Clothes for my baby clothing shop

Lillian

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Lillian

Member since

April 2014

On-time repayments

286 installments  •  94%

About Me

I am a Kenyan citizen. After completing my high school education, I volunteered to work in a nursery school that was in my village. While teaching there, I realized there was fulfillment in teaching young children and so i later enrolled in a teacher training college.I am now a teacher by profession teaching in a Kenyan school. I enjoy my work immensely since each new day I learn from my students and they also learn from me as well.It is a fulfilling opportunity for me since i also get to interact with young innocent children who are so much fun to be around! I enjoy the outdoors so much and when i am free i take nature walks mostly with my learners.Reading books also inspires me a lot so i always set some time for that each day.

My Business

I have an established shop that sells second hand children's clothing. As we know, children are always growing and the demand for their clothes is always there. My business is doing great as i am able to cloth children from low income households and even middle income homes who cannot afford to buy new clothes from shops. Thanks to the first loan i got from Zidisha, I have been able to increase my stock and also expand my business. I am back again for another loan. The Zidisha community has really helped me, and I could never be more greatful. With the loan of Ksh 103,985, I intend to add an equity bank counter. I will use $800 as my equity bank float, add $24 as my Mpesa float. With the income I get, I intend to increase my second hand shop cloths and comfortably pay my son's school fees.

Loan Proposal

If give the loan of Ksh 37,478 I will do the following.
I am planning to expand my shop from retail to wholesale . However, I will still maintain my retail shop. I will buy clothes in bales with $200 and sell them for a profit. This means I will be waking up at about 3am to go to the flea market where they have clothes bales so that I am able to sell them at a profit later in the day for people who do not want to go to the flea market.
I will use $100 to increase my cash float in the mpesa business. I will use $ 50 for buying small baby accessories that I usually sell in my shop.
The rest of the money $33 I will use to pay for transportation of my baby cloth bales from the flea market to my shop because it's quite a distance.

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  • Dean Suminski    Jun 30, 2017

    Congratulations on paying off your loan! Keep making the world a beautiful place.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$378.00

Date disbursed

Sep 1, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

G

GalantnostS

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

B

bgalon

London, United Kingdom

valentin

Stockholm, Sweden

B

BRWorthington

San Francisco, United States

investor

Candiac, Canada

P

Peter

München, Germany

T

TobyKenobi

Syracuse, United States

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

E

Ehaffey

Washington D.C., United States

S

sebseb

The Hague, Netherlands

O

Oliver

Geneva, Switzerland

AndreaBravi

London, UK, Canada

W

Withnail

Reading, United Kingdom

bluetree

Mountain View, United States

T

traderjohn

Baltimore, United States

Tjitser

The Hague, Netherlands

R

rcmssr

Woodbury, United States

A

anonymus

Moon, United States

sebastienrosa

Quebec, Canada

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

DaveinPerth

Perth, Australia

E

elkbrett

Bradenton, United States

SP

Steve Picchione

Lake Elsinore, United States

Joseph P. Edd

Seoul, Republic of Korea

RochelleSpencer

New York, United States

Jeff and Marcie

Portland, OR, United States

B

BigLender

Austin, TX, United States

TK

Tim Koppel

WOLLONGONG, Australia

MichaelR

Los Angeles, United States

M

mgeck

Munich, Germany

F

fisaire

Ithaca, United States

G

grahamfamily

Guildford, United Kingdom

pbosakov

Sofia, Bulgaria

athomas

Chevy Chase, United States

T

TokyoBliss

Tokyo, Japan

S

suzerain

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

andreasol

Bielefeld, Germany

B

BTaylor

Colorado Springs, CO, United States

Mavos

Gothenburg, Sweden

T

tomdeneire

Eke, Belgium

S

Serge

Bascharage, Luxembourg

G

glomardor

Leonardtown, United States

IA

Ismini and Jerry

Stamford, USA, United States

P

penguin3694

Chicago, United States

J

jzidi

Los Angeles, United States

J

JoJoHouse

New Castle, United States

S

Sabine

Courtenay, Canada

S

Scordato

Mattituck, United States

N

nichsafti

Menlo Park, United States

southcentral

Zürich, Switzerland

MichelD

Bangkok, Thailand

J

jwharding

Hamburg, Germany

N

Nassara1

Evergem, Belgium

T

Travelbear

Asheville, United States

D

DThirteen

Miami, United States

S

Scodeb123

Huntsville, United States

E

edgreig

Brixton, United Kingdom

A

Aaron

Zurich, Switzerland

Cadwah

Barcelona, Spain

RandyPetersen1

Colorado Springs, United States

OlyRhys

Olympia, United States

O

Oscart

Edmonton, Canada

Bruno

São Paulo, Brazil

ohlandtmann

Moorestown, United States

M

mkellerman

Shanghai, China

T

Tui1974

nuenen, Netherlands

HMS_5th_Grade

Honolulu, United States

IM

Isak Maaseide

Tromso, Norway, Norway

drstaples

Provo, UT, United States

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

J

javifdezsainz

Madrid, Spain

Richard100

Santa Ana, United States

A

amish

San Francisco, United States

Patrick

Berlin, Germany

T

Taupe

Balzers, Liechtenstein

sbyun

Toronto, Canada

isabelv

Barcelona, Spain, Sweden

gseletko

South Perth, Australia

mojobob

Hayward, United States

Lambie

Perth, Australia

dmirpuri

Bangkok, Thailand

H

harrymore

Townsville, Australia

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

lizandsteve

guelph, Canada

A

Alexxa

Vancouver, Canada

E

E

Marin county, United States

J

jcappel

Toronto, Canada

Evan Lamos

Brussels, Belgium

L

lobotommy

OSLO, Norway

G

GanSatya

United States

B

BobHope

United States

pvilliger

Zurich, Switzerland

M

Malibu

Westwood, United States

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

D

drorm

United States

S

spivurno

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

S

simonista

United States

bcortazar

Peckville, United States

M

Michi

Switzerland

J

jay12

Germany

A

ajayhk

San Jose, United States

Agerfar

Aarhus, Denmark

P

Panda6689

United States

TyWee

Manila, Philippines

B

bscent

Hong Kong

I

idris

United States

A

Akowal

United States

Loungin

United States

Mikers

Netherlands

Bryan

Houston, United States

M

M.Umar

Pakistan

E

Estebanito

United States

GaloLending

United States

Voscke

Utrecht, Netherlands

Mike and Jacqui

United Kingdom

S

Stephan

Netherlands

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

T

TZ

Singapore, Singapore

BM

Brian Mickel

United States

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Family Mueller

Petershagen, Germany

AL

Amy Luo

United States

Robert

Sweden

JM

john meserve

United States

John Minges

United States

DM

Dimitri Malarme

Brussels, Belgium, Belgium

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

K

Katka

St Albans, United Kingdom

Ren

Minneapolis/StPaul, United States

Craig Newmark

United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

A

Anonymous

United States

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