Give my spare-parts business a boost

Veronica

Nakuru, Kenya

38% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Veronica

Member since

January 2014

On-time repayments

312 installments  •  28%

About Me

My names are Veronica Ogada i am 35 years old and married with Three children ages eleven, eight and three respectively.i live in Nakuru in the rift valley province . my husband owns a garage and that is why i decided to start a motor vehicle spare parts shop to accompany the garage.i use the earnings from my business in the daily development of my family and also continue to stock my shop. my families daily upkeep depends on that shop. i also help my husband pay school fees for my children and our siblings who are still in school. we also need to build a family home in Nakuru and in the village. I had a great childhood till when i lost my parents and was taken in by my uncle who continued to pay for my secondary education. Immediately i finished secondary school i got a job and i used my salary to pay for my college tuition and other expenses. After college went to continue working but unfortunately i was layed off. that is when i started my business and since my husband was already in the motor vehicle business he helped me start off.
my first born Amanda has just begun her journey through secondary school amd my last born will begin primary school next year and i pray that they all go through school to university. I love reading inspirational books,

My Business

My Name is Veronica Ogada and i run a small my small motor vehicle spare shop .my shop is located along the Nakuru/Eldoret highway in that area there are many garages located around there. my shop is located within my husbands garage so there i have an edge with my competitors because all the spare parts needed in that garage comes from my shop. i source my goods from Nairobi. but with enough funds available i would like to some day be able to import the goods directly therefore maximizing ion the profits. With this Zidisha loan i intend to start building a family home and hence stop renting and channel the cash towards my children education. Someone might think the loan is not much for that but i intend to start small invest in the business as a use the profits to put up the home.

Loan Proposal

At the beginning of this year, my first born daughter joined high school and it's was very costly. We had to gather all the resources we had to be able to take her to school. I want to use this money to boost my business. Get some stocks back to be able to maximize on the profits.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$466.00

Date disbursed

Aug 22, 2016

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

46 months

Lenders

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

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  • Veronica    Apr 20, 2018

    Hello Zidisha and partners, it's long since I communicated. It's been long and I am sorry I have not been repaying my loan on time. Its been difficult due to some challenges but I am resuming the payments this week . Hoping to finish repaying the loan in the shortest time possible. Still insist Zidisha is the.best thing that ever happened to smes in Africa. Thank you for this platform.

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  • Veronica    Jun 6, 2017

    I have a few challenges that is making it difficult for me to pay my installment on time I am deeply sorry for the inconvenience. Business is not doing well.

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  • Veronica    Oct 31, 2016

    Business is a bit slow right now

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  • Veronica    Aug 17, 2016

    Thank you Zidisha and all the lenders I appreciate you so much. Zidisha is the best thing that ever happened to smes in Africa. I will use the cash to restock my spare shop . I promised to work Smart and be able to make my repayments on time. I also wish to spread the good news about Zidisha to many small business owners so that we can all benefit.

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  • Veronica    Aug 15, 2016

    Thank to Zidisha and Zidisha lenders for the great job you are doing. My last loan helped me a great deal although when repaying I had a few challenges but I thank God I was able to repay the loan .

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  • Veronica    May 19, 2016

    Hello Zidisha and all the lenders, just want to appreciate you so much. Zidisha is the best thing that ever happened to Africa's Smes. Thank you for the great work.

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  • Veronica    Feb 1, 2016

    I had a financial crisis since I was preparing to take my kids to school

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  • Veronica    Jan 11, 2016

    Happy new year to Zidisha and all the lenders. I want to increase my installment because I am able to pay the increased amount this time due to Increase in sales

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  • Veronica    Jul 27, 2015

    Business has been low for a while now, the Kenyan economy is not doing well and weather patterns have changed so farmers are not farming anymore and as you know I mainly deal with tractor spares and if the farmers are not ploughing then the tractors have stalled hence they cannot afford to repair them

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  • Veronica    Jul 27, 2015

    Thank you Zidisha and all your partners for the good work you are doing. I am late in repaying my loan and this is because business is so low and I am unable to make repayments on time. I promise to make repayments by the end of the week. Thank you.

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  • Veronica    May 2, 2015

    Thank you Zidisha and all the lenders for the good work. business is not doing so well but we are hoping it will change now that the rainy season is here and the farmers are ploughing and planting.thank you for the loan and i am striving to make my repayment 100%

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  • Veronica    Oct 11, 2014

    thank you Zidisha lenders and the entire team for the good work. i used my current loan to purchase spares e.g , metering valve s , liners and blades etc injector pump accessories. At least i dont source the spares from another shop when we get work in our garage. and that has helped maximize on the profits which has helped me in paying my rent on time and the children school fees. we are also able to start saving a significant amount of money as we prepare for our daughter who will be joining high school in 2016.

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  • Veronica    Aug 24, 2014

    Doing good with my business and loan repayment thanks to all my lenders and the entire Zidisha family. I appreciate you very much.

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  • Veronica    Jun 20, 2014

    Thank you Zidisha for the loan which i used to increase my stock but business is not doing well as i had anticipated making it difficult to repay my loan . Business is not good people are complaining there is no money and the rains are not favourable to the farmers therefore they are not ploughing and they do not need spares for their tractors.

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  • Veronica    May 11, 2014

    Thank you zidisha for the loan . business is slow. i am not able to pay my loan this week and i promise to continue next week as scheduled.
    Kenyans are going through hard times the economy is not doing well hence the slow movement of goods and as explained in my profile i deal in spare parts for tractors and this season the rains did not come at the right time so the farmers are not really sure about working on their farms.

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  • Veronica    Apr 11, 2014

    Thank you Zidisha and all my Lenders God Bless All. May the Good Lord bless the work of my hands so that i maintain my 100% repayment rate. Thank you again for funding my loan.

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  • Veronica    Apr 8, 2014

    Thank you Zidisha and all my lenders who have already funded my loan and i also request all the lenders who funded my first loan and other zidisha lenders to please help fund this second loan i promise to maintain my 100% repayment rate.

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  • Veronica    Mar 30, 2014

    thank you Zidisha and all my lenders for the loan it has improved my business. at least the sales improved.. i am now thinking of expanding my business to include Air tel money tranfer services. where we are located there is none available yet i have realized people need the services.

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  • Veronica    Mar 15, 2014

    Hi, i am not able to pay my weekly loan today because business was so low today, i promise to pay it on Wednesday 19/03/2014 and continue with my normal repayment schedule.I will continue paying my weekly amount as usual its only today that i will not make the payments . hope you consider my request and reschedule my loan as requested

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