Dairy farming

Joseph

Kimangu Rongai, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Joseph

Member since

August 2012

On-time repayments

352 installments  •  71%

About Me

I am 56 years of age married with 4 hardworking boys. My parents managed to educate me up to form four.During my time in school i liked football and debate and i was looking to contest for a civic or parliamentary seat but my vision was overtaken by business. I joined the business world with a small retail shop. I do live in Rongai, Kimangu farm where I bought a piece of land. It is about 4 km from Rongai town and opposite Kimangu primary school. I do live with my dear wife because the boys are adult and has left us to build start their family. Infact now we are as hownwe were when we met for the first time without children. we do enjoy for the what God has done to us.

My Business

I started involving myself in business of a retail shop but I saw it is no paying like Dairy farming
I started with a calf which i was given by a friend of mine. By that time the calf was only three days old but i managed to feed it until it reaches four months although it was not all tha easy. After taking care of it it reaches 18 months when it was feed with the good bleed from the A.I. Then it was another time of waiting nine good months. The total period i waited to get milk from my own cow was 27 months. When i started milking, I got visitors asking for milk and i started selling the milk to my neighbours untill i saw the dairy farming being among the best way of investing
The cows are paying because the price of the milk has gone up and the demand is very high in our area. I have enough time of resting because keeping the animals in Zero grazing does not need great struggle. Another thing i have seen the benefit of Zero grazing is that, i do get manure from the animals for my shamba.

Loan Proposal

First I do appreciate every one who participated in my loan, May God bless you.
I am back again in applying for the loan and I would like to buy another good bleed for I have seen what it produce.The cost of the breed is $ 1000 so I will sell one which is not producing well and add the money to reach my goal. In this farming, I do earn and that's why I managed to pay my loan in good time without the delay. please support me in this loan and I do promise I wont let you down. This time I am sell one litre of milk at kshs 60. imagine what a profit, It will increase my income by 50%

