Funds to buy a metallic door for my business

Valentine

Kawangware, Kenya

90% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Valentine

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

35 installments  •  49%

About Me

Am Valentine Ochieng born in 1992 and the third born in a family of five children. I went in Nasira AC Primary School and joined to class one in the year 2000 and later on did my KCPE in 2009 and managed to get 251 out of 500 marks.
In year 2010, I joined Nambale polytechnic and I did Mechanical Engineering for only one year, I didn't manage to finish my course due to fee problem.
Later on I came to Nairobi in 2011 and joined Pinkerton Security Company for a period of one year.
I saved little money and started small business which is Babar shop where I offer shaving, phone charging and cloth ironing as the main services.

My Business

I operate a Babar shop where shaving, phone charging and cloth ironing being the services i offer. The shop earns me a leaving, as the only thing I do for a leaving? am always concern about it.
The shop is able to pay rent, earn me my basic things, and also able to pay school fees for little siblings.
Though there are some challenges I face in the shop. first of all the electricity the business consumes ranges from $18 per month. House rent is $37 a month and the business is so competitive in the region
I do always overcome all this challenges by offering good services to my customers which makes them so happy, when they go they come back with there friends.
and because my shaving machines have lasted for long, I really need to buy new ones, Iron box and new phone chargers of all different phone types.

Loan Proposal

The funds will help me to buy one aluminum door which is worth $ 57. Installation will cost $32 and transportation from welding to my business is $6. The remaining balance of $5 will be used to buy black painting color for painting the door after installation.
I decided to buy the metallic door for on 15 May 2015 thugs broke to my business on 15 midnight and took three shaving machines, eight customers mobile phones that I left charging, mobile charges and sub-woofer which I use to entertain my customers who wait for my services while I serve others.
The door that was broken is a wooden one where they used a heavy metal to remove the padlock and easy getting in.
For now am using extra shaving machines I had kept in my house that previously I bought and without this shaving machines? my business would have no more again. With your help, I will be able to secure my business.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$100.00

Date disbursed

May 29, 2015

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

6 months

Other loans

Lenders

Feldborg

Stuttgart, Germany

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

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  • Valentine    Dec 2, 2015

    i send money why yuo doing so ,contacting my refere and igave out the reason why iskip last week .thanks alot

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  • Valentine    Nov 16, 2015

    This is the project I did with the amount that I was to repay my last weeks' balance.

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  • Valentine    Oct 13, 2015

    Am scheduling my loan payments to Ksh 500 because for the last two weeks the money I got I used to buy paint which was used to paint my business which now looks a conducive place for my business. Am so great for your patience and to all my zidisha lenders.

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  • Valentine    Aug 5, 2015

    Am scheduling my loan payments to Ksh 500 because for the last two weeks the money I got I used to buy paint which was used to paint my business which now looks a conducive place for my business. I so great for your patience and to all my zidisha lenders.

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  • Valentine    Jun 17, 2015

    Am adjusting my loan repayment to this amount because after my business was robbed, a lot of items were taken and they were not mine. am paying back to the lost items (mobile phones) to my customers. Mobiles phones lost were worth $300.
    After I pay the amount I will be glad to reschedule my repayment to amount I can.

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  • Valentine    Jun 17, 2015

    Thank you to all zidisha platform. I received the money and am now waiting the door to be made up. The welding persons told to wait for three weeks since they had a lot of work to do for other customers who came earlier.
    I will update when I receive the metal door

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  • Valentine    Apr 20, 2015

    thank you so much to all zidisha platform. Am scheduling my weekly repayments for my business is now running well though I had challenges that brought me down(Customers phones were stolen in my business so I had to pay back to the owners)

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  • Valentine    Mar 2, 2015

    I had to buy to new shaving machines, thank you to zidisha.

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  • Valentine    Feb 1, 2015

    This are the photos

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  • Valentine    Feb 1, 2015

    Thank you to Zidisha and this are some of photos in my work place

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