Selling second-hand clothing and beauty products

Scholastica

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

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Entrepreneur

Name

Scholastica

Member since

June 2015

On-time repayments

389 installments  •  100%

About Me

I am a 30 year Old Born in Meru. I schooled for both my primary and secondary education in Meru and later joined Mt. Kenya University in Thika Town where i did Diploma in Community Development and Social Work graduating in 2013. My family were not in formal employment in fact they were struggling to bring us up and seeing all they went through to provide for us and make sure we went to school i promised to give it my best and make sure i do well in my education. After my graduation i moved in with my boyfriend who in September 2014 gave me about $200 to start a business since getting employment was not easy. I invested the whole amount in second hand cloths and beauty shop and i am now happy trying to grow my business. We are blessed with two children a girl who is 9 years and a boy who is about 4 years now.

My Business

Since i was young i liked being neat and while in school i would always look for unique items to put on. It was from this and after sharing my idea with my boyfriend, now my husband who had also noticed my liking for beauty products that he decided to fund me with about $200 to start a beauty shop. I started small where i bought some few beauty products combined with ladies second had clothes. Due to my commitment and passion for this line of business it has been growing at a commendable pace. My customers like me and my husband also likes visiting my shop because he say he finds me funny selling and negotiating prices with my customers.

Loan Proposal

My intention is to continue expanding my Beauty Products and Second Hand Clothing Shop. I will spend the loan amount as follows; $250 to boost my beauty products and the balance of about $123 to bring more stock of second hand clothing. My target is to see my profits grow by about 10% before the close of this year. This will see my life together with that of my family continue to flourish and will also be in a position to give something back to my community.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$385.00

Date disbursed

Apr 17, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 months

Other loans

Jun 2015:  $100

Aug 2015:  $96

Oct 2015:  $192

Nov 2016:  $578

Oct 2018:  $621

Jun 2019:  $683

May 2020:  $751

Jun 2021:  $1,040

Nov 2022:  $1,099

Lenders

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

SuperMario28

Cudahy, United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

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  • Scholastica    Mar 14, 2024

    Dear lenders, please allow me to reduce my repayments as above so as I do not miss on my repayments. Thanks

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  • Scholastica    Jan 12, 2024

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my instalments as follows.

    Thank you and happy new year

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  • Scholastica    Nov 14, 2023

    Dear lenders, I wish to request you to allow me revise my installments as hereby stated. My business is not doing very well for now but hoping for better days!

    Regards,

    Scolastica

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  • Scholastica    Sep 13, 2023

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my instalments as stated above due to low business activity. Thanks

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  • Scholastica    Jul 13, 2023

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to adjust mu repayment instalments as above so as I do not miss on repayments.

    Regards,
    Scolastica

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  • Scholastica    May 15, 2023

    Dear lenders, kindly allow me to reduce my loan repayment instalments as hereabove so that i do not miss on my repayments and affect my credit score. Thank you.

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  • Scholastica    Mar 14, 2023

    Dear lenders,

    I am going through a difficult period which has also affected my business and therefore am financially constraint. Kindly allow me to revise my repayment instalments as above. I am praying and trusting God that soon I shall be back on my fit and make my repayments in time. Thanks and God bless!

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  • Scholastica    Dec 14, 2022

    Dear lenders, I appreciate you all for accepting to fund my project. As we continue to do the setup of the business, kindly allow me to reduce my repayments as above. Thank you.

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  • Scholastica    Nov 22, 2022

    Thank you for accepting to led to my project. My husband and I are going to use the funds in starting a hardware shop business through combined efforts within the outskirts of Nairobi as we continue on working on improving the family income. This will definitely take us as a family a step ahead, because increased income means better lives for not only us as a family but also those we are going to employ in helping to run the business as well the community around us.

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  • Benard    Nov 9, 2022

    Let’s support Scholastica as one family,,,, best wishes

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  • Scholastica    Nov 8, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    I take this opportunity to thank you for lending my last project of expanding my beauty products and second hand clothing shop. Your funding has enable my shop to grow whereby am able to make sales of about Kshs. 50,000/= per week, with the profits averaging at about 30% of the sales amount. I have reinvested some of this extra profits in expanding the business as well as helping in footing the family bills. We are now doing well as a family, thanks to you, and have managed to take our kids to even better schools.

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  • Scholastica    Sep 9, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Thank you for your patience as i continue to repay my loan. Kindly allow me to reduce my repayment instalments as follows so as i may not miss on repayments.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

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  • Scholastica    Aug 26, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my repayment instalments as here above so as i do not miss on repayment and affect my credit score.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

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  • Scholastica    Aug 15, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me allow me to reduce my repayments as follows so i don't miss on repayments.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

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  • Scholastica    Jul 29, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to adjust my repayments as follows so as i may not miss on my repayments.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

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  • Scholastica    Jul 15, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    This is to make a kind request to allow me reduce my repayments as stated above so as I do not miss in my loan repayments. Thank you for your understanding.

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  • Scholastica    Jul 1, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to adjust my repayments as stated above to avoid missing on my repayments.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

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  • Scholastica    Jun 13, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my repayments as stated so as i may not miss on my repayments.

    Regards,

    Scholastica

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  • Scholastica    May 30, 2022

    Dear Lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my repayments as stated above so as i do not miss on my repayments.

    Regards,

    Shcolastica

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