Farming

Joshua

Karunga, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Joshua

Member since

September 2015

On-time repayments

239 installments  •  29%

About Me

My name is Joshua Kungu Kimani. Iam thirty years old. I was born in Karunga. I went St John Primary School and then St. Secondary School . Then after Secondary School Education . I joined my parent in the business of farming.
I come from Karunga Centre as you reach Maili Saba Centre along Nyahururu/Nakuru road you branch to your right hand and you take the rough road that goes to Karunga Centre you go past St. John’s Secondary School then to Karunga Centre. I live just next to the Centre . My is known as Kwa Mwangi Plot no. 5.

My Business

I grow various types of crops like maize cabbages, potatoes tomatoes beans carrots e.t.c from this type of farming I get an income of about 300,000 per year. I also do dairy farming I have a total of 4 cattle milking My three cows produce an average of 20 per day which I sell locally at 30 liter which is about 600 per day and 18000 per month and round 200000 per year. So the total income annually is 500000. I use the above amount for the continuity of the business. I also help my parents with the same income. I use the same income to start family project. I choose the above project because my parent introduced me to this project and also I have experience in it.

Loan Proposal

I grow various types of crops like maize cabbages, potatoes tomatoes beans carrots e.t.c from this type of farming I get an income of about 300,000 per year. I also do dairy farming I have a total of 4 cattle milking My three cows produce an average of 20 per day which I sell locally at 30 liter which is about 600 per day and 18000 per month and round 200000 per year. So the total income annually is 500000. I use the above amount for the continuity of the business. I also help my parents with the same income. I use the same income to start family project. I choose the above project because my parent introduced me to this project and also I have experience in it.
I would like to buy seed and fertilizer for farming as the we approaching planting season which is around the corner because it is during the month of march I will buy 2 bags of fertilizer which will cost about kes7000 and 2 bags of maize at the cost of kes 6000 and the remaining amount 3000 will be used for labour.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$301.00

Date disbursed

Aug 26, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 months

Lenders

M

marycb

United States

davelowe100

Perryville, United States

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

T

Tszach

Tucson, United States

Scott

Oregon, United States

ScottSavage

Las Vegas, NV, United States

H

hilde

seattle, United States

indeh

London, United Kingdom

P

Prysdahl

Marshall, United States

Christopher

Copenhagen, Denmark

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

JFais

Atlanta, United States

JonB

London, United Kingdom

lizandsteve

guelph, Canada

Evan Lamos

Brussels, Belgium

G

GJ239

Vado, United States

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

C

ColoradoEmac

United States

DavidHS

United Kingdom

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Insomnus

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Nigel Titley

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

WE

Wendy Emlyn

Devon, United Kingdom

MR

Michiel Rauws

San Francisco, Netherlands

PG

Paul Graham

United States

R

Roanna

Alberta, Canada, Canada

AB

Aren Blake

United States

MT

Marco Tietz

United States

Der Dooley

Dublin, Ireland

Rory McLaughlin

Dallas, United States

AH

Alex Hodson

United States

Dan Michael

Oslo, Norway

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

Y

YTSJ

London, United Kingdom

Philip Schueler

Newbridge, Ireland, Ireland

KE

Karen Epolito

Syracuse, NY, United States

GG

Gituru Gitumbi

Seattle, United States

V

Vidar

Oslo, Norway

DK

Danny Kelly

United States

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

B

Boris

Bern, Switzerland

N

Nancy

United States

E

Elynne

United States

Julia Trigg

United Kingdom

HPK

Switzerland, Switzerland

BW

Betty Waweru

United States

KirstenAlana

Los Angeles, United States

L

Lauren

Dallas, TX, United States

Kevin

United States

B

Brett

Australia

Bill Ballew

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

GA

Giovanni and Yelena

New York, Ny, United States

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

Alice van Berne

Amsterdam, Netherlands

E

El

United States

emilio

Sestri Levante, Italy

JG

Jonathan Giuffrida

Chicago, United States

MP

Matt Patton

United States

J

Jon

United States

L

Lucy

Australia

K

Katharina

Germany, Germany

J

jan

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

WS

Warren Shen

United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

Marius Lohri

Switzerland

ES

Evan Simons

United States

P

Peggy

United States

JA

Joshua Axtell

United States

Donald

United States

BE

Bob Ewing

United States

JD

JASON DORSETT

United States

V

VJ

Canberra, Australia

MP

mark ptak

United States

Manayon Domingo

San Miguel Guimba, Nueva Ecija, Ph 3115, Philippines

Perlita Domingo

San Miguel Guimba, Nueva Ecija, PH 3115, Philippines

AD

Amy Dinh

United States

PC

Peter Cordier

United States

MB

Mimi Botkin

United States

MS

Mona S

United States

D

Dalton

San Francisco, United States

P

Petra

Switzerland

Dean Suminski

Portland, Oregon, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

Jean Wren Chan

United States

GS

Gary Sinard

Franklin, TN, United States

K

Kara

United States

M

Mack

Harbor, Oregon, United States

TP

Tirzah Prince

United States

Brent Gillespie

Little Rock, United States

A

anna

Sacramento, California, United States

D

David

United States

AD

Amy Darowish

United States

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  • Joshua    Mar 25, 2019

    I wish to be increasing my amount as per my income so as to finish my loan and get another

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  • Joshua    Jun 20, 2017

    I would like to reduce my weekly payment from kes 500 to kes 300 this because my business is slow and i am unable to raise kes 500 for loan payment and other needs. Please i would like adjust for now and when the business resume i will raise the amount.

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  • Joshua    Mar 20, 2017

    Thank I would buy seed and fertilizer for farming as it is planting season I will buy fertilizer which will cost about kes20000 and maize seed worthy kes 20000 and the remaining amount2000 will be used for labour.

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  • Joshua    Mar 15, 2017

    I will buy seed for ksh 20,000 and fertilizer for ksh 20,000 then 2,000 will be used to for transportion the said goods. I have requested the in right time when we are about to plant and so i am counting it as the right timing. Thanks to the Zidisha lenders.

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  • Wendy Emlyn    Mar 14, 2017

    Joshua has made regular weekly payments and cleared his loan a month early - well done!

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  • Joshua    Aug 24, 2016

    I would like to buy seed and fertilizer for farming as the we in the second planting season which is around the corner I will buy 2 bags of fertilizer which will cost about kes7000 and 2 bags of maize at the cost of kes 6000 and the remaining amount 3000 will be used for labour and other things.

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  • Joshua    Aug 15, 2016

    i would like to thank you my lenders for having helped me through the money you had lend to me. it helped me very much and thts is why i was able to repay it back in good time. i will foever be greatful for such a helping hand as yours. thanks

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