Stock for my grocery kiosk

James

Mtwapa, Kenya

100% paid forward

Entrepreneur

Name

James

Member since

August 2016

On-time repayments

219 installments  •  99%

About Me

I was brought up in middle class family;where my parents could afford to place a meal on the table. I went to Sagala primary school in taita taveta county.Here we used to go to school bare footed n tattered school uniform with patches. In school there was young farmers club; which helped me to nurture my rabbit keeping hobby . In had vast interest in becoming a lawyer but couldn't achieve my goal. This is due to financial constrain where my parents couldn't raise my school fees and other siblings. However, this didn't affect my in terest in academic work.Apart core curriculum activities in schoo we also participated in extra curricular activities such as taita traditional dance and songs. In our traditional dances we shake the body parts below the waist and stamping the feet's. Our traditional food are kimanga(mix of crushed well cooked cassava and beans) ,dazuka(baked maize flour and sugar) and local brewe is classed mwasina

My Business

Having engaged myself in rabbit farming for some time I decided to diversify my business ventures. I decided to start a kiosk in my village to add another stream of income and fill the gap of providing essentials commodities such as sugar,bread,bun dough, wheat and maize flour,cereals and non alcoholic beverages to the locals. A business opportunity arose from this gap which I couldn't hesitate to fill after carry out feasibility study and determined the viability of this business.

Project Proposal

I hereby request for funding to add additional stock to my business.This will enable meet ever increasing demand for goods . This will increase my sales volume in my business.

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Project Info

Project Type

Pay It Forward

Disbursed amount

$467.00

Date disbursed

Nov 28, 2021

Backers

José Antonio

Carapicuíba, Brazil

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soren

Göteborg, Sweden

artnking

College Place, United States

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FHult

Stockholm, Sweden

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Tallago3

Munich, Germany

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a f

washington, United States

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EveleighT

Arlington, VA, United States

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AlexCheng

Seattle, United States

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lujabe

Melbourne, Australia

Tavin

Ottawa, Canada

C

chrisherron

Chicago, United States

C

cyrilleberger

Gammalkil, Sweden

D

Divergent

Bethesda, United States

G

glomardor

Leonardtown, United States

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

lorello

Vicopisano, Italy

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SvenWaage

Stavanger, Norway

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

Christopher

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Valis

Singapore, Singapore

J

Jopar

Corroios, Portugal

nakamura

United States

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cardiff

Falls Church, United States

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

Travis

Canada

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Don100

Wilton, United States

numbat

Perth, Australia

Scotts5320

New York, United States

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bunturedempter

United States

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Mullagh

United Kingdom

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

VK

Vasily Kudrin

Moscow, Russia

johnhudson

Washington, DC, United States

TyWee

Manila, Philippines

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bscent

Hong Kong

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wesbh89

United States

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

Jamal Hamou

Cascadia, Canada

utdream

United States

PolarBearCapital

United States

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mbarbier

United States

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Stephan

Netherlands

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Joe

United States

S

Sven

Netherlands

MJ

Matt Jenkins

United Kingdom

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Karijn

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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mmartin

