Deworming livestock

John

Kahawa West, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

John

Member since

September 2014

On-time repayments

53 installments  •  75%

About Me

I am currently in a stable relationship living with my girlfriend at Kahawa West.I work as a civil servant but also practise farming as a venture.I possess a Diploma in Purchasing and supplies from the Kenya Institute of Management(KIM).I started farming business to increase my earnings after realizing that the monthly salary was not enough.I also wanted to fulfill my want to become an employer and provide some source of livelihood to the unemployed.I use my business income to pay wages, cater for farm expenses and also help some needy people in our community.During my free time,i like to go swimming,watching football,taking adventurous trips and visiting the needy.

My Business

I am a civil servant but also practice farming as a business.i keep dairy cattle,keep layers and also horticultural farming(tomatoes,capsicum,kales,spinach and any other seasonal crop that is on demand in a particular season.The reason i choose these is that they are always in demand and their supply is never enough.the growing population always provides ready market for my produce.These customers prefer my fresh farm produce as it is well produced and they can attest to that.Challenges in these business include funding,emerging pests and diseases and insecurity.I try to manage the best i can to save my produce though sometimes it's tricky.On average,i run at monthly costs of $150 since am not that much established.i would like to expand this farm in order to improve the income.currently i make sales of about $400 hence making profits of about $250. I would like to increase these profits to over $1000 a month.I have never experienced losses in my business venture and therefore, i am confident that any loans from zidisha community will be serviced from my venture.in case of uncertainties,then my salary will help me repay my loans till the business picks up.

Loan Proposal

I intend to deworm my livestock,i have six cows and am milking all of them they produce an average of seven litres daily each,i take my milk at our local dairy they buy each litre at cost of $0.3,we are paid monthly my average pay in a month is $350-450.sometimes thy do not pay us promptly that why I need $200 for deworming,i have the half amount of $100,i will pay my loan promptly through my sale of milk,there are my neighbours who come to buy milk daily so I will use that money to offset my loan.Thanks in advance

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$99.00

Date disbursed

Jan 2, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

6 weeks

Lenders

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

MindMuse

Talking Rock, United States

ElWal

Kirn, Germany

O

ommthree

Egg, Switzerland

H

howard

Vence, France

R

ronimo

Brussels, Belgium

Thomas

Basel, Switzerland

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  • Boniface    Jul 19, 2016

    I did call him and he has promised to start repaying soon

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  • John    Feb 6, 2016

    I take this opportunity to thank my lenders for making real change towards our life, we made a considerable amount of profit, Our life changed to the very best, we thank God for your effort and be blessed abundantly, thanks in advance. God bless

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  • John    Jul 10, 2015

    I take this opportunity to thank my lenders,i received KSH 35717 and we are grateful,We shall use our money as according to our proposal,we thank you all and God bless you all abundantly

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  • MindMuse    Jul 6, 2015

    A pleasure lending to you, John. Best wishes with achieving your goals!

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  • John    Jun 29, 2015

    i take this opportunity to thank my lenders for making our dream come true,as we had indicated in our loan application we shall buy seedlings,service the generator and do the gardening.we appreciate and God bless u abundantly

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  • John    Jun 21, 2015

    i take this opportune time to thank my lenders for making our lives great,My wife and I do appreciate the good work done by Zidisha organization in uplifting the livings standards of our fellow Africans,I thank God for this organization and believe this organization to stay for many many years to come,God bless.

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  • John    Feb 14, 2015

    I take this opportunity to thank zidisha for making our dream come true ,we had no money to buy dewormers but we thank zidisha for giving us funds for dewormers,since then our milk production has increased greatly,each cow has increase an average of two litres of milk,this means maximum profits,I thank my wife for being with me and giving me hope no matter tha situations,I end by thanking all zidisha members for I know they have taken another step in their life,God bless zidisha,God bless you all.

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  • Thomas    Jan 2, 2015

    Dear John, good luck and all the best boosting your farming! Keep us posted about your progress.

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    • John    Jan 2, 2015

      Thanks so much,i will keep you updated in my undertakings.

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  • John    Jan 1, 2015

    The funds helped me to irrigate and gardening, the tomatoes are doing extremely well and by this mid January they will ready for harvesting,i have a ready market because right now the demand for tomatoes is very high and supply is very low.I know if all goes well i will reap very good profit, My wife is always happy with zidisha because we had tried to get money to no avail, Our life will change,I would like to thanks Zidisha organization for giving me this chance to better our life.I thanks my lenders for their contribution and i will never let them down.Thanks to Zidisha.

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