Build a warehouse for storing my produce

Jane

Nakuru, Kenya

22% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Jane

Member since

March 2016

On-time repayments

191 installments  •  51%

About Me

Hallo friends. My name is Jane Murungi. I am a mother of 2 school going children.

I grow horticultural crops such as capsicum, tomatoes etc.
My first born child who is 17 years old wants to become a chef in one of 5 star hotel in Kenya. The other one wants to become a medical doctor and he is aged 12 years old.

I am also actively involved in social work where through my church, I give a helping hand to the elderly and vulnerable people by visiting their homes.

My Business

My business if farming. I do poultry, dairy and crop farming. I do sell eggs, milk, chicken meat, then tomatoes and maize. These are the products I get from my farm. These products are in demand, especially the milk and tomatoes. There are bigger buyers who buy from the small farmer and then supply to big towns like Nairobi and Mombasa. Sometimes demand is so high, like for tomatoes that I and others farmers cannot even supply fully. That is why I chose this kind of business. For the time I have been farming, about 4years now, I do between half and one acre of tomatoes. Together with the chicken and dairy cow, I spend between 300 to 1000 USD. The profits are not high though. After sales, and all expenses, I do make about 200 to 500 USD profit of different months and seasons. This is the money I use for fees, any medical issues and also building a small house currently under construction.

Loan Proposal

I will use the money to build a modern store for my farm produce. This will help me curb wastage caused by poor storage. I have already started the building and I will complete it using the money from this loan.

I expect to keep my farm produce for longer periods thus enabling me to sell them at a good price when the demand goes high. I also intend to use part of the store as an outlet to sell the produce. The whole project will cost me around USD 2000 and this loan will form a large part of this amount.

Thank you.

P.S. This is my third attempt. Please fund this loan.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$1,340.00

Date disbursed

Dec 9, 2017

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

52 months

Lenders

joerg

Berlin, Germany

PaulE

Cockeysville, MD, United States

Martin

Manama, Bahrain

JimVandegriff

Trinidad, California, United States

JessieD

Alexandria, Va, United States

P

PHU99

Zwingenberg, Germany

melissapmeier

United States

Jeremy

Washington State, United States, United States

V

Vivek

Arlington, VA, United States

WE

Wendy Emlyn

Devon, United Kingdom

MR

Michiel Rauws

San Francisco, Netherlands

Der Dooley

Dublin, Ireland

BS

Brandon S

United States

Nick

Manchester, United Kingdom

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Shervin

San Francisco, United States

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  • Jane    Apr 9, 2020

    Am currently out of business, but will keep trying. I have closed both of my stores.

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  • Jane    May 6, 2019

    Hello good people. From last year I suffered a business loss due to long term closure as I was and still am taking care of a terminally ail person. So I need to keep adjusting my payment as I have very limited source of income. Kindly bear with me.

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  • Jane    Oct 29, 2018

    All my businesses have closed down due to family problems.

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  • Wendy Emlyn    Aug 11, 2018

    Hello Jane.
    Are you able to make any more payments yet?
    God bless you,
    Wendy

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  • Jane    Mar 18, 2018

    We are in the planting season. I had applied for seeds from our group whereby we get seed on loan and pay when our harvest is sold. Unfortunately this year the supply of seeds was reduced so i had to use some extra money to buy the seeds from a Shop. This has put me off balance for a while. But will resume normal status soon.

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  • Jane    Jan 15, 2018

    As i just finished building to of my stores, i need to stock up, hence a big amount of the cash i have wilk be used up. This will enable my dales ti be better, then i can revert to normal instalments.

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  • Jane    Dec 17, 2017

    To my esteemed lenders, and tge Zidisha team, i hereby wish to say thank you very much for your kind support through the loan you gave me. I received a total of 135977kshs, and now one of my stores is almost complete. I surely wouldn't have done this much now without your help. May there be more in your resources so you may help many others who maybe in need. And as we approach this festive season, i wish every one in the team happy times.

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  • Jane    Dec 5, 2017

    Thank you so much for funding my loan on my third attempt. As stated, I will use the money to complete the construction of my warehouse.

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    • Stanley Hildebrand    Dec 7, 2017

      You look like a hard worker. and you are persistant. I have been an organic farmer and an organic inspector most of my life. Now, i do mostly organic inspecting. I know that farming/growing veggies is a lot of hard work. please take care of your physical body & health.
      GO GRRL!
      stan

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  • Stanley Hildebrand    Dec 5, 2017

    GO GRRL!!

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  • Ren    Dec 1, 2017

    Dear Jane,
    I am sorry you aren't going to raise enough from lenders for this loan this time. I encourage you to try again because as it gets closer to the holidays, more people will be lending.
    Good luck!
    Karen

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  • Maria    Nov 30, 2017

    Dear Jane, I hope you can finish building the warehouse! I believe food waste really is a great problem and this would help minimize it. Good luck!

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    • Jane    Dec 1, 2017

      With support of people like you, I will do it. Thanks Maria.

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  • Jane    Nov 27, 2017

    My ongoing work. I need your support to finish it.

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  • Richard Hylerstedt    Nov 27, 2017

    Good luck with the warehouse project! Richard

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    • Jane    Nov 29, 2017

      Thank you for your support. Much appreciated!

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  • Jane    Nov 15, 2017

    I managed ro sell my farm produce in bulk and have now cleared my loan.

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  • Jane    Nov 7, 2017

    Thank you so much lenders. I have been able to expand my farming activities due to your credit. I managed to increase my acreage and my produce has increased threefold. Thank you once more.

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  • Jane    Nov 6, 2017

    To my lenders and the Zidisha team, hope you are all well. Business is slowly picking up and things are better now. We are in the harvesting season and indeed i look back and see how much your funds have helped me. Thanks so much.

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  • Jane    Sep 1, 2017

    A dispute has arisen between the farm owners of the farms we are leasing and now am trying to get a refund and lease another farm. This may take some time, hence an derailed a bit. But i will endeavor to keep my payments up to date.

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  • Henry    Jul 1, 2017

    HI, JANE HOW ARE YOU THIS DAYS PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU CONGRATULATION IN BUSINESS AND HOW IS NAKURU.

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  • Jane    Jun 27, 2017

    Thanks lenders, through your loans, I have been able to increase my produce tremendously. This would not have been possible without your valuable support.

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  • Jane    Jun 27, 2017

    Thanks lenders, through your loans, I have been able to increase my produce tremendously. This would not have been possible without your valuable support.

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