Camping tents for hire

Moses

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Moses

Member since

July 2015

On-time repayments

193 installments  •  49%

About Me

My name Moses and am so crazy about the outdoors, camping and adventure. I was born in Kisumu but lived most of my life in Nairobi. I schooled at Highway secondary school. Then pursued a diploma in Electrical Engineering at the Kenya polytechnic.
During my primary and high school years i had this great desire to go for camping but my parents could not afford to pay for any of these trips whether by school or church. The desire for camping was so great that i looked for every opportunity to go for a free camp through joining the scouts and st. Johns ambulance clubs in high school.After college i started volunteering to help at kids camps at the scripture union of Kenya and later trained as a team building facilitator through Young Life USA. This equipped me with the necessary knowledge to be able to plan and facilitate group camps to finer details.
With this knowledge at hand i venture out to start my own events management company. I facilitate Team building as well as organize and facilitate low budget affordable group camps for kids and youths from different institutions.

Kenyans are becoming more and more interested in spend their holidays on a camping trip and hence a high demand for camping Equipment. I believe that I am strategically placed to meet this emerging need.
I am married with two kids.
To sum it up, my hobby actually ended up becoming my carrier.

My Business

I am an events manager, i facilitate Team building for corporates and run group camps for various institutions. I also hire out camping equipment such as Tents, sleeping bags, cutlery and camping activities equipment .
Kenya is a fast growing economy .This mean more investors, companies and job opportunities. As this happens , it open more opportunities for companies to include team building as part of their day to day running. For this , they need competent team building facilitators which i 100% believe i am.
I chose to venture in this business since it first of all give me satisfaction, secondly i get to meet peoples need and help them come up with applicable solutions and lastly it brings food to my table.
A team-building session will give me an income of between $100 to $ 1500 per day depending on the size of the group that i am facilitating.While for the camping tents, i charge $ 2 per person per day .
At the moment my business is still picking up and i cant afford to have full time employees.I normally hire casual laborer who i pay from the profits. I also use the profit to support my family and keep my kids in school.
A part from this a large amount of my profits go to towards Education and provision of basic needs for orphans at Green Village Hope Children’s Home ,a children’s orphanage that helped found and direct. It is based in western Kenya. Feel free to visit our website www.greenvillagehope.org or search us on Facebook. This is home to 24 orphans and vulnerable Children. Right now we are constructing a boys dormitory and community early childhood education school.
My ultimate goals is investing in a property for my own campsite.

Loan Proposal

Intend to buy about 15more camping tents and some additional items that i use for team-building activities facilitation . This will help me cater for large groups and also give part time jobs to aleast two assistants. 15 tents will have a potential of bring in an extra $30 income per day when rented out at $2 per tent.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$388.00

Date disbursed

Feb 28, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

Scott

Oregon, United States

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

B

blahblah

Nuernberg, Germany

KM

British Columbia, Canada, Canada

RobinW

Bonn, Germany

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

A

andreasb

Zug, Switzerland

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

M

miriamg

Toronto, Canada

F

fredrikahl

Stockholm, Sweden

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

melissapmeier

United States

Gab

Singapore

MW

Matt Willis

United States

G

GinnyT

United States

Paul

Crandon, United States

Hans Rytterbrant

Stockholm, Sweden

Douglas St Quintin

Sydney, Australia

M

Marzl

Germany

MC

United States

S

stevensau

United States

Stephan W

Witten, Germany

E

EABF

Netherlands

AM

Ann Menier

United States

I

ibaer

Germany

Ren

Minneapolis/StPaul, United States

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Summary

Amount repaid

$407.40

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

May 30, 2016

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Mar 7, 2016 $29.10 Mar 7, 2016 $29.10
Mar 14, 2016 $29.10 Mar 14, 2016 $29.10
Mar 21, 2016 $29.10 Mar 21, 2016 $29.10
Mar 28, 2016 $29.10 Mar 28, 2016 $29.10
Apr 4, 2016 $29.10 Apr 5, 2016 $29.10
Apr 11, 2016 $29.10 Apr 12, 2016 $29.10
Apr 18, 2016 $29.10 Apr 26, 2016 $29.10
Apr 25, 2016 $29.10 Apr 26, 2016 $29.10
May 2, 2016 $29.10 May 4, 2016 $29.10
May 9, 2016 $29.10 May 8, 2016 $29.10
May 16, 2016 $29.10 May 16, 2016 $29.10
May 23, 2016 $29.10 May 23, 2016 $29.10
May 30, 2016 $58.23 May 30, 2016 $58.23

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