Cooking equipments to cook quality & quantity food

Oscar

Kawangware, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Oscar

Member since

May 2014

On-time repayments

9 installments  •  100%

About Me

I have grown up in the rural areas of western province of kenya. My parents have worked hard to ensure me and my brother complete secondary education and the main source of income was from my father was employed as a night guard while my mother worked as a house helper and most of the time we only managed to have one meal per day but this situation did not deter me from working hard. I and my brother worked hard in school and at home to ensure we excel in our various exams. After completing the secondadry education, I moved to Nairobi where I secured a job as a night guard and paid little but I saved most of my salary and paid school fees for myself to pursue a diploma course in catering as this has been my passion for long time. After completing the course I secured employment at good hotel in Nairobi where I am earning good salary but my dream is to own a five star hotel. I have established a medium size hotel from my savings which which involves cooking basic food and serving to the clients. Part of the profit from the business I save so that I can expand my business and have modern equipments and also cook varieties of food. My business is based in Kawangware 46 and I have employed 2 people who run the hotel on daily basis and recently after getting married my wife has joined the team as she has good experience of business management and over the weekend I assist them because I don't go to work. During my free time I like watching soccer and going out with friends to dance.

My Business

My hotel is based in Kawangware and I have employed 2 people and now my wife has joined the team and she has adequate skills & experience on business management who are responsible for day to day running of the business while over the weekend I usually assist them. My hotel involves preparing local food and over time customers have liked the hotel because of good quality food, good customer service and cleanliness. I intend to purchase modern equipments so that the quality of food can improve and also to reduce the cost of production and also produce in large quantity. The average sales per month is Kshs 54000, average expenses is Kshs 47000 and average monthly profit is Kshs 7000.

Loan Proposal

When I get this loan,it will help me improve on my hotel business by the following: buying 3 big pressure cooking pot each at 27 USA dollars so in total 81 USA dollars will be required and currently I can contribute 35 dollars towards the buying of the cooking pots so I request lenders to given me a loan so that I can purchase the cooking pot. After buying the cooking pots I will be in position to reduce the cost of preparing food and also the quality of food will be better and we will be able to increase our profits because cost will be reduced and more clients will visit our hotel because of good quality food. Please fund my loan !

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$50.00

Date disbursed

Jun 6, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

5 weeks

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  • Oscar    Aug 27, 2014

    Am grateful to the community members for supporting my loan because my business has grown drastically during the span but its unfortunate my account has been deactivated.

    Zidisha has become unprofessional because I sent out emails before applying the loan but non was responded which makes the organization to be unprofessional. This is the high time Julia and the team must know Zidisha is not a sole proprietor but a public entity.

    Julia and the team is a shame to the learned people and I am taking this time to use social media and tell the people about the unproffesional zidisha

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    • bconrad    Aug 28, 2014

      Dear Oscar,

      Thank you for the message and I am sorry for the distress. Upon further review of your profile, it was determined to be ineligible to continue borrowing with Zidisha. I also searched our email account for any emails from you and did not see any unanswered, but I apologize if we inadvertently missed any from you in the past.

      Thank you,
      Bayle, Country Liaison Manager

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      • Oscar    Aug 29, 2014

        Hello Bayle,

        Am grateful for the response but its false when you say that you have not seen unanswered email from me because on 21st August 2014 I sent out an email but unfortunate no one responded then on 23rd of August 2014 I forwarded the same email to Julia but still no response. I really appreciate the support from Zidisha community but I would recommend the management of Zidisha to be more professional or else it will remain useless but only Julia will benefit from the Zidisha system through accumulation of registration fee from borrowers which is money from lenders. With due respective with Julia but its the high Zidisha becomes professional but not a shanty organization.

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  • MrAlexMoore    Aug 27, 2014

    Oscar, your performance on your previous loans is very impressive and you seem to be doing very well at your hotel. Keep up the good work, and I hope you continue to find success in the future.

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    • Oscar    Aug 27, 2014

      Hello Mr Alex Moore,

      Am very grateful for supporting my business with loan and moral support. I wish you all the best in what you do.

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    • Oscar    Aug 27, 2014

      Hello Mr Alex,

      Thanks for the support towards my loan but something wrong has happened because my account has been deactivated by the management of Zidisha without a reason.

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  • Oscar    Aug 27, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    Am very grateful to Zidisha lenders for extending loan to me and through this the number of customers will increase and also the profit will increase. I will use part of the profit to improve the standard of the facilities to ensure increase of customers at the hotel. I invite more lenders to entrust me with their money and my hotel will serve all the customers conveniently.

