Purchasing food and educational materials for daycare

Ogudah

Magawa, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Ogudah

Member since

February 2015

On-time repayments

11 installments  •  45%

About Me

Fully orphaned at the age of 13 years at class seven, I was left to take care of my 3 siblings being the oldest. I went through severe suffering that words alone can not adequately explain. I had to drop out of school and work abnormally hard to provide even one meal for my family, clothe, medically treat and at the same time keep them in a local school. Then Seventh Day Adventist Church came for my help. They donated clothes and food to us then took me back to school. Today, am a second year University of Nairobi Journalism student and at the same time a director of an orphan daycare.
What I went through always came back to torture me whenever I saw any child headed family until with the help of some friends, I established Precious Hope Centre which educate, clothe, treat and shelter orphaned and venerable children at a very low fee for some pupils and some absolutely free depending on the magnitude of the need, academic ability, gender balance and general social background.

My Business

We buy basic necessities like books, files, pens, uniforms, shoes, socks, food, fruits and leave them with the school headmistress and other volunteer staff members to sell them to to those who can buy them or give others to those who we fully support. The local community members also buy from us and as stock goes down on any item, we replenish it. the profit we get is either used for more purchases of goods or help those who need our full support in clothing and medication. Most of our staff including teachers are volunteers and the few who get small payments also depend on our collections and sales. If I qualify to get this loan, I will be able to buy shoes and socks which have got increased demand and we don't have enough cash to maintain the stock.

Loan Proposal

when I get this loan, I will be able to buy exercise books worth around 15dollars, pens around 10dollars and food worth 20 dollars. The stationery will be able to fetch a profit of around 9dollars and the foodstuffs can fetch a profit of around 10 dollars. The profit will help clothe, treat, feed or shelter the fully need orphans, give some little support to our volunteers and the little remainder (if any) will be ploughed back to the business. To me the sight of a satisfied orphan is just everything to me and if the business can grow to an extent that can give them a fully comfortable life, them I'll enter the world records of the happiest man in the world.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$55.00

Date disbursed

Mar 2, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

5 weeks

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  • Roy    Aug 21, 2015

    Hello Ogudah. How are you?

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  • Julius    Jun 30, 2015

    Oguda's number is switched off, have called his community leader and promised to avail his new contact to me very soon.

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  • Roy    Jun 18, 2015

    Ogudah, I encourage you to make some small repayment, so people know you do intend to repay your loan.

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  • Roy    Jun 14, 2015

    Hello Ogudah, I hope you are well.... If you are unable to make the planned repayments, I encourage you to reschedule, paying what you can. Even if it is just a small amount, it shows your intention to repay the loan.
    Good luck.

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  • Roy    May 25, 2015

    Hello Ogudah, I hope you are well.
    Please update us and let us know how you are doing and when you will be back on track with your loan repayments. Thank you

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  • Ogudah    Apr 30, 2015

    Thank you my lenders for this favour, I will buy foodstuffs for our kids, shoes and books and it will help improve our education and lives.

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  • Ogudah    Apr 20, 2015

    Thanks lenders and Zidisha team for the 1st loan. we were able to feed our kids better than before and also got a profit which helped pay sundries to our volnteers. if we get more funding, we shall be able to do even better. thank you once again.

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  • Ogudah    Mar 5, 2015

    Thank you very much Zidisha team and lenders, through the loan I was able to increase our stock of business and charity work, may God bless you. I promise to try my best to repay the loan in time and take another one so that we grow much more to help ourselves and the society at large. my only request now is that my application to be made a volunteer mentor be considered because I know so many people who can make it if they get access this wonderful service and I would want to link them with you. God bless you.

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  • Isaac    Feb 27, 2015

    Dear leaders, Kindly fund my friend's business. Thank you.

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