United States

Franmiguel

Perth, Australia

MD

Miles Dodge

CORVALLIS, United States

PC

Patrick Clavette

Hartford, Wisconsin, United States

Dayton

Vancouver, Canada

Richard

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

JC

JD Conley

United States

KD

Kent Don

United States

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Vivek

Arlington, VA, United States

KL

Ket Lin

United States

ME

Manaal Eisa

Washington DC, United States

V

vincent

Switzerland

PT

Paul T

Amsterdam, Netherlands

F

Frits

Rotterdam, Netherlands

I

isaac

United Kingdom

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

Madeleine

Switzerland

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

Ed

Howells, United States

L

Lucy

Australia

Angi

Germany

Seppo Ruohonen

Vantaa, Finland

Marius Lohri

Switzerland

RS

Rich Stein

United States

Richard Benyon

United States

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Dalton

San Francisco, United States

HCPSPIRIT

Helsinki, Finland

hervey liu

United States

DW

David Westmoreland

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

PZ

Phillip Zink

United States

Asante

Sunyani, Ghana

Christian

Vienna, Austria

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RMIM

United States

P

Peter

United States

B

BRB

Australia

A

Anonymous

United States

Darren Jeppson

Denver, Colorado, United States

Kelly

United States

Chris

Fairfax County Virginia, United States

AM

Andy Marston

United Kingdom

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EJOBIV

United States

petter

Finland

Nick Studenski

Minneapolis, United States

Ryan Agnew

Australia

Shervin

San Francisco, United States

DO

Denis Ontiveros

Guildford, United Kingdom

B

Ben

United States

We Not Me

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

C

Carol

Bayswater, WA, Australia

EA

Eric Ayers

Atlanta, United States

BP

Brian Piltz

United States

Tim

Utrecht, Netherlands

alexalexalex

Berlin, Germany

B

Bram

Germany

JR

Jose Ramirez

World, Spain

AM

Alex Melo

United States

T

Tim

Germany

RS

Russel Stanbery

Columbia, United States

SR

Sean Rodgers

Wellington, New Zealand

Rosella

Australia

RD

Regan Dishon

United States

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Anonymous

United States

M

Melissa

United States

MC

Mike Cormack

Vancouver, Canada

SH

St H

Germany

A

Anonymous

United States

Ron

Perth, Australia

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Stephen

United States

EG

Erik G

Switzerland

C

Cole

United States

EH

Ed Hendrickson

Ames, Iowa, United States

Babbitt Family Foundation

Reno, United States

AZ

Andre Zita

United States

Michael Chew

Melbourne, Australia

FS

Finlay Stuart

United Kingdom

SW

saurabh wahi

United Kingdom

W

Wim

Deventer, Netherlands

DD

Diego Donoso

United States

Florence

Santa Maria, Ghana

Nathaniel

Accra, Ghana

SM

Sky Massey

United States

Adu Boahen

Accra, Ghana

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  • James    Sep 23, 2023

    I wish to adjust my loan repayment amount due to low sales volume. Levels of inflation rate are high which has robbed me my sales revenue due to reduced consumers purchasing power

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  • James    Sep 2, 2023

    Low revenue collection due to reduced consumers disposable income as results of inflation. This has led to low sales

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  • Joseph    Aug 10, 2023

    You're doing very well. I like how you have documented your business. I've learned a good lesson.

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  • Dali    Aug 7, 2023

    Good Luck James

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  • Nelly    Aug 4, 2023

    Good luck

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  • James    Aug 2, 2023

    I hereby thank my serial lenders for their continued financial support. Mat their pockets neverdryu

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  • James    Apr 29, 2023

    Economic turmoil which robbed me my revenues due to low sales volume.

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  • James    Jan 18, 2023

    January back to school fees burden. Which has made me slash the money meant for loan repayment and divert it to fee payment for my children and siblings.

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  • James    Dec 10, 2022

    I have received the funds thanks to my lenders. I have used the funds to buy additional stock

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  • James    Dec 4, 2022

    Hallo. My loan was fully funded within 48 hours, which is a big thank to my lenders for their continued financial support. However it's second week and the funds haven't been disbursed to my mpesa number.

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  • James    Nov 25, 2022

    Thanks in advance zidisha lenders for accepting to fund my project. I'll use the funds to restock my shop. In there future I would like to used my revenues to rehabilitate a semi arid zone in Taita Taveta county

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  • James    Nov 24, 2022

    I would like to thank my zidisha lenders, your have become part of family members. Despite economy upheaval that dwindle my revenues due to COVID-19 pandemic and drought and famine in Kenya, our able to pay my bills and fee for my younger siblings and children. Once again I say thank you for your continued financial support

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  • James    Nov 20, 2022

    Severe drought and famine that has reduced consumers disposable income hence low sales volume.

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  • James    Aug 20, 2022

    Pre and post-election aftermath which dwindled my revenues

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  • James    May 29, 2022

    High inflation and increased taxation which has robbed me my revenues. This has lowered my profit gains which I used them to repay my zidisha loan

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  • James    Mar 15, 2022

    I have received the funds instantly via my safaricom number. Thumbs up Zidisha family

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  • James    Mar 15, 2022

    I hereby thanks Zidisha family (members) for your continued financial support! I will use the funds to buy additional stock thus increasing my revenue. cheers members

    Regards
    James Nyange

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  • James    Mar 5, 2022

    I would like to thank my able lenders for their continued support. The fund enabled me add more stock in my business hence catering for the needs of my customers. Increased stock made me satisfy their needs. This led to high stock turner which increased my revenues thus increasing my profits yields. I used part of profits to pay fees for my children and pay my Zidisha loan

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