Better floor for the birds

John

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

John

Member since

April 2015

On-time repayments

203 installments  •  83%

About Me

Growing up at the foot of the Aberdare ranges, my teacher instilled in me a desire to excel in whatever i do all through my education life i have aspired to do this. Even when odds ad obstacles hindered me i pressed on by working hard in whatever job i found myself in enabling me overcome. With increased demands of life a business seemed a good way to start o. However despite failure i pressed on. You can achieve anything as long as you put your mind to it. this is my motto

My Business

Vermiculture and Purchase of Feed making inputs and Equipment
AS enumerated in different researches Agriculture continues to be an essential sector as it offers food, employment opportunities and income to many people both in the urban and rural areas. The sector is divided into more than one subsector namely; livestock sub-sector, crop-subsector, the manufacturing sector, the service sector among others. All these sectors play a pivotal role in ensuring that the agricultural sector continues to grow. The livestock sector, one of the important sectors, improves nutrition by providing households with eggs, meat and creation of employment opportunities. Small scale poultry farming, an essential category in the livestock sub-sector, can provide positive spiral events that will not only improve the nutrition but also lead the rural households out of poverty. Moreover, it can be used to empower women whose integral role in farming households of bearing most of the responsibilities for household food security and income is crucial. Interventions aimed at improving smallholders and especially women capacity to produce poultry places them at a pivotal position to play a great role in meeting food demand.
Main challenge is feed production and utilization
The loan is intended to purchase feed making inputs and equipment. These will be used in starting up a small feed production center combined with training smallholder farmers on the use of insects and worms as important supplements to poultry production as well as the economics of production especially for small livestock such as poultry. The funds will also be used to set up a mini demonstration site on insect rearing to help the farmers learn how to rear the insects for poultry feed and where excess sell to the other poultry farmers.
Revenue comes from training cost, sale of mini-kits for insect rearing and sale of the manufactured feed to smallholder farmers at an affordable price.

Loan Proposal

After Acquiring the previous loan i developed a good structure for the poultry by ensuring that it is well ventilated and covered to protect against vermin and other predators. However the floor is wet and requires cementing and placement of warm bedding to allow birds produce efficiently.
The Money will be used to buy the following
1. 10bags cement US$ @8per bag =US$ 80.00
2. 2-7tonne lorries Ballast US$ @50 per lorry=US$ 100.00
3. 2-7tonne lorries sand US$ @50 per lorry=US$ 100.00
4. 1- 7tonne lorry hardcore US$ @40 per lorry=US$ 40.00
5. 5-days labour US$ @16 per lorry=US$ 70.00
Total =US$ 390.00

