Elastic, fabric, sewing needles and thread for making masks

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About Me

Hildah Nankonde Naluyele is my name, born on 16 September, 1971. Happily married and a mother of two children. A Zambian citizen, living in the capital city of Zambia called Lusaka. I am the second last born in the family of nine.

As a child I enjoyed playing in the dirty, making dolls, cooking in the small tins as pots. I think that’s where I got the passion for cooking. Arguably, I am the best cook says the people who partake it.

My mother is a very strong and adorable woman who used to do different kind of jobs to put food on the table. So, I admired her different kind of skills to mention one, sewing is a motivation impacted in me by my mother. I started sewing small dresses for the dolls, making them using a hand needle. Barely 10 years old I could cut a skirt, a dress and stitch with the hand needle.
I completed my O Levels at Lusaka high school went and did my further studies in tailoring. I got my first certificate at Waddington center and I later went to St. Ambrose to get my craft certificate in cutting and designing.
Upon completing my course, I worked for Cross ills and other two companies. I left my country to look for greener pastures in a foreign country called Botswana and worked there for 12 years. Currently I am in my home country working for a Zambian defense force as a seamstress. Apart from work i have a sewing business which I have been running for more than 10 years now.

I overcame hardship throw hardworking. when things where hard for me I could bake half cakes, cook fritters to sale in order to raise money for rent and for buying food.

My husband bought my first sewing machine and I started my first business at home, until I made enough money to rent my own shop.

Zambia is blessed with vast amounts of natural resources such as minerals, wildlife, forestry, freshwater and arable land. In 2010, the World Bank named Zambia one of the world's fastest economically reformed countries. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is headquartered in Lusaka.

I have two children a boy and a girl, my first born son wants to be a solder and my little girl wants to be a doctor though she is also a very good seamstress.

I love cooking, listen to music and watching movies with my family.

My Business

I make cloths for wedding line up, traditional outfits, bridle cloths and I even prepare the food for the parties.
Like I said earlier, my land is very rich in culture so, their main celebrations that take place. So, my services are forever booming in a sense that, people are always making kitchen parties and weddings. So, weather they like or not my services are always need.

Why this kind of business, because in my country they like wearing traditional outfits on their every special occasions. And this business is my life, I enjoy doing this business and still have so much to offer.

I rent a shop in my home town which i usually pay monthly, also pay for my electricity bills cause my sewing machines uses electricity and i paying taxes.

I use my profit to help my husband with rentals, school fees for my children, supporting my mother and for medical emergencies and I will use the profits to repay my loan so as to be able to qualify for a high amount

Loan Proposal

I will use the loan to buy fabric, threads and elastics for making masks.


I will use this loan for my business of making masks. Therefore it will help the people to buy masks on a cheap price and for me the profit i will get, i will use it to repay my loan and increase it.
I will invest the loan money in my other home business that i do when i am away from work and my main business.
I will buy fabric, threads and elastics, all the materials together will cost 250 and with all that materials i will be able to make about 150 masks and i sale them on 10 Zambian Kwacha each. so, when you multiply you get about 1500 Zambian Kwacha and if you subtract the money invested in the business my profit is 1250 Zambian Kwacha.

Income Source

For us who are in sewing business, corona-virus has brought new businesses of making face masks and our government is also promoting our business buy giving us the contracts of making face masks for schools which are about to re-open and the aim of the government is to make face-masks affordable for everyone. and i work in a Zambian defense force as a seamstress so, i don't think there is any chance my business can be closed completely.

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