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  • Oscar    Aug 26, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    The number of customers visiting my hotel is increasing day after day and today at lunch time 14 customers had to wait for almost 2o minutes for others to complete eating before they got sitting place. Am scared with the trend, soon I will loose customers because nobody is happy waiting for 20 minutes to be served thus I kindly invite Zidisha lenders to entrust me with their money so that I can buy the furniture before the situation gets out of hand. Please lenders contribute towards my life.

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  • Oscar    Aug 25, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    Am grateful to goodwithoutgod for contributing towards my loan and I kindly invite more lenders to entrust me with their money so that I can buy the furniture and new TV set which will enable more customers to be served effectively thus increasing the profits. Please lenders consider entrusting my business with the loan.

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  • Naomi Wangui    Aug 25, 2014

    Please lenders kindly look on my profile too. www.zidisha.org/microfinanc...

    Thank you

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  • Oscar    Aug 25, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    Am grateful to all who have entrusted me with their money for the first and second loan. The loan has boosted my business by preparing quality foods and reducing the cost of production which has translated to increase in the number of customers visiting my business and also increased profit. The number of my customers has increased by approximately 60% and I am working hard to sustain and increase the number thus I kindly request zidisha lenders to entrust with a bigger loan to buy TV and furniture.

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  • Oscar    Aug 19, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    The number of customers streaming to my business has increased and this is attributed to improved food quality. Sometimes customers have to stand outside waiting for others to finish eating then served. Am grateful for the support from Zidisha community and I have deposited some payment for my loan and the code is FN30MM583.

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  • Oscar    Aug 12, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    The refrigerator has brought in another business whereby neighboring shops have requested to offer them services by allowing them to use the refrigerator at a fee and I have just be paid some amount for the services and I have decided to repay the loan using part of the fee. The following is the money transaction code FM60GO474. Thanks

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  • Oscar    Aug 8, 2014

    Hi Zidisha Lenders,

    My mother has fully recovered and my business is doing great. My profit has increased. Thanks to all who have funded my business and I have deposited my installment and the following is the transaction code FM03TD425. Thanks and enjoy your weekend.

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  • Oscar    Aug 1, 2014

    Hi Zidisha Lenders,

    My profit has increased by 30% because am buying perishable goods in whole sale and also losses from spoiled goods is zero. Thanks to all for funding my loan.

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  • Oscar    Jul 29, 2014

    Hi Zidisha Lenders,

    My mother is feeling better and she has been discharged from hospital. I also traveled safely to Nairobi. I have managed to make my first installment and the following is the transaction code FK72NN801.

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  • Oscar    Jul 26, 2014

    Hello Zidisha lenders,

    I urgently traveled to my rural home because my mother was attacked by robbers and she is hospitalized and the progress is positive. I will be traveling to Nairobi then I will start to repay the loan. My business is doing good and am very grateful for the support. Thanks for considering my requests.

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  • Oscar    Jul 19, 2014

    Hi Zidisha Lenders,

    Thanks for all who entrusted me with their money because I received and bought the refrigerator. The perishable food stuff are not getting spoiled thus being fully utilized. Am anticipating increase in profit. Thanks

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  • Oscar    Jul 15, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    Am grateful to all who have contributed towards my loan and I will use the money to buy the refrigerator which will assist my business to generate more profit. Thanks for the support

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  • Oscar    Jul 15, 2014

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  • Oscar    Jul 14, 2014

    Hi endlessrain,

    Thanks for contributing towards my loan and I kindly request more lenders to contribute towards my loan so that I can be in position to buy the refrigerator.

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  • Oscar    Jul 13, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    I kindly request more lenders to contribute towards my loan so that I can be able to purchase a refrigerator which will enable my business to generate more profit. The refrigerator will enable me to preserve and store perishable foods thus reducing the cost of spoiled food. Please contribute towards my loan !

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  • ElWal    Jul 13, 2014

    Good luck !

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    • Oscar    Jul 13, 2014

      Hi Elwal.

      Thanks for contributing towards my loan and best wishes in whatever you do.

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  • Oscar    Jul 13, 2014

    Hi Zidisha lenders,

    Am grateful to all who contributed towards my loan and now I wish to request for another loan so that I can acquire a refrigerator which I will use to preserve and store perishable food hence increasing my profit. Through your support I will be in position to reduce the cost of production as currently a lot of food is getting spoiled. Thanks for trusting me again !

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