Selling sachets of purified drinking water

Iddrisu

Bandah Nkwantah, Ghana

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Iddrisu

Member since

February 2015

On-time repayments

101 installments  •  78%

About Me

my name is Iddrisu Mariama and a Ghanaian..i grew up in the family of three other siblings and i was the second of the four .i was enrolled in high school but dropped out in year two because of funds. i had to look for something to do to earn a living since my parents could not afford any better. as a results, i took to selling sachet water and canned soft drinks right after dropping out of school on a very small scale. however, as time went by , i have been able to improve and it is no longer on small scale but now i deal with a lot of bags of sachet water. life have been practically tough before for me as a woman but i have not given up and i wont actually and that is what has helped me all this while. In all these struggles, my dream is to be able to work hard and build a better home someday.

My Business

i sell or deal in sachet water but on a small scale. Actually people drink a lot of water in a day and as they drink so is my business to supply at a profit. i choose this kind of business because of the profit involve and also at the time i was starting out, the capital to start was minimal. possibly i buy about hundred Bags of sachet water with a hundred Dollars. and after sales, i will make 50% to 70% percent profit on the amount of money invested. i still help my parents with some of my profits for them to take care of themselves and my younger brothers and i invest the rest back into my business and live also on a percentage of it. the most important thing in this sachet water business is Hard working and that has never been a problem at all with me.

Loan Proposal

As i have much hope and believe that my loan project will be funded, i will use the entire amount to go for bags of sachet water as stock to resell.....
i will be buying 250 bags of sachet water or pure water as we call it locally. now the 250 bags will cost $300 and i will use the rest to purchase some soft drink like canned coke, fanta , pepsi and etc but that will occupy just a small portion of it about $30
this will help increase my profit margin to about some 45% and will help make treated drinking water available to the people of my community. with this i will be able to stay in business and work hard so as to be able to get to the point where i will be selling sachet water as a retailer.
with this current profit margin, i will be able to repay my loan on time and per schedule.
thank you very much....

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$363.00

Date disbursed

Nov 25, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

16 months

Lenders

K

Krokslatt

Mölndal, Sweden

Hope2012

United Kingdom

MM

Mollie Milesi

Jeruslem, Israel

P

PetrusR

balmoral, Australia

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

JFais

Atlanta, United States

L

Leonora

TÄBY, Sweden

M

msaari

Tampere, Finland

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

PolarBearCapital

United States

M

mbarbier

United States

A

AHansen

Georgia, United States

moursund

Beaver Nation, United States

V

Vivek

Arlington, VA, United States

Carl D Patterson

United Kingdom

B

Barry

United States

Elise E

United States

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

R

Rahima

United States

P

patrick

United States

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  • Margaret    Nov 23, 2018

    Hi Iddrisu,

    Please make a payment towards your loan. The lenders are waiting to get repaid so they can lend the funds to someone else in need. Margaret

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  • Margaret    Aug 19, 2018

    Hi Iddrius,
    Please make an effort to repay your loan. Zidisha offers a wonderful opportunity to grow your business and perhaps open another one in the future. We all understand that unexpected things happen but Zidisha provides you the tools to change your payment amount and schedule at any time by simply logging into your account. Show respect to your mentor and lenders by making repayments. Regards, Margaret

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  • Emma    Jan 7, 2018

    Hi Iddrisu,

    We still believe in you :-) You can do it... It doesn't matter if you're a little bit late. Just give everyone an update sometime soon so we know you're not a ghost :-) You'll be ok, you can do it...

    All the best, Emma from Australia.

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  • Margaret    Jul 10, 2017

    Hi, Iddrisu,


    It is very important that you make payments no matter how small to keep your name in good standing with Zidisha lenders. Please contact. [email protected]. To set up a payment plan you can afford. All of us at Zidisha wish the best for you, please show us and your mentor due respect by making an effort to pay back your loan no matter how long it takes. Best of luck to you. Regards, Margaret

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  • Margaret    May 29, 2017

    Hi Iddrisa,

    I see you have missed several payments on your loan. You can contact [email protected] any time you need to change your payment plan. Remember it is important to make payments even if they are small in order to get more loans in the future. Zidisha provides a great service that can last a life time. I hope you are well. Regards, Margaret

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  • Iddrisu    Mar 21, 2017

    Thank You all very much for this support. I am doing very well with it..

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  • Margaret    Oct 21, 2016

    Thank you for your payment. I hope the loan from Zidisha helps you to continue to do well in your sachet business.

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    • Iddrisu    Nov 6, 2016

      Thank you very much Margaret for your kind words. I am surely working hard and the loan is helping me do amazing.

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  • Iddrisu    Oct 9, 2016

    Thank You all very much for this support. I am doing very well with it..

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  • Vicki Stewart    Aug 30, 2016

    Glad to hear your water business is doing well!

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    • Iddrisu    Sep 23, 2016

      Thank you for the comment and the time taking to reach out to me. I am so very grateful...

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  • sgstaley    Aug 30, 2016

    You're welcome. Much success with your water business :)

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    • Iddrisu    Sep 23, 2016

      Thank you for your support and the communication. i will surely do well .

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  • Margaret    Aug 29, 2016

    Thank you for your repayment, I hope the loan from Zidisha helps you to continue to grow your business.

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    • Iddrisu    Aug 30, 2016

      Thank you very much for the help and also taking the time out to reach out to me. The loan has been of so much help and I am doing well with my little sachet water business as well.
      One more time, thank you for the funds and the time taking to reach out to me.

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  • Iddrisu    Aug 14, 2016

    Hello, my very dear lenders. Thank you all very much for this timely help. This loan will be used to grow and expand my sachet drinking water business.
    I am grateful. Thank you very much.

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  • Iddrisu    Aug 7, 2016

    Hello my dear Lenders, I will want to thank you very much for been with me and helping with my previous loan. thank you very much. I am posting yet another loan and I humbly ask for your help and support again, kindly help me out the little way that you can.
    thank you very much for your help and support..

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  • Iddrisu    Mar 4, 2016

    Hello my dear lenders, i made a double payment to cover for my payment due for 21st and 28th of February on the 29th of February 2016 but it has still not shown. As a results i am sending a mail to the office to ask for help and support.
    thank you for been patience with me..
    thank you..

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  • Iddrisu    Jan 4, 2016

    Hello to my dear friends and lenders , happy new year too. thank once again for the help you gave me. i have been facing some difficulties and this has affected the repayment of my loan. kindly permit me to reschedule and to also reduce my payments...
    kindly bear with me since this is not permanent..
    thank you very much
    Mariama..

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  • Elise E    Dec 23, 2015

    Hello Mariana, Are you alright? Can you update us on the loan?

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  • Iddrisu    Nov 18, 2015

    Words alone is not enough to express how grateful I am to you all for funding my loan project. God bless you so much....
    thank you...
    Mariana..

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  • Iddrisu    Nov 12, 2015

    hello to my dear lenders, thank yoiu very much for all the help so far, i just finished paying my previous loan and i thank you for all your patience. business is good and i intend to grow my sachet water business, inview of that i have decided to apply for another loan.
    i am humbly appealing to you for further help and please come and have a look at my new project
    thank you....

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  • Iddrisu    Jun 5, 2015

    thank you lenders for the help.

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  • Iddrisu    May 8, 2015

    hello to all my lenders, am so happy that you have fund my project, thank you and God bless you.......
    I will invest all into my business and work hard to do all the repayments per scheduled....
    thank you..

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