Expand my agrobusiness

Charles

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Charles

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

314 installments  •  44%

About Me

My names are Charles am in my upper 50s, born in western Kenya Busia in a Polygamous Family life was not a joke,my farther dead when i was five years old,i went through turf time growing up my uncles had to fund my Education up to collage level,after my collage i had to find job so that i can be able to carter for my young siblings and my Mother back in the rural home,i joined uniliver back then in the 80s was commonly know as the East Africa Industries i worked there for few year to support my family later i joined the government of Kenya working in the as registrar of person till late 1990s when the government of The day had to send home most of the work by force and was one of the retrenched person and we were never paid our benefits till today,my life took a u turn,i had a wife five children to take care of i had to use some of my saving to start business and later introduce livestock rearing in my small farm.

My Business

My Agribusiness involves keeping Pigs,chicken,duck and planting vegetable in my farm ,since i started my agribusiness now i can be able to carter for my family, pay their school fees and their uptake.
Most of the produce i use come from within the farm,i don't buy manure i have enough from the livestock i keep and the same for my animals i use the the farm waste to feed them thus i save a lot and preserver the environment,in future I wish to buy a greenhouse to help me conserve the environment,and i can be able to produce more vegetables,i choose farming as a career most of people see farming as a waste of time but for me its my life worth living it because am a smart farmer who use available material to maximum,most of my friends admire my project and i show them how the can capitalize on it.
My typical costs and revenue
Farm produce i make a round $200
per month ,and per year depending on
the produce from my livestock i make
a round $3000 annually.

Expenses
Foodstuffs for my family -$70
Airtime-$10
2 Garden and chicken helper-$90
Chicken feeds, fungicides – $50
Shop Yearly licence- $60
Seeds for planting-$100
you can check out what i do to impact community positively Destiny Group for more http://www.destinyprogressivegroup.herobo.com
https://www.facebook.com/destinyprogressivegroup

Loan Proposal

Dear Lender,if granted this loan i will use the money to expand my Agribusiness to boost my current market demand through your help,i will purchase modern hybrid seeds worth $ 50, and also boost my farm input worth $50,later introduce more modern farm machines
My main focus is to increase more livestock to sale to farms choice who buy pig and produce more value added products such as sausage,Bacon,Ham,Delicatessen ,Economy Products,Continentals,Fresh Pork.
With you support I will be able to expand my Agribusiness to meet my customers demand, which keeps on growing every day. I will buy direct from authorized dealer who sell at subsidized prices. I will then later resell them at retail hence boosting my profit margin.
Hence creating job opportunities to empower my community.
I assure you I will be submitting my weekly repayment promptly as stated in Zidisha terms and conditions.
Thank you for your kind support and transforming life of many individual by empowering them economically.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$100.00

Date disbursed

Jan 18, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 months

Lenders

rebecca

Chapin SC, United States

A

agwong

California, United States

tjm212003

Montreal, Canada

JB

James Broderick

Cobham, United Kingdom

C

CWS

Huntington beach, ca, United States

S

Snick

Halle, Germany

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

zphelj

Dallas, United States

A

azmisman

Lakeside,AZ / Albuquerque, United States

Gordons28

Santa Monica, United States

andreatagliatti

Manchester, United Kingdom

E

Estebanito

United States

B

BigRosie

United States

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Janet Merrill Miller

The Mossy Pacific Northwest, United States

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Johannes Duerk

Bochum, Germany

B

Byron

United States

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