Course materials to help me study

Caroline

Sunyani, Ghana

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Caroline

Member since

October 2015

On-time repayments

124 installments  •  66%

About Me

Am a native of the Volta region of Ghana, but I grew up in the Bono region. I had my basic school education at the Forces Junior High school. I went on to Ghana National College for my senior high education. I then went on to Mt. Mary college of Education where I acquired my teachers training Diploma. I went on to The University of Education, Winneba to pursue a degree in English language education later on after I had my two babies.

My two boys are grown, I Am happy and so proud of them. I call them my kings.
I notice they both love arts and music. And they are real fast learners.

In my school where I am a teacher, I noticed most of the children drop out of school and become a burden later to society. I love fashion and it's so easy to start it as a business. I just needed a sewing machine. So I have bought one to Start a fashion center, where I would train up other young people to be able to keep themselves from the street or just being dropouts.

Where I live in sunyani, and even in Ghana as a whole, people are very hospitable and love to wear and flaunt the African print clothing a lot.

My Business

Currently, I am teaching in a public primary school . There's a mentality in Ghana that one cannot be a scholar academically and also run a vocation at the same time. Especially if you are a woman, and more so one with kids. I believe I can change that idea. With my two kids, I have been able to earn a degree, and started my small scale business which I seek to expand.

I bought my first sewing machine which I use during our long vacations. I hope to be able to expand this by buying acquiring a place where I can call a fashion centre.
With this fashion center, I will be able to help the youth to acquire some handi work and not to remain societal misfits or school dropouts. Rather they will be able to become societal grandeurs by learning the trade sewing from me freely or at a little fee. This is how I intend to also raise profit for the business.

Then again, I can't do all the above successfully without the funds. The salary of a teacher my level alone is not enough to assist my business growth. That is why I need a loan of about seven hundred Ghana Cedis to assist in making this vision a reality.

This loan of about seven hundred Ghana CEDI's, will aid me to buy more fabrics to create more clothing for the ready market. This will in turn earn me more profit to embark on acquiring a permanent business centre. I will be able to have peace of mind to work and meet my set targets, cater for my sons ,then finally start my fashion center for the community.

Thank you zidisha for granting me this opportunity.

Loan Proposal

As I have already stated, by the grace of God and the benevolence of this group, I have been able to start my university education. Now I need support study materials to help me undergo the course easily. Some of these items include specific course handouts: seven in all and each cost about three dollars ($ 3). Then notebooks and exercise books each costing about two dollars. Then photocopies of some information the lecturer might decide to give out. Four Literature books costing 25 dollars.
The purchase of these books will greatly help me to study effectively and pass my examination which will be coming up soon.
It is my desire to pass this my university education with a better class by the end of the four years course. It is achievable and so I do not want to miss the opportunity of making good grades this semester.
I hope my lenders will have faith in me help me achieve my goals of becoming a fashion entrepreneur and a university graduate.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$101.00

Date disbursed

Oct 13, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

4 months

Lenders

Z

zvrk2014

Brookline, MA, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

JA

Jorge Alagon

Munich, Germany

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

Anonymous

Ocoee, United States

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

WS

Warren Shen

United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

United Kingdom

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