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$394.00

Date disbursed

Dec 1, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 months

Lenders

rebecca

Chapin SC, United States

A

Anninymouse

Southampton, United Kingdom

Lauren Rosenbaum

Washington, DC, United States

tjm212003

Montreal, Canada

C

CWS

Huntington beach, ca, United States

B

bgalon

London, United Kingdom

E

Errol

Bradenton, FL, United States

A

alfredo

Bremen, Germany

H

Hilke

Bremen, Germany

C

Canlender1

Nanaimo, Canada

J

jra299

New York, United States

M

mmatessa

Ben Lomond, United States

B

BRWorthington

San Francisco, United States

D

Daniel

Cupertino, United States

Irvin

Vancouver, Canada

J

johan

Oslo, Norway

torelizer

Reggio Emilia, Italy

Veronika

victoria, Canada

H

hahaOz

Sydney, Australia

S

SovTempest

Toronto, Canada

malcolm D

grants pass, United States

D

drakekids

Greensboro, United States

S

Spassmacher

46244 Bottrop, Germany

bdm4a

San Fransisco, United States

J

JLewe

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

T

TobyKenobi

Syracuse, United States

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

K

KakkoiiCali

Anaheim, United States

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

D

DrFeelGOOD

San Jose, United States

E

Ehaffey

Washington D.C., United States

S

SydneySider

Sydney, Australia

I

ideerge

Mountain View, United States

Tilius

Oslo, Norway

Aksel

Nesoddtangen, Norway

J

Jdoyle

Kitchener, Canada

Straetman

Kaarst, Germany

Rocketdrive

Eugene, Oregon, United States

J

jozua

Delft, Netherlands

A

AlethiaLtd

Carlisle, United Kingdom

J

johnbireland

Dublin, Ireland

Alessandro

Verona, Italy

N

noah695

Salt Lake City, United States

B

bgxalz

Kópavogur, Iceland

ZlataRoy

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

R

rcmssr

Woodbury, United States

MichaelDean

San Jose, United States

J

Jacquinta

London, United Kingdom

Pere

Barcelona, Spain

K

kathy207

South Portland, United States

A

aliasadsj

Queens, NY, United States

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

P

Purllyn

Dillon, United States

S

Steveandson

Arlington, United States

S

simranandtyler

London, Ontario, Canada

Kate4Good

Washington, United States

F

freewheelin

Perth, Australia

DaveinPerth

Perth, Australia

BJ

Brandon Joz

North Carolina, United States

J

John

Newbury Park, CA, United States

Joseph P. Edd

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Aggul

London, United Kingdom

Jeff and Marcie

Portland, OR, United States

G

gregoryhk

San Francisco, United States

MichaelR

Los Angeles, United States

D

danny

Karlsruhe, Germany

P

proby24

Singapore, Singapore

K

Kibbleni

Madison, United States

N

Nanobug

Wilton, CT, United States

T

tmsaddress

Orlando, Florida, United States

B

Becks

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

dajawein

Gladstone, Australia

FlamingFreedom

Manchester, United States

D

DamoA

Wollstonecraft, Australia

Kahenti

Seoul, Republic of Korea

M

missjoyy

Munich, Germany

P

portlandloans

Portland, United States

Mavos

Gothenburg, Sweden

R

RichardH

Manchester, United Kingdom

D

Divergent

Bethesda, United States

Susansfund

Colorado Springs, United States

A

AustA

Sydney, Australia

B

bgj21

Cambridge, United Kingdom

G

glomardor

Leonardtown, United States

Sandra

Tillamook, Oregon, United States

M

markusfitza

College Station, United States

IA

Ismini and Jerry

Stamford, USA, United States

A

aiban

Austin, United States

J

jzidi

Los Angeles, United States

J

JoJoHouse

New Castle, United States

S

Sabine

Courtenay, Canada

clemenchiang

Singapore, Singapore

D

doinggood

Missoula, United States

A

Austrian

Graz, Austria

P

PhilACK

Brampton, Canada

birtom

Ettlingen, Germany

Matthew

New York, NY, United States

S

samuk

Nottingham, United Kingdom

C

cczapp

Hilliard, United States

southcentral

Zürich, Switzerland

D

Dreamworks

Washington, United States

peanut

Halifax, Canada

MichelD

Bangkok, Thailand

alicemmg

Boston, United States

K

Katehar

Maple Valley, WA, United States

J

jwharding

Hamburg, Germany

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

P

pellm

Ashland, United States

J

janharg

Garland, Tx, United States

T

Travelbear

Asheville, United States

bryancain

Toluca Lake, United States

U

UmSaeed

Southfield, United States

D

Dionne

Pembroke, Bermuda

M

mwkelley2

Columbus, OH, United States

MPatino01

Somerville, United States

A

amnesiac

Adelaide, Australia

Alina

Amsterdam, Netherlands

A

Aaron

Zurich, Switzerland

W

WellingtonPFClass

Columbus, Oh, United States

D

djschin

Heber City, United States

S

stillc

Nashville, United States

ohlandtmann

Moorestown, United States

J

jerryq

Redding, United States

E

emtesenair

Charlotte, United States

L

lilbsedz

Raleigh, United States

HMS_5th_Grade

Honolulu, United States

L

LenderTrender

Freeville, United States

jhealy87

Silver Spring, United States

chadgibbs

Loveliest Village, United States

Gordons28

Santa Monica, United States

davidt

San Francisco, United States

G

Gwencalon

Garching b. Muenchen, Germany

J

javifdezsainz

Madrid, Spain

T

texasags

owasso, United States

T

tchafin

Los Angeles, United States

B

BassClef

Bozeman, United States

T

tbogz

Singapore, Singapore

ericacamille

Brooklyn, United States

Richard100

Santa Ana, United States

nmatpt

Lisboa, Portugal

P

prashant

SUNNYVALE, United States

G

gregc

Calgary, Canada

S

solarkismet

Logan, United States

A

arwaandali

Ottawa, Canada

D

ddandipu

Calgary, Canada

A

acolomitchi

Eynesbury, Australia

A

amish

San Francisco, United States

A

Avalokiteshvara

Yau Yat Chuen, Hong Kong

C

CJAnderson

Sydney, Australia

U

UTLonghorn

Lincoln, United States

2

2Samuel22

Clarksville, United States

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

ashleeandjeanelle

Auckland, New Zealand

Peter Marozzi

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

N

Navigator

Alavus, Finland

larsandanika

Langen, Germany

K

Krish

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A

asmoris

Toronto, Canada

O

olliepalmer

London, United Kingdom

Bill2073

Florida, United States

Nadja

Weissach, Germany

O

ommthree

Egg, Switzerland

C

corvus

Paris, France

kivadoris

Vancouver, Washington, United States

Erika

Calgary, Canada

J

jocke

Stockholm, United States

C

colomar

Langen, Germany

paulclinton

malaga, Spain

S

sarapho

Hawkestone, Canada

S

saraef

Nottingham, United Kingdom

A

AndrewC

London, United Kingdom

P

Paleomagick

Eldred, United States

FriendinOregon

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

P

Pavane

Kungsbacka, Sweden

W

wilma95

napa, United States

N

NickLuder

London, United Kingdom

I

inips

Oslo, Norway

T

ThereIsNoGod

Singapore, Singapore

E

Escalada

Bakersfield, CA, United States

A

andprosper

World Peace, United States

MarshFamilyUK

Canterbury, United Kingdom

dmirpuri

Bangkok, Thailand

MrCane

Montevideo, Uruguay

somuchjackson

Boston, United States

G

Goetterbote79

Neuhausen, Germany

A

Alexxa

Vancouver, Canada

M

Malibu

Westwood, United States

T

tommychheng

san francisco, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

A

allie105

United States

R

RonEddy

United States

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

I

idris

United States

S

SCHAC

Switzerland

S

Scaevola

Netherlands

Mike and Jacqui

United Kingdom

Haim Si

Mexico, Mexico

Arne Bachmann

Hamburg, Germany

BM

Brian Mickel

United States

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Robert

Sweden

M

Mathias

Cologne, Germany, United States

HC

Howard Cheng

New York City, United States

B

Byron

United States

JL

Jindou Lee

United States

WE

Wendy Emlyn

Devon, United Kingdom

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

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