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$418.00

Date disbursed

Apr 15, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

9 months

Lenders

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Tmann

Los Angeles, United States

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aaronmcmurray

SLC, UT, United States

Dunmail

United Kingdom

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nitram

Stockholm, Sweden

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

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SeeBiscuit

Reston, United States

J

jbrotzman11

TX, United States

COOPITALIST

Toronto, Canada

DeanDropshot

Oslo, Norway

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lenderfromquebec

Saint-raymond, Canada

F

FHult

Stockholm, Sweden

T

tloureiro

Pfungstadt, Germany

T

Tallago3

Munich, Germany

R

Roman

Barcelona, Spain

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

AnnaChristina

Pittsburgh, United States

RebeccaNie

Palo Alto, United States

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blahblah

Nuernberg, Germany

gr8ful

Syracuse, United States

B

briansedz

Canton, Ohio, United States

beverly

Vancouver, Canada

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jjonas

berlin, Germany

indeh

London, United Kingdom

Myrar

Aarau, Switzerland

Los Wade

United States

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duckdork

De Forest, United States

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bugsheep

Houston, United States

Jouni

Finland

AdvancingCompassion

San Diego, United States

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JoeSolar

Virginia, United States

A

artom

Karkola, Finland

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

LadyPhi

Ontario, Canada

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PetrusR

balmoral, Australia

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eboleaga

Mexico City, Mexico

rfriedenberg

New Jersey, United States

C

Caalve

Bratislava, Slovakia

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

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UTLonghorn

Lincoln, United States

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

D

dpvidal

Eindhoven, Netherlands

F

Fish42

Fairfax Station, United States

Delphis2k

Birmingham, United Kingdom

O

Odysseus

Auckland, New Zealand

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

ThorstenH

Bensheim, Germany

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Dutch_lender

Leiderdorp, Netherlands

M

Mieli

Kotka, Finland

M

Mksiege

Laredo, United States

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Esukken

Göteborg, Sweden

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

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Bernsjx

Montreal, Canada

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E

Marin county, United States

M

Michiel

Zoetermeer, Netherlands

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Tom01

LONDON, United Kingdom

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Popcorn

Berkeley, United States

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BearLa

Indianapolis, United States

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richdullaghan

Encinitas, United States

zZola

Gilford, United States

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Clben7

Cincinnati, United States

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akshu71

Ottawa, Canada

Garry Tan

San Francisco, California, United States

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Dianatalk

Netherlands

Shemuel

New Jersey, United States

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ibd267

Ambler, United States

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peoria12

Boston, United States

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

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nilvehsm002

Boston, MA, United States

S

Saej215

United States

C

chrishol

United States

araidia

United States

J

Jonas

Linköping, Sweden

Jonas

Brussels, Belgium

E

electrolite

United States

Justin

Connecticut, United States

T

theironbank

United States

M

mmatuzak

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

D

duncanb

United Kingdom

M

merk85

United States

M

Maria

SANTANDER, Spain

K

Kimbo

Vietnam

C

condo86

United States

D

DaddyBubba

Grandview, United States

M

mjgoldsmith

United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

VK

Vasily Kudrin

Moscow, Russia

B

blambert

United States

T

tgambo2

United States

S

satheajay

United States

adrianz

United States

H

hayek

Stuttgart, Germany

K

KendieK

United States

R

rokbe

Netherlands

M

mcgeefamilyny

United States

M

Meral

Germany

Andrew267

Birmingham, United Kingdom

M Jordan

United States

T

Tony1

Australia

E

ErinL

United States

P

Pinkhobgoblin

United Kingdom

K

Kelly729

United States

alecors

Mexico, Mexico

A

andreab

United States

KM

KHS Microfinance

Tampa, United States

Peter R

Fulda, Germany

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pombo

United States

D

Doug

Baltimore, United States

S

Sebastian

Dortmund, Germany

MF

Martin Fisher

United States

RM

Robbie McCullagh

Waverton, Australia

M

mmartin

United States

D

Daman

United States

Torsten Schreiber

Frankfurt, Germany

Jerome

Switzerland

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sa

Canada

S

Steve

United States

Jon

Sweden

MH

Meghan Hughes

United States

jtreyes

United States

BS

Bart Sturm

Amsterdam, Brazil

KO

Kevin OBrien

Denver, CO USA, United States

D

dabatate

Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

Thomas

Mueller, Germany

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

Crystal

Ohio, United States

TS

Ted Suzman

United States

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  • Elisha    Jan 24, 2021

    he say he will pay soon as he get well financially.

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  • Joseph    Jan 12, 2021

    I will be good

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  • Joseph    Jan 6, 2021

    Okay

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  • Janice    Dec 7, 2020

    I called him and reminded about his past dues to pay immediately.

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  • Joseph    Sep 4, 2020

    Okay with the amount

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  • Joseph    Jul 28, 2020

    I am okay with that repayment amount

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  • Joseph    May 8, 2020

    I will be able to pay that installment for now.

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  • Joseph    Apr 1, 2020

    For now I will pay that amount. Thank you

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  • Joseph    Feb 24, 2020

    Am comfortable with that installment for now

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  • Joseph    Dec 27, 2019

    Am comfortable with the amount

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  • Joseph    Nov 11, 2019

    I will that installment for now

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  • Joseph    Sep 25, 2019

    I request to pay that amount for now due to some other issues I am handling

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  • Joseph    Aug 28, 2019

    Since some issues to cater I would like to lower my payments for now

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  • Joseph    Jul 25, 2019

    The business is doing well, but for now I have some issues which needs finances that is why I have reduced my payments.

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  • Joseph    Jun 19, 2019

    I will be able to pay the indicated amount for now since I am improving my dairy farming then I will adjust it

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  • Joseph    May 20, 2019

    The business is not doing well due to shortage of rain.

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  • Joseph    Mar 26, 2019

    The business is not doing well at the moment due to drought season

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  • John    Mar 9, 2019

    I called Joseph and according to what he says, he adjusted the installment amount, which only goes for 5 days. He didn't know so and he thought once adjusted it remains that way, I informed him that if he needs to re-adjust, he should do so and it's only valid for 5 days, he understood. John.

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  • John    Jan 27, 2019

    I called Joseph and he told me that he will pay for last week and this week's arrears.

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  • Joseph    Nov 26, 2018

    For now I will be able to raise 200 per installment since most of people have traveled causing less supply of milk. But coming next year all will be well.

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