High-quality photo printing paper for professional photography business

Patroba

Nakuru, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Patroba

Member since

March 2014

On-time repayments

282 installments  •  4%

About Me

i am 29 years of age a very young and hardworking man i have a family also that is my wife and and my two boys.i am a very talented photographer and i do take pictures as my busines and it is now seven years since i started this job and i have been working hard to make ends meet.it is from this job i pay my studio rent,my house rent,i pay my school fees for my first born child in high school.i started my photograph job with only USD$125.i bought the casio camera at USD$95 and then the remaining USD30 i used for purchaasing extra memory card and battery for the camera.from there it was not so easy but after a year especially during holidays it started picking and and i was able to raise USD$694 within a year and i added a new big camera that now with it am able to make USD$236 every month just as my gross salary and it is through this money i pay my rent,i feed my family, i support my parents home.this has been so tuff because i want expand my business i had to join zidisha so as to get financial support,

My Business

photography has been my line of business for quite along time now,i started this business seven years ago and it turned down to be my lifetime proffesion,this business has been the source of livelyhood for my family.my business is located in nakuru town cbd ,the returns in this business mainly depends on the periods and events that happens in day to day life,i mostly depend on orders from schools,churches and various community based organisations who are my major clients apart from individual customers.taking one photograph costs USD$0.9 and in agood day i can manage to take 30 photographs and this leaves me with USD$27 as the total turnover,after removing the cost of electricity,cost of photographic papers and cost of photograhic packing polythenes,the total cost of daily operation is USD$12,i remain with USD$13 as my daily profit that i get from this business,in amonth this totals to USD$338 as my monthly sales,after removing rent of USD$82 and other minor costs ofUSD$20 i remain with USD$236 as my profit.

Loan Proposal

i am going to buy photo papers worth 4247/- for printing the passports and the photos i do take.thank you so much zidisha for giving me this golden opportunity to join this great family of zidisha and i believe you have just light the lamp of my dreams and am not going to slamber but to keep on working hard to achieve my goals for the betterment of my future.i want to express the joy i have in my heart now is more than yesterday because being given this opportunity to join this marvelous organization is not something to take for garnted tahnk you so much and i say i will ensure i keep 100% repayment to maintain my standards thank you so much zidisha.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$50.00

Date disbursed

Mar 24, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

6 weeks

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