Expanding my family grocery shop

Yonah

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Yonah

Member since

March 2016

On-time repayments

213 installments  •  82%

About Me

I was born in a family eleven children's being seven born my life in family was never easy because we used to stay with mum for dad was working far and it was hard for him to be at home he could be found only at holiday it was for the family to do work in farm at my young age i could first go to dig land before going to school sometimes we go without lunch yet i was hard work boy at school i only repeated in class seven not because i fail but to allow my brother go first after doing class eight i joined secondary only for one year and dropped for lack of school fee this to try my luck in causiol laper

My Business

As i was doing this hard job my spinal cord had a problem because of hard work while i still young this turned my focus from doing hard work and started a business of hawking in my home town after one year in mixed with farming and this where all my life changed to another direction for when the crops were ready for heavest my mum could sell without asking my permission this forced me to run away from home because i did not want to fight with my mum this was Complet turn around of my life for i was to start seeking for job then got in security firm which under paid me i suffered for one year i resigned then my friend introduced me to Boda Boda riding bike it was somehow better until 2008 when clashes arised in nakuru town where i staying i runned for my life coming to Nairobi and join hotel as a clearner and learned to cook after which i left to look for a job as a cook which i did for two years payment was not good a friend introduced me on courier sevicer which i did for two years learning how the job was being done i started raising money to buy motorcycle so i could start my own it was not easy but with dertemination i was able to get second hand motorcycle that has not giving good service through this hardship was able get new small one that am using even if it is not enabling me to save my customers fully yet am focused to expand my business to clearing and forwarding if get source and directions on how to do my business is regestart full.
after much deliberation with my wife we agreed to open a family grocery shop as this would boost our family income. i am therefore planning to open a shop for my wife , she will be be the shopkeeper and i will be assisting.

Loan Proposal

hello am planing to buy
1 sugar 100kg@10,000
2 cearals 10bags bean soya maize ndengu etc@30,000
3 salt tealeaf royco indomine sweats and allother small things in shop@20,000
4 carring bags and packing bags 5,000
5 mpesa 35,000 aready is working with little amount

Income Source

the estate am living in people have started to rertun in town after staying home at rural now i see getting my money in this bussines itself to repay my loan

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$439.00

Date disbursed

Jul 7, 2020

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

8 months

Lenders

C

cyrilleberger

Gammalkil, Sweden

M

Mary

United States

Carrie

Arlington, MA, United States

Darren Jeppson

Denver, Colorado, United States

J

Johanna

Zürich, Austria

T

Tanvir

United States

Girolamo Marroccoli

Basel, Switzerland

EA

Eric Ayers

Atlanta, United States

Adrian

Liverpool, United Kingdom

BP

Brian Piltz

United States

BS

Brendan Scanlon

Troy, United States

M

Mika

Switzerland

KF

Kathy F

Memphis, TN, United States

Jeanette

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

ND

Nick DiCesare

Denver, CO, United States

Dustin Lape

Lynchburg, United States

Peter Collins

Darmstadt, Germany

P

PatrickZisha

United States

CE

Christopher Engleright

Stafford, United States

matthewstephen

Houston, United States

JRM

South Bend, IN, United States

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Summary

Amount repaid

$439.59

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

Apr 12, 2023

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Jul 18, 2020 $0.00
Jul 25, 2020 $0.50 Jul 22, 2020 $0.50
Aug 1, 2020 $0.50 Jul 22, 2020 $0.50
Aug 8, 2020 $0.50 Jul 22, 2020 $0.50
Aug 15, 2020 $0.50 Jul 22, 2020 $0.50
Aug 22, 2020 $0.50 Jul 22, 2020 $0.50
Aug 29, 2020 $0.50 Sep 3, 2020 $0.50
Sep 5, 2020 $0.50 Sep 3, 2020 $0.50
Sep 12, 2020 $0.50 Sep 3, 2020 $0.50
Sep 19, 2020 $0.50 Sep 3, 2020 $0.50
Sep 26, 2020 $0.50 Sep 3, 2020 $0.50
Oct 3, 2020 $0.44 Sep 3, 2020 $0.44
Oct 10, 2020 $0.50 Oct 10, 2020 $0.50
Oct 17, 2020 $0.50 Oct 10, 2020 $0.50
Oct 24, 2020 $0.50 Oct 10, 2020 $0.50
Oct 31, 2020 $0.50 Oct 10, 2020 $0.50
Nov 7, 2020 $0.50 Oct 10, 2020 $0.50
Nov 14, 2020 $0.05 Oct 10, 2020 $0.05
Nov 21, 2020 $0.50 Nov 20, 2020 $0.50
Nov 28, 2020 $0.50 Nov 20, 2020 $0.50
Dec 5, 2020 $0.50 Nov 20, 2020 $0.50
Dec 12, 2020 $0.50 Nov 20, 2020 $0.50
Dec 19, 2020 $0.50 Nov 20, 2020 $0.50
Dec 26, 2020 $36.64 Nov 20, 2020 $0.44
Jan 4, 2021 $0.99
Jan 9, 2021 $0.49
Feb 2, 2021 $0.49
Feb 12, 2021 $1.97
Feb 26, 2021 $1.97
Apr 9, 2021 $1.97
Apr 21, 2021 $4.93
Apr 29, 2021 $1.97
May 14, 2021 $4.93
May 30, 2021 $4.93
Jun 11, 2021 $9.85
Jun 22, 2021 $1.70
Jan 2, 2021 $36.64 Jun 22, 2021 $8.15
Jul 5, 2021 $9.85
Aug 2, 2021 $9.85
Aug 9, 2021 $8.78
Jan 9, 2021 $36.64 Aug 9, 2021 $1.07
Aug 19, 2021 $9.85
Sep 9, 2021 $9.85
Nov 15, 2021 $15.86
Jan 16, 2021 $36.64 Nov 15, 2021 $3.85
Nov 30, 2021 $9.85
Dec 26, 2021 $9.85
Jan 24, 2022 $9.85
Feb 4, 2022 $3.22
Jan 23, 2021 $36.64 Feb 4, 2022 $16.49
Feb 28, 2022 $19.71
Apr 4, 2022 $0.44
Jan 30, 2021 $36.64 Apr 4, 2022 $19.27
May 4, 2022 $17.37
Feb 6, 2021 $36.64 May 4, 2022 $2.34
Sep 3, 2022 $24.64
Dec 7, 2022 $9.67
Feb 13, 2021 $36.64 Dec 7, 2022 $14.97
Jan 10, 2023 $21.67
Feb 20, 2021 $36.64 Jan 10, 2023 $36.64
Feb 27, 2021 $36.64 Jan 10, 2023 $15.60
Feb 15, 2023 $21.04
Mar 6, 2021 $36.64 Feb 15, 2023 $3.60
Apr 12, 2023 $33.04
Mar 13, 2021 $11.12 Apr 12, 2023 $11.12
Mar 20, 2021 $11.12 Apr 12, 2023 $11.12
Mar 27, 2021 $3.79 Apr 12, 2023 $3.79

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