Entrepreneur
Name
Agnes
Member since
February 2015
On-time repayments
240 installments • 56%
About Me
My name is Agnes Nthenya. I was born and brought up in a family of six and I am the first born. I live in a deep rural area where I do farming for a living. The area depends on rain-fed agriculture, but it has a semi-arid climate so the produce is normally very poor.
I am married with three children and my husband works in a faraway city - Mombasa - where he went six years ago to look for a job. He is the one who introduced me to Zidisha. After my secondary school, I went into farming and that is what I am still doing on my small piece of land. I produce maize and beans for feeding the family, and when the produce is good I sell the surplus to the market.
My Business
I am a small-scale farmer and my farming is mostly for feeding my family. As I mentioned above, I live in a semi-arid area and we experience a lot of crop failure due to inadequate rainfall. I normally plant fast-maturing crop varieties to cope with this challenge, but sometimes the plants don't mature fast enough before the dry spell destroys them. It is a tough life and, when this happens, I have to depend on my husband, who runs a small business in Mombasa city.
I also own four goats and a cow and they produce milk, again for the family. The greatest challenge I face is water, because I normally get it from a borehole, which is about three kilometers away. I carry the water in 20-liter containers and I use my bare back to carry the water home. This is tedious and I make several trips to fetch enough water for the family consumption and also for the animals.
Loan Proposal
If I get this loan, I will use it to buy a donkey for transporting water from the borehole to my house. This will save me a lot of time that I spend when going to and from the water point which normally consumes half of my all day time. This is the most common way of transport in the area.
A donkey will cost me around $100 and I my husband has promised to give me the extra money in case this loan money will not be enough to buy the animal.
Thank you and I hope you will consider my loan application.
About Me
My name is Agnes Nthenya. I was born and brought up in a family of six and I am the first born. I live in a deep rural area where I do farming for a living. The area depends on rain fed agriculture but it has a semi arid climate so the produce are normally very poor.
I am married with three children and my husband works in a far away city - Mombasa where he went six years to look for a job. He is the one who introduced me to Zidisha. After my secondary school, I went into farming and that is what I am still doing on my small piece of land. I produce maize and beans for feeding the family and when the produce is good I sell the surplus to the market.
My Business
I am a small scale farmer and my farming is mostly for feeding my family. As I mentioned above, I live in a semi arid area and we experience a lot of crop failure due to inadequate rainfall. I normally plant fast maturing crop variety to cope with this challenge but sometimes they plant don't mature fast enough before the dry spell destroys them. It is a tough life and when this happens, I have to depend on my husband who runs a small business in Mombasa city.
I also own four goats and a cow and they produce milk again for the family. The greatest challenge I face is water because I normally get it from a borehole which is about three kilometers away. I carry the water in 20 liter containers and I use my bare back to carry the water home. This is tedious and I make several trips to fetch enough water for the family consumption and also for the animals.
Loan Proposal
If I get this loan, I will use it to buy a donkey for transporting water from the borehole to my house. This will save me a lot of time that I spend when going to and from the water point which normally consumes half of my all day time. This is the most common way of transport in the area.
A donkey will cost me around $100 and I my husband has promised to give me the extra money in case this loan money will not be enough to buy the animal.
