Buying materials for mushroom cultivation

Ophelia

Berekum, Ghana

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Ophelia

Member since

June 2014

On-time repayments

137 installments  •  74%

About Me

MY STORY
My name is Ophelia Amponsah Dankwah from Dormaa Ahenkro but lives Berekum in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. My parents are the late Mr. Kwabena Amponsah and Mrs. Gladys Amponsah. I am married to Emmanuel Agyapong Boakye with two children.
After completing my basic school Education,I proceed to Methodist Senior High School at Wenchi. After completion, I went to pursue Diploma in Education at the Berekum College of Education. I was employed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) as a professional teacher after obtaining my Diploma in Education. I started another studies with University of Education Winneba by distance learning and now had my Degree in Education. Currently, I am teaching at Presby Primary “A” School Berekum. I am handling I C T from primary one to primary six.
MY HOBBIES
My hobbies are; reading books , playing with children and making friends all over the world.

My Business

Oyster Mushroom Cultivation
For about a year and half now, I started mushroom cultivation after a successful completion of a 2 years mushroom cultivation course at Wenchi Farm Institute in the BRONG Ahafo Region of Ghana in the year 2012.The type of mushroom I am producing is Oyster Mushroom.There are many opportunity out there but I opt mushroom cultivation simply because of it nutritional value in the first place. Secondly, the fact that only few people are into its cultivation in our Region. As a result of that, the demand is high in the market since all and sundry likes it. To be honest I regretted the first time I started growing the mushroom, because I was finding it difficult to get all the facilities needed for the production since every step in the production of mushroom must be done with care. Production will be maximized if the facilities are good and the standard procedures are well established. In spite of all this challenges I did not give up but continue and the third time of my production was very successful. I am now able to produce 5000 compost bags of mushroom and it gives 1000kg of mushroom per cycle and I can produce 6 cycles within a year.
Furthermore, the good news is because it is rich source of protein; vitamins etc all the people in my town and afar have approved it and it always run out in market. I have employed 6 peoples who are working with me and at the same time learning to become mushroom producers. By the grace of God, this mushroom business is booming. I am proud to be a mushroom farmer.


REPAYMENT OF LOAN
I generate a lot of profit from this business; also I am a salary worker and promise to pay my loan from these two sources my income. Thank you.

Loan Proposal

I am pleading with Lenders to support me with a loan of $854 this time round as they have been doing for my previous loans. I want to increase the production of compost bags of mushroom and the need has arisen to expand my shelves to accommodate it. I am going to use $380 for the buying of wood and for shelves making. I am also going to use $314 of the money to buy Oyster mushroom spawn and the rest $160 to buy set of mushroom grow bag. Thanks for supporting me.

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About Me

MY STORY
My name is Ophelia Amponsah Dankwah from Dormaa Ahenkro but lives Berekum in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. My parents are the late Mr. Kwabena Amponsah and Mrs. Gladys Amponsah. I am married to Emmanuel Agyapong Boakye with two children.
After completing my basic school Education,I proceed to Methodist Senior High School at Wenchi. After completion, I went to pursue Diploma in Education at the Berekum College of Education. I was employed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) as a professional teacher after obtaining my Diploma in Education. I started another studies with University of Education Winneba by distance learning and now had my Degree in Education. Currently, I am teaching at Presby Primary “A” School Berekum. I am handling I C T from primary one to primary six.
MY HOBBIES
My hobbies are; reading books , playing with children and making friends all over the world.

