Expand my beauty work

Gertrude

Mombasa, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Gertrude

Member since

May 2015

On-time repayments

168 installments  •  53%

About Me

My name is Gertrude Masiga, born on the west most county of Kenya - Busia. Busia is on the border of Kenya and Uganda and there is a lot of cross border trade between the two countries. It is an an area endowed with natural forests and rivers but sadly some have disappeared due to human activities occasioned by rapid population growth. In spite of all those issues, it is a nice place and I hope to return and settle there some time.

I lost my both parents at an early age and I went to live with my aunt in Mombasa town which is on extreme south of Kenya. This is where I did my primary and secondary education and I will forever remain grateful to my guardian who paid for my education and upkeep.

My aunt is not a person of means and that is the far she could afford to educate me. Without any other formal training, I resorted to using my hobby - hair dressing to make money. I am talented as a hair dresser and I do plaiting effortlessly and this has earned me many clients across my area.

My Business

I am a freelance hair dresser and I walk from house to house while attending my clients. I normally communicate with them using my mobile phone and I go to them since I do not have my own business premises. Plaiting is very common in our region and over 50% of women and young girls have braids or cornrows at any given time.

My charges range from $5 to $10 per head. I can do 1 or 2 heads per day depending on the complexity of the job to be done. This is what brings food on the table and I am glad that I due to my good work, I now have many clients due to referrals.

In spite of my relative success, moving from house to house is very inefficient because of the time lost while moving around. Ideally, this work should be done in a salon but I am yet to get funds to enable me rent a saloon, For this reason, I have come to Zidisha to ask for credit which will enable me take my business to the next level by opening a hair salon.

Loan Proposal

With this new year my desire is to expand my business by moving to a bigger space. I want to move to a nearby premises which is more spacious and it will enable me to serve my clients better.

The money will go towards paying for rent deposit and branding. This will definitely increase my income since I will be able to attend to more clients.

Thank you.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$192.00

Date disbursed

Jan 30, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

22 months

Lenders

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Tmann

Los Angeles, United States

tjm212003

Montreal, Canada

Feldborg

Stuttgart, Germany

H

Hilke

Bremen, Germany

C

Christian

Saarbruecken, Germany

valentin

Stockholm, Sweden

Irvin

Vancouver, Canada

investor

Candiac, Canada

J

jkats1988

New York, United States

Umair Mahmood

Raleigh, United States

DeanDropshot

Oslo, Norway

KivaTom

Tillamook, Oregon, United States

D

Debock

Dresden, Germany

AndreaBravi

London, UK, Canada

T

traderjohn

Baltimore, United States

T

Tallago3

Munich, Germany

johnandmoliehi

Canton, New York, United States

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

RemyWay

Phoenixville, United States

C

cjmenchaca

Austin, United States

BJ

Brandon Joz

North Carolina, United States

P

pmyadlowsky

Charlottesville, United States

SP

Steve Picchione

Lake Elsinore, United States

B

briansedz

Canton, Ohio, United States

Krtecek

Balzers, Liechtenstein

E

Ethan

Middleburg, United States

S

suzerain

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

G

Goodwill

Oakland, United States

A

Aaron

Zurich, Switzerland

Cadwah

Barcelona, Spain

Y

Yevrahs

Dallas, Texas, United States

rfriedenberg

New Jersey, United States

V

vshafor

Carlsbad, United States

F

flaguy999

Tampa, United States

ShaneS

Port Pirie, Australia

G

Goldrivermob

Gold River, Canada

K

kjustad

Asker, Norway

gseletko

South Perth, Australia

soniad

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

ibc123

Seattle, United States

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

R

rosebo

Bend, United States

I

Iamzwolf

Middletown, United States

M

Malibu

Westwood, United States

D

drorm

United States

jonnyhj

Stockholm, Sweden

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

F

FSO

Canada

M

merk85

United States

B

bugdaniel

Switzerland

Flipmore

Vancouver, Canada

joshuacollinson

Vienna, Austria

TyWee

Manila, Philippines

P

pfeng

United States

S

sarahb

United States

A

aajmp

United States

C

cactusgirl

London, United Kingdom

P

Pinkhobgoblin

United Kingdom

S

Stephan

Netherlands

SK

Sebastian Krohn

Amsterdam, Netherlands

E

Erich

Zurich, Switzerland

Bernd Knabe

Dortmund, Germany

W

Wade

United States

Elly

Woudrichem, United Kingdom

Lou Kaucic

Sanbornton, NH, United States

E

erica

antwerpen, Belgium

CN

Cyprien Noel

United States

Oliver Hasenberg

Iserlohn, Germany

George

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

ME

Manaal Eisa

Washington DC, United States

TH

tom hd

United Kingdom

PG

Paul Graham

United States

G

GS2

Germany

N

Nick

United States

Eszti

Budapest, Hungary

A

Andrei

United States

AK

Achim Königs

Bonn, Germany

Taylor

Memphis, United States

OH

Orion H.

United States

Y

YTSJ

London, United Kingdom

Max B

Saint Louis, United States

M

Matthias

Australia

HPK

Switzerland, Switzerland

RB

Ruth Brown

United States

Kevin

United States

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

johannes

Taipei, Taiwan

TO

Thomas O'Neil

United States

J

Jon

United States

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

SH

Stephanie He

United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

V

VJ

Canberra, Australia

D

Dalton

San Francisco, United States

Haroon S

United States

E

ericb321

Republic of Korea

TB

Tim Barrett

United States

J

Jakub

Czech Republic

TP

Tirzah Prince

United States

Mr Bucket Filler

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Bryce Bow

Bloomington, In, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

CL

Cathey Leach

United States

S

SallyM

United States

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