Thank you and I hope you will consider my loan application.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$100.00
Date disbursed
Apr 7, 2015
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
11 months
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Summary
Amount repaid
$105.56
Amount remaining
$0.00
Date repaid
Jan 11, 2016
Status
Fully repaid
Repayment History
| Expected Payments | Actual Payments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2015 | $2.19 | Apr 17, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Apr 26, 2015 | $2.19 | Apr 17, 2015 | $0.14 |
| Apr 24, 2015 | $2.04 | ||
| May 3, 2015 | $2.19 | Apr 24, 2015 | $0.40 |
| May 2, 2015 | $1.79 | ||
| May 10, 2015 | $2.19 | May 2, 2015 | $0.73 |
| May 9, 2015 | $1.46 | ||
| May 17, 2015 | $2.19 | May 9, 2015 | $0.77 |
| May 15, 2015 | $1.42 | ||
| May 24, 2015 | $2.19 | May 15, 2015 | $0.80 |
| May 22, 2015 | $1.39 | ||
| May 31, 2015 | $2.19 | May 22, 2015 | $0.83 |
| May 29, 2015 | $1.36 | ||
| Jun 7, 2015 | $2.19 | May 29, 2015 | $0.71 |
| Jun 5, 2015 | $1.48 | ||
| Jun 14, 2015 | $2.19 | Jun 5, 2015 | $0.74 |
| Jun 14, 2015 | $1.44 | ||
| Jun 21, 2015 | $2.19 | Jun 14, 2015 | $0.56 |
| Jun 20, 2015 | $1.63 | ||
| Jun 28, 2015 | $2.19 | Jun 20, 2015 | $0.37 |
| Jul 3, 2015 | $1.82 | ||
| Jul 5, 2015 | $2.19 | Jul 3, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Jul 12, 2015 | $2.19 | Jul 3, 2015 | $0.43 |
| Jul 13, 2015 | $1.76 | ||
| Jul 19, 2015 | $2.19 | Jul 13, 2015 | $0.47 |
| Jul 18, 2015 | $1.72 | ||
| Jul 26, 2015 | $2.19 | Jul 18, 2015 | $1.94 |
| Aug 2, 2015 | $0.24 | ||
| Aug 2, 2015 | $2.19 | Aug 2, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Aug 9, 2015 | $2.19 | Aug 2, 2015 | $0.12 |
| Aug 16, 2015 | $2.07 | ||
| Aug 16, 2015 | $2.19 | Aug 16, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Aug 23, 2015 | $2.19 | Aug 16, 2015 | $0.19 |
| Aug 26, 2015 | $2.00 | ||
| Aug 30, 2015 | $2.19 | Sep 2, 2015 | $2.00 |
| Sep 16, 2015 | $0.19 | ||
| Sep 6, 2015 | $2.19 | Sep 16, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Sep 13, 2015 | $2.19 | Sep 16, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Sep 20, 2015 | $2.19 | Sep 16, 2015 | $1.32 |
| Sep 27, 2015 | $0.87 | ||
| Sep 27, 2015 | $2.19 | Sep 27, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Oct 4, 2015 | $2.19 | Sep 27, 2015 | $0.67 |
| Oct 6, 2015 | $1.52 | ||
| Oct 11, 2015 | $2.19 | Oct 6, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Oct 18, 2015 | $2.19 | Oct 6, 2015 | $1.32 |
| Oct 28, 2015 | $0.87 | ||
| Oct 25, 2015 | $2.19 | Oct 28, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Nov 1, 2015 | $2.19 | Oct 28, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Nov 8, 2015 | $2.19 | Oct 28, 2015 | $0.31 |
| Nov 18, 2015 | $1.88 | ||
| Nov 15, 2015 | $2.19 | Nov 18, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Nov 22, 2015 | $2.19 | Nov 18, 2015 | $1.49 |
| Dec 4, 2015 | $0.70 | ||
| Nov 29, 2015 | $2.19 | Dec 4, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Dec 6, 2015 | $2.19 | Dec 4, 2015 | $2.19 |
| Dec 13, 2015 | $2.19 | Dec 4, 2015 | $0.48 |
| Dec 17, 2015 | $1.71 | ||
| Dec 20, 2015 | $2.19 | Dec 17, 2015 | $0.51 |
| Dec 24, 2015 | $1.68 | ||
| Dec 27, 2015 | $2.19 | Dec 24, 2015 | $1.66 |
| Jan 6, 2016 | $0.53 | ||
| Jan 3, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 6, 2016 | $2.19 |
| Jan 10, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 6, 2016 | $0.17 |
| Jan 8, 2016 | $2.02 | ||
| Jan 17, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 8, 2016 | $2.19 |
| Jan 24, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 8, 2016 | $2.19 |
| Jan 31, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 8, 2016 | $2.19 |
| Feb 7, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 8, 2016 | $2.19 |
| Feb 14, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 8, 2016 | $0.33 |
| Jan 11, 2016 | $1.86 | ||
| Feb 21, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 11, 2016 | $2.19 |
| Feb 28, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 11, 2016 | $2.19 |
| Mar 6, 2016 | $2.19 | Jan 11, 2016 | $2.19 |
| Mar 13, 2016 | $2.68 | Jan 11, 2016 | $2.68 |
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