My Business

Oyster Mushroom Cultivation
For about a year and half now, I started mushroom cultivation after a successful completion of a 2 years mushroom cultivation course at Wenchi Farm Institute in the BRONG Ahafo Region of Ghana in the year 2012.The type of mushroom I am producing is Oyster Mushroom.There are many opportunity out there but I opt mushroom cultivation simply because of it nutritional value in the first place. Secondly, the fact that only few people are into its cultivation in our Region. As a result of that, the demand is high in the market since all and sundry likes it. To be honest I regretted the first time I started growing the mushroom, because I was finding it difficult to get all the facilities needed for the production since every step in the production of mushroom must be done with care. Production will be maximized if the facilities are good and the standard procedures are well established. In spite of all this challenges I did not give up but continue and the third time of my production was very successful. I am now able to produce 5000 compost bags of mushroom and it gives 1000kg of mushroom per cycle and I can produce 6 cycles within a year.
Furthermore, the good news is because it is rich source of protein; vitamins etc all the people in my town and afar have approved it and it always run out in market. I have employed 6 peoples who are working with me and at the same time learning to become mushroom producers. By the grace of God, this mushroom business is booming. I am proud to be a mushroom farmer.


REPAYMENT OF LOAN
I generate a lot of profit from this business; also I am a salary worker and promise to pay my loan from these two sources my income. Thank you.

Loan Proposal

I am pleading with Lenders to support me with a loan of GH2700 this time round as they have been doing for my previous loans. I want to increase the production of compost bags of mushroom and the need has arisen to expand my shelves to accommodate it. I am going to use GH1200 for the buying of wood and for shelves making. I am also going to use GH1000 of the money to buy Oyster mushroom spawn and the rest GH500 to buy set of mushroom grow bag. Thanks for supporting me.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$854.00

