Livestock agribusiness

Charles

Nairobi, Kenya

65% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Charles

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

314 installments  •  44%

About Me

My names are Charles am in my upper 50s, born in western Kenya Busia in a Polygamous Family life was not a joke,my farther dead when i was five years old,i went through turf time growing up my uncles had to fund my Education up to collage level,after my collage i had to find job so that i can be able to carter for my young siblings and my Mother back in the rural home,i joined uniliver back then in the 80s was commonly know as the East Africa Industries i worked there for few year to support my family later i joined the government of Kenya working in the as registrar of person till late 1990s when the government of The day had to send home most of the work by force and was one of the retrenched person and we were never paid our benefits till today,my life took a u turn,i had a wife five children to take care of i had to use some of my saving to start business and later introduce livestock rearing in my small farm.

My Business

My Agribusiness involves keeping Pigs,chicken,duck and planting vegetable in my farm ,since i started my agribusiness now i can be able to carter for my family, pay their school fees and their uptake.
Most of the produce i use come from within the farm,i don't buy manure i have enough from the livestock i keep and the same for my animals i use the the farm waste to feed them thus i save a lot and preserver the environment,in future I wish to buy a greenhouse to help me conserve the environment,and i can be able to produce more vegetables,i choose farming as a career most of people see farming as a waste of time but for me its my life worth living it because am a smart farmer who use available material to maximum,most of my friends admire my project and i show them how the can capitalize on it.
My typical costs and revenue
Farm produce i make a round $200
per month ,and per year depending on
the produce from my livestock i make
a round $3000 annually.

Expenses
Foodstuffs for my family -$70
Airtime-$10
2 Garden and chicken helper-$90
Chicken feeds, fungicides – $50
Shop Yearly licence- $60
Seeds for planting-$100
you can check out what i do to impact community positively Destiny Group for more http://www.destinyprogressivegroup.herobo.com
https://www.facebook.com/destinyprogressivegroup

Loan Proposal

Dear lenders thank you for your support on my previous Women Empowerment Project
I need your Support Once again to Continue with Women Empowerment project Phase two where by i will start keeping Goats for Milk and Meat to enable Women to Support themselves and their family .
I need around 10 She goats for the first phase for 10 House Hold Each Goat coast 150 Dollars
From this 10 She goats In about 3-6 Month when they give birth i will use the young ones from each family to distribute to the remaining family and the will keep the adult to continue making a living to sustain them .
The project will keep on rotating to new members to empower them financial and keep family together as the saying Empower a women and you will empower the all Community
Thank you so much for your support am looking forward for positives response.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$561.00

Date disbursed

Jul 11, 2016

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

57 months

Lenders

Cordula

Cologne, Germany

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

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  • Eric    Feb 24, 2021

    charles has some issues personal but he said that he will be intouch soon

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  • Frank Mwenda    Jan 13, 2021

    Charles promised to continue making payments for his loan before the week ends

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  • Charles    Dec 14, 2020

    Thank you lenders for your support

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  • Frank Mwenda    Dec 11, 2020

    I tried to contact Charles but his phone was no reachable, I spoke with one of his references, and she promised to ask Charles to contact me... Once I speak with him I will give an update.
    Thanks

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  • Charles    Oct 14, 2020

    Thank you lenders for your patience
    Am working towards repaying my weekly payments

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  • Timothy    Sep 8, 2020

    I contact Alochi and he agreed to make adjustments and make repayment by the end of this month.

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  • Charles    Jun 7, 2020

    Dear lenders
    Thank you for your support

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  • Charles    Mar 10, 2020

    Dear Lenders
    Thank you so much for your patience, i will make sure i pay my loan in full and within time frame.

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  • Charles    Jan 27, 2020

    Dear Lenders
    Am financial constrain at the moment kindly allow me to adjust my weekly payments.
    Thank you

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  • Charles    Nov 7, 2019

    I would like to ask for permission to reduce my payment downwards

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  • Charles    Sep 25, 2019

    Dear Lenders
    I have been unable to make my weekly payments i humbly ask you to be patient with me as i will settle the payments as soon as possible.
    Thank you

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  • Charles    Aug 8, 2019

    Dear Lender
    Kindly allow me to adjust my weekly payments by a week.

    My Regards

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  • Charles    Jul 10, 2019

    Dear lenders
    Kindly accept my sincere apologies and allow me to adjust my weekly repayment for now till i get back to my financially stability at the moment am struggling but i promise to update my loan
    Thank you

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  • Charles    Apr 11, 2019

    Dear lenders
    I had some challenges and i have been behind my schedule i would like to ask for more time to sort out my finance then things will be ok.

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  • Charles    Dec 22, 2018

    Currently I have some few challenges but i will make sure to pay my payment very soon

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  • Charles    Nov 8, 2018

    Good morning lender am so sorry for not making my payments on time, am looking forward to make sure i pay my payment every week and on time.

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  • Charles    Jan 4, 2018

    Dear Lender
    I had some family challenge for the past months and am requesting to adjust my weekly payments
    Thank you
    My appreciations

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  • Angela    Aug 1, 2017

    I spoke to Charles today in the morning he told me he is going to make some payment by the end of this month
    Thank you

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  • Oscar    Jun 12, 2017

    Dear Lenders
    I spoke to Mr Charles On Saturday he promised to settle his loan payments in the course of this month.

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