Funding my chemist

Donald

Nairobi, Kenya

20% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Donald

Member since

August 2014

On-time repayments

115 installments  •  37%

About Me

my name is Donald Omondi Ochieng. I am the 1st born in a family of six. my family lives in siaya while i reside in Nairobi. I work at Sai pharmaceuticals as a medical representative.
i studied biochemistry at egerton university andcompleted in 2012. my passion for studied health related sciences increased my interests in pharmacology and especially in establishing a chemist in babadogo estate nairobi where i deal with antimalarial drugs especially coartem and antibiotics such as azithromycin. during my free time, i engage in community work programs especially in my estate which has many low income earning and vulnerable families. through such initiatives, most children have been encouraged in engaging in creative activities such as sporting activities and also encouraging them to go to school. this has greatly reduced the number of children engaging in criminal acts.

My Business

my source of income is based on sales of antimalarial drugs and antibiotics. most drugs for antimalaria and antibiotics are expensive. my chemist offers affordable antimalarial drugs such as coartem and antibiotics such as aziagio which is an azithromycin. these affordable drugs best suit such a community which is overpopulated with low income earning families who can barely afford expensive drugs.
a carton of coartem costs $150 while a carton a the aziagio azithromycin costs $50. these two drugs have a good market in babadogo due to the vulnerability of the community to malaria and bacterial infection due to the congestion in the area and also mosquito breeding grounds.
since i am employed, the repayment of the loan wont be a problem.
my monthly costs for the two groups of drugs is US$200 my revenue is $ 300.

Loan Proposal

My loan is to enable me expand my business further. the costs of acquiring medicine from town distributors have increased in the recent days. I therefore need the loan to ensure that my operations are not affected by this occurrence. The loan sum of ksh. 14900 will help me to acquire antihistamine drugs to help provide medication for my patients especially in this cold season. My brand of choice is a levocetrizine montelukast combination know by brand name as L Montus. one dose of the drug costs ksh. 450. currently i receive many patients with prescriptions on the said drug who are either asthmatic or have suffer from seasonal allergic rhinitis. I intend to use this fund to purchase up 30 packets of L Montus to help stock my chemist and boost my returns. Kindly assist me purchase the drugs through your funding as this will help improve my business.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$157.00

Date disbursed

Jun 22, 2015

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

18 months

Lenders

mbunifu

San Jose, United States

A

andyfletcher

I want my "My loans" page back, Qatar

R

rcmssr

Woodbury, United States

johnandmoliehi

Canton, New York, United States

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

sebastienrosa

Quebec, Canada

A

ashtanga99

Newport, United States

Krtecek

Balzers, Liechtenstein

IA

Ismini and Jerry

Stamford, USA, United States

J

jackieric

Folsom, CA, United States

T

Taupe

Balzers, Liechtenstein

J

JohnH

Livonia, Michigan, United States

jan73

Eugene, United States

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

M

Malibu

Westwood, United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

T

Tim47

United States

M

mbarbier

United States

Haim Si

Mexico, Mexico

M

Malte

Munich, Germany

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

A

AmyLuYenYin

Brisbane, Australia

KD

Kent Don

United States

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  • andyfletcher    Jan 26, 2016

    Hello Donald,
    Any updates for us?

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  • andyfletcher    Oct 11, 2015

    Hello Donald,
    How is your business doing? Can you please let us know when you will be able to continue your repayments?

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  • Donald    Jun 20, 2015

    Zidisha team has enabled me grow my business for the third time. The loan will help me increase stocks in my chemists as indicated in my proposal. I will purchase antiallergy drugs that will help my patients especially in this cold season.
    once again I thank the lenders who have trusted me with this loan.
    Long live Zidisha

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  • jan73    Dec 25, 2014

    Good wishes for health, joy, and prosperity to you and your family in 2015!

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  • Donald    Nov 21, 2014

    dear Zidisha team,
    Kindly assist on how i can make my next loan application.
    thank you.

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    • jan73    Nov 21, 2014

      Donald, I look forward to another opportunity to support your work to make malaria drugs and antibiotics available to those who need them. Good work!

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  • Donald    Nov 21, 2014

    i am happy to note that the money i borrowed help in improving the stock in my chemist. i increased stock in anti malaria drugs and antibiotics. over the past two months, my sales have increased since most drugs needed by customers are always available. my earnings increased by 30% for the last two months. thank you Zidisha team

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  • jan73    Nov 11, 2014

    Positive. Good job staying so close to your repayment schedule and successfully completing your repayment.

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    • Donald    Nov 21, 2014

      thank you Jan 73. though i faced some challenges during the repayment period, my aim was to make sure that i clear the loan. it is only through this that i could earn the company's trust and get another loan in future. i will do better next time.

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