Date disbursed

Dec 31, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

Daniel

Brussels, Belgium

Julia Kurnia

Sterling, Virginia, United States

A

agwong

California, United States

smonroe

Stanford, United States

Lauren Rosenbaum

Washington, DC, United States

J

johans

Malmö, Sweden

tjm212003

Montreal, Canada

C

CWS

Huntington beach, ca, United States

B

bgalon

London, United Kingdom

neffe

Berlin, Germany

F

fabian85

Uppsala, Sweden

A

alfredo

Bremen, Germany

W

wmonroe

Paris, France

N

Neoptol

Zell am See, Austria

F

Fabrizio

Grottaferrata, Italy

thepaddy

Essen, Germany

Dymero

Manchester, United States

chegue79

Siena, Italy

G

Givemoreuseless

Waterloo, Canada

artzrouni

Pau, France

S

Spock

Koeln, Germany

lucafrangi

Vienna, Austria

T

TMDunn

Pelham Manor, New York, United States

Irvin

Vancouver, Canada

Jakub

Velke Svatonovice, Czech Republic

D

dbedell

Brooklyn, United States

J

johan

Oslo, Norway

A

ahnante

Yokohama, Japan

M

MarkAndMary

Seattle, United States

M

MrMc2

Saugerties, United States

A

aniculai

GENK, Belgium

P

purina

Turku, Finland

J

johnkinell

Stockholm, Sweden

C

Catolas

Kelowna, Canada

ken701

Lede, Belgium

G

glosoli

Boston, United States

bdm4a

San Fransisco, United States

W

Witlof

Tsukuba, Japan

T

TobyKenobi

Syracuse, United States

KaraM

Somerville, United States

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

D

dhedmonds

Toronto, Canada

A

Anonymous

United States

O

okane

Espoo, Finland

L

Lunatoon

Grants Pass, United States

Joellen

Boulder, United States

C

CavLender

Charlottesville, United States

E

Ehaffey

Washington D.C., United States

DeanDropshot

Oslo, Norway

Rocketdrive

Eugene, Oregon, United States

MaxEmerika

Sonoma County, California, United States

Kjartan

Oslo, Norway

Martin

Manama, Bahrain

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

D

dterryn

Brussels, Belgium

OliverSouthwick

London, United Kingdom

C

chrisn

Egg, Switzerland

CharlieBfl

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

rasmus

Bern, Switzerland

B

blue0green717

St-Lucien, Canada

S

SvenWaage

Stavanger, Norway

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

I

imnot

Stafford, United Kingdom

C

CheapThrills

Liminka, Finland

JC

Jordi Cohen

New York, NY, United States

Gordons28

Santa Monica, United States

B

BassFamily

Tremonton, United States

Kathunka

Bern, Switzerland

F

fundfinite

Wellington, New Zealand

B

Bokolo

Leeds, United Kingdom

andreatagliatti

Manchester, United Kingdom

D

DelapierceD

New York, United States

J

jfragisk

Toronto, Canada

L

Lennert

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

JulianHF

London, United Kingdom

H

HoseB

San Francisco, United States

J

Jonas

Linköping, Sweden

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

B

BigRosie

United States

T

thehigginsons

United Kingdom

SE

Sven E

Mannheim, Germany

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  • Ophelia    Aug 20, 2016

    Please ,I want to increase my loan payment

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  • Ophelia    Jul 31, 2016

    thanks

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  • Ophelia    Apr 24, 2016

    Please I am to temporary reduce the amount I am paying. I will adjust it and pay the require amount soon.

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  • Ophelia    Jan 28, 2016

    Please Lenders I want to adjust my loan payment and make payment coming week.Thank you.

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  • Roy    Jan 17, 2016

    How are you Ophelia?

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  • Ophelia    Jan 6, 2016

    Please I want to reduce it for a while while I wait for the mushroom to mature. It will be mature within the next two months and I am going to stick to the regular payment plan.Thank you.

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  • Ophelia    Dec 2, 2015

    I have been funded, God richly bless you all and increase you in all endeavor of life. Thank you.

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  • Isaac    Dec 1, 2015

    Hello lenders
    please help fund my loan because it has few days to expired.

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  • Ophelia    Dec 1, 2015

    God bless you for been part of my loan funding. In fact, I am charged to do more with my business looking at the rate you are using to fund my loan. I thank you for the interest you have my business and your desire to want it grow. I am also going to work diligently to pay back my loan as usual. Always stay blessed.

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  • Papa    Nov 30, 2015

    Congrats on your great project
    Please I have some few hours for my loan to expire ahain...Please fund me..

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  • Felicia    Nov 30, 2015

    Thank you big sister for nice project...Please lenders I have two days to expire again. Please help me..thank you

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  • Papa    Nov 30, 2015

    Dear lendersI have only a day for my project to expire. .Please come to my aid...I need your kindest help..Please sought me out...

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  • Isaac    Nov 29, 2015

    Ophelia,weldone for this project.

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  • Listowell    Nov 29, 2015

    Great project with so many impact, God bless your vision and I am pleading with all Lenders to come assist this project. Thank you for funding her loan.

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  • Johnson    Nov 29, 2015

    You are really doing a great job! I know you will be funded soon.

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  • Emmanuel    Nov 25, 2015

    You've done well Ophelia with your loan repayment, wish you all the best with your loan funding.

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  • Ophelia    Nov 25, 2015

    I am taken this opportunity to once again express my sincere thanks to my wonderful Lenders for the trust and confident you have built in me. I try very hard never to disappoint you in any way because your loan means a lot to me. My business now stands outstanding among the others. You have impacted my life and my family. God bless you for all that you have spent on me. I will ever be grateful for your kindness shown to me.

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  • Ophelia    Nov 6, 2015

    My dear brother who has been assisting me in my mushroom production. In his hands are the mushroom seed.

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  • Ophelia    Nov 6, 2015

    Good day! to everyone more especially our lovely lenders and the entire Zidisha team. I am happy to announce to you that, business is still in progress and it is excelling like never before. I am doing all that I can with the help of my apprentice to keep the production of mushroom .I want to take this opportunity to thank all the Lenders for your continual support. For now three of my apprentice are okay with how to cultivate mushroom and will be leaving to start their own mushroom production. I have started preparing my compost for the next production and it is going to be huge. I have targeted producing 7000 compost bags of mushroom. I now have with me my senior brother to assist me carry out this. In fact , he has been so helpful to me and I am proud of him. I will be updating you on whatsoever goes on during the production. Thank you

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  • Ophelia    Oct 17, 2015

    Dear Lenders, I face a little problem this week and the MTN service is also unavailable I am therefore pleading with you to pay my full remaining loan coming week. Thank you.

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