appreciate you .
    May God increase you and bless you all

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  • flaguy999    Apr 5, 2015

    Thanks for the update. Glad to hear things are going well.

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  • Geoffrey    Mar 26, 2015

    I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my Lenders and the Zidisha community for the loan.I was able to purchase the purchase local (Juakali)baking machine bigger than the one i have and the ingredients, baking flour,eggs,milk and sugar for the cakes also I reserved 600 us dollars for my wife 's college ,she will be doing diploma in comprehensive crockery starting on 13.04.2015 at St. Brendan Institute here in Eldoret Town,she is the key person in our family business since most of my time I spend in employment and more so she is the one with know how of cake and mandazi production.Am pleased that our my business is doing better rate production has increase due to bigger machine , i just thought of updating you, and above all i am so grateful for the support .I will be starting my repayments these week end God bless you.

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  • salonasante    Mar 14, 2015

    I am so happy for you and wish you much success in your business.
    Blessings,
    Mary

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    • Geoffrey    Mar 16, 2015

      thanks welcome and God bless you

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    • Evaline    Jul 23, 2016

      TERMINATION OF MY MEMBERSHIP
      Dear Zidisha
      The above subject matters,
      I would like to bring to your attention that I that I will not continue with my membership with Zidisha ,the reason being that I was embarrassed last week when after delaying to pay just by two installments you decided to send text messages all over to my referees publishing me as defaulter despite explaining to my volunteer mentor that I will delay a beat.
      I have therefore decided to pay the out standing balance minus ksh.13500 which you deducted from me at the time of joining the community. You had said that you were deducting the ksh.13500 which was refundable if some one does not have any outstanding loan with you and would like to withdraw membership. Therefore I will not I will not pay the ksh.13500 kindly instead of refunding it please do use it to the clear the loan balance since it is exactly equal to the outstanding balance. Mean while I BELIEVE you will understand balance the books, CLOSE MY ACCOUNT and STOP sending text messages to my referees.
      Best regards
      Eveline Nyambane

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  • flaguy999    Mar 14, 2015

    Congratulations on getting funded! Best wishes and God bless.

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    • Geoffrey    Mar 14, 2015

      Thanks very much for your great support May God be with you all and increase you more so that you may continue supporting small entrepreneurs out of financial difficulties.
      I am grateful for funding and I thank zidisha community and lenders for being of help

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    • Evaline    Jul 23, 2016

      TERMINATION OF MY MEMBERSHIP
      Dear Zidisha
      The above subject matters,
      I would like to bring to your attention that I that I will not continue with my membership with Zidisha ,the reason being that I was embarrassed last week when after delaying to pay just by two installments you decided to send text messages all over to my referees publishing me as defaulter despite explaining to my volunteer mentor that I will delay a beat.
      I have therefore decided to pay the out standing balance minus ksh.13500 which you deducted from me at the time of joining the community. You had said that you were deducting the ksh.13500 which was refundable if some one does not have any outstanding loan with you and would like to withdraw membership. Therefore I will not I will not pay the ksh.13500 kindly instead of refunding it please do use it to the clear the loan balance since it is exactly equal to the outstanding balance. Mean while I BELIEVE you will understand balance the books, CLOSE MY ACCOUNT and STOP sending text messages to my referees.
      Best regards
      Eveline Nyambane

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  • Robert    Mar 13, 2015

    all the best in your business

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  • Daniel    Mar 13, 2015

    Good luck in your venture

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  • Samson    Mar 12, 2015

    Good luck Mr. Geoffrey

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  • Geoffrey    Mar 10, 2015

    THANKS LENDERS FOR FUNDING ME 3% I BELIEVE FOR THE REMAINING 3 DAYS TO EXPIRY ALL SHALL BE WELL AND YOU SHALL AGAIN VISIT MY PROFILE AND FUND ME FULLY .GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR WISE CONSIDERATION

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  • Geoffrey    Mar 5, 2015

    Hello lender.its my joy and pleasure to thank all lenders who had funded my loan in the past so far and the ones who will fund in future.Also I take these opportunity to request you to view my profile and kindly help finding 9 days remaining

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  • Geoffrey    Mar 5, 2015

    Hi Lenders,

    I am at 0% funding and only nine days left.

    My hopes are very high and I will really appreciate your support.I will remain 100% percent on-time repayment.

    Regards
    Geoffrey wafula

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  • Geoffrey    Mar 3, 2015

    GOOD AFTER NOON DEAR LENDERS ?
    JUST TO LET YOU KNOW HAT I POSTED MY LOAN I NEED YOUR HELP .MAY GOD BLESS YOU

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