Constract a better house for the chicken

Catherine

Naivasha, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Catherine

Member since

May 2014

On-time repayments

219 installments  •  6%

About Me

I am called Catherine Njeri Nderitu. I live in Naivasha town. I was born in Nakuru county in 1985. I went to flamingo secondary school and finished in the year 2005. After high school I went to Tracom college and did a certificate course in business management. From college I got married. We have one baby girl. In the year 2012, I participated in the Value women program and learned about the chicken enterprise. With the knowledge that I got from Value women program, I did a little research and realised that Naivasha traders were buying poultry products such as eggs from neighbouring towns . This is when I came to know that there was money in this venture.I then constructed a house and bought 150 day-old layer chicks costing Sh 100 each. I used local materials, wire mesh and iron sheets. Today I am happy as I have been able to sell my eggs and support my family.

My Business

I keep egg-laying chicken and sell eggs. I decided to do this business 2 years ago when I discovered how eggs were important and how scarce they were. I saw that gap and decided to fill it and doing it in Naivasha town gives me satisfaction because eggs are on high demand. I sell to hotels in and outside of Naivasha town as well as local customers. My biggest challenge was finding clients. Now that I have loyal customers, I do not like to disappoint them. I intend to grow this business and get many contacts whom I can sell my eggs to. I collect close to 4 trays of eggs every day and can sell between 5 and 7 crates weekly with a crate selling at Sh330. After subtracting all the expenses, I am able to bank close Sh10,000 per month.Today I am so grateful to Zidisha for the help that they have given me. Through Zidisha loan, I construct a better chicken house with my first loan and bought more than 40 chicks with my second loan. I now expect more chicken out of the young chicks. This will boost my egg production once they start laying eggs. Right now, my biggest challenge is luck of proper feeds for the chicken and the chicks. I wish to buy high quality feeds for both the chicken and the chicks.The feeds are well balanced and will provide healthy diet for both the chicks and the older chicken. I therefore appeal to lenders to loan me money that will help me buy chick mash for the young chicks and layers mash for the chicken. Your help will be highly appreciated.

Loan Proposal

My business has been doing well but My biggest challenge is wild animals especially at night. These wild animals normally dig the house from outside. They enter the house and eat eggs and chicken. This has made me loose so many chicken and eggs. I would therefore like to build a better house for the chicken.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$50.00

Date disbursed

May 30, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

6 weeks

Lenders

B

bitofrits

New York City, United States

H

howard

Vence, France

Levi

United States

Sarasota

Sarasota, Fl, United States

B

blambert

United States

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Summary

Amount repaid

$51.09

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

Jul 7, 2014

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Jun 12, 2014 $8.49 Jun 6, 2014 $8.49
Jun 19, 2014 $8.49 Jun 6, 2014 $0.01
Jun 13, 2014 $8.48
Jun 26, 2014 $8.49 Jun 13, 2014 $0.02
Jun 19, 2014 $8.47
Jul 3, 2014 $8.49 Jun 19, 2014 $0.04
Jun 26, 2014 $8.46
Jul 10, 2014 $8.49 Jun 26, 2014 $0.05
Jul 4, 2014 $8.45
Jul 17, 2014 $8.49 Jul 4, 2014 $0.06
Jul 5, 2014 $8.44

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