Buy birds and incubator for hatching chicks

Idah

Nakuru, Kenya

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Entrepreneur

Name

Idah

Member since

June 2014

On-time repayments

305 installments • 25%

About Me

I am 26 year old a mother of one daughter and l stay in mlimani estate, section 38, nakuru east location nakuru town. i am a holder of diploma in purchasing and supplies management from kenya institute of management. i started the business of rearing poultry in the year 2010 after completing my college this was because i saw a market in poultry business and i saw an avenue of getting money that would sustain me.this was also an opportunity to use the knowledge that i acquired from school to manage my business.the money i get from the business l increase the number off birds and also cater for their feeds and take my .daughter to school.so with zidisha in place i will be able to buy more birds expand where l rear them and also improve on my livelihood as more profits would be coming in. in my free time i usually go swiming and go for zumba dancing. i am also passionate about children welfare such that i even spare some time to visit children homes where i play with them and also encourage them.

My Business

my business is located where i stay in mlimani estate, section 38, nakuru east location nakuru town.I rear poultry both broilers and layers.I started this business when l saw an opportunity in 2010 after school.I worked for some months after which i started this business from my savings having started with 5 birds.there are many hotels in nakuru and some customers buy broilers from me to resell in nakuru main market.I face less competitions as not many people rear chicken near town so my place becomes a place of choice for them to get their poultry easy whenever they want.the town and the hotels around provides a ready market.the risks that is in this business is that the poultry is vulnerable to diesease which l guard aganist through vaccination and maintaining cleanliness at the place that l rear them..i usually make profit of between USD 120 to USD 150 per month the money which l use for the expenses like feeds and vaccine and the rest I use to cater for my bills and take my daughter to school. a zidisha loan will enable me be well grounded in business in that i will be in abetter position to accquire more birds that i can feed and vacinate well.

Loan Proposal

Thanks zidisha team and lenders for giving me a chance to access loans that are affordable hence improving the standards of living all over the world more so in kenya where i stay. when l get this loan l will use USD 200 to buy more birds as i have increased orders for broilers from hotels in nakuru who have liked the previous business we have had with them.l will also use USD 200 to buy an incubator that will help me hatch chicks and sell them to farmers who want to stock birds.l will use USD70 of the money to expand the structure where I keep the poultry and pay school fees for my daughter and improve my standard of living around nakuru due to high cost of living