Buy farm inputs for my horticulture business
Victoria
Nakuru, Kenya
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Entrepreneur
Name
Victoria
Member since
July 2016
On-time repayments
86 installments • 13%
About Me
My name is victoria mwangi I am 26 years old, wife and mother of 2 was born in Nakuru county. I completed basic education but I failed to continue with college education due to lack of fees.
My parents were small scale farmers with no education. We relied on a piece of two acres of land and mainly subsistence farming.
I am the first born in a family of eight, my father and mother died in 2007 and 2009 respectively of HIV/AIDS by then I was the only one who had completed form four .my sibling depended on me yet I had no formal job. I have been educating them through casual labour and assistance from NGOs
I got married but things did not change, in my marriage family challenges are similar to what I experienced before. My dream is to see all my children get a good education so that they may have a good future.
My Business
Currently am an horticulture farmer,producing vegetables and tomatoes in greenhouse throughout the year. I started the business in 2012, because of the ready market in nakuru town, my customers are schools,hotels and neighbors, my customers prefer my products because of high quality and i also deliver the products to my customers neighbors. My main challenges is lack of enough capital and high cost of labor. My plans is to expand the enterprise. In a month i make profits of upto $200 depending on demand which i use to help my family. My vision is to build more green houses, with variety of vegetables and tomatoes. I also want to venture into other farming enterprise for dairy, poultry. am proud of my tomatoes because they sell more.
Loan Proposal
Given the loan i will buy
Fertilizer (CAN) Ksh. 17000 Insecticide Ksh. 7000 Special ropes Ksh 3500 and gumboots ksh2000
Total Ksh 29500
The farm inputs will help improve my yields,the insecticides will help me get high quality produce. and the gumboots will be of help while going to the farm especially during this rainy season
My family life will improve and im looking forward for increased yields
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$300.00
Date disbursed
Oct 11, 2016
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
18 months
Other loans
Lenders
United States
Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo
San Francisco, United States
Summary
Amount repaid
$0.00
Amount remaining
$300.17
Expected completion
Mar 25, 2018
Status
Repaying late
Installment amount
$4.03
Repayment History
| Expected Payments | Actual Payments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Oct 30, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Nov 6, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Nov 13, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Nov 20, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Nov 27, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 4, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 11, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 18, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 25, 2016 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 1, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 8, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 15, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 22, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 29, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Feb 5, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Feb 12, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Feb 19, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Feb 26, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Mar 5, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Mar 12, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Mar 19, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Mar 26, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Apr 2, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Apr 9, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Apr 16, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Apr 23, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Apr 30, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| May 7, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| May 14, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| May 21, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| May 28, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jun 4, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jun 11, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jun 18, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jun 25, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jul 2, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jul 9, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jul 16, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jul 23, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jul 30, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Aug 6, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Aug 13, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Aug 20, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Aug 27, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Sep 3, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Sep 10, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Sep 17, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Sep 24, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Oct 1, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Oct 8, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Oct 15, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Oct 22, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Oct 29, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Nov 5, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Nov 12, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Nov 19, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Nov 26, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 3, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 10, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 17, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 24, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Dec 31, 2017 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 7, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 14, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 21, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Jan 28, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Feb 4, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Feb 11, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Feb 18, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Feb 25, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Mar 4, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Mar 11, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Mar 18, 2018 | $4.03 | ||
| Mar 25, 2018 | $1.71 | ||
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