Entrepreneur
Name
Hellen
Member since
December 2016
On-time repayments
176 installments • 70%
About Me
My name is Hellen Wanjiru Maina, and I was born in Murang'a, Gaturi location, Nyakihai Sublocation, Kirima Village. Currently, I live in Nairobi, Zimmerman. My father is a driver and my mother is a small scale farmer. Through their efforts, they managed to educate the four of us, my two brothers and sister through college education. After clearing college I worked in various sectors where I also joined some Merry-go-round groups which helped me raise some capital and start the shop where I am currently working.
My Business
My business specialty is mainly services. Some of the major things include, offering government services through online platforms such as ecitizen.go.ke. Here I assist customers t renew their driving licenses, apply for Kenyan Passport, Business registration and such other services included in the platform. Other online services include ghris.go.ke, teacher service commission website among others. Apart from the online services I also offer other services such as photo editing, passport photo and photo printing, as well as documents printing services.
Virtually, I chose this type of business due to my qualifications from college (Diploma in Information Communications Technology), which made it easy for me to navigate through the online services. Normally, on a good day I make about ($10), which is used across a wide sort of activities among them paying rent and taking care of my family. Every three months together with my friends we visit a children home around home as a way of giving back to the community.
Loan Proposal
I would like to go to Uganda, where some of my friends have told me that clothes are relatively sold at a cheaper rate than here in Kenya. Cost estimate is as follows:
Cost of buying of Clothes $300
Sending the parcel via bus $100
My bus fare to Uganda $50
Total cost $450
The cost of buying the clothes from Kampala is half the cost here in Kenya. I expect to get more than double the cost I have spent in going for the clothes in Uganda.
I will use the remaining balance to boost my printing business in town and take inventory for the shop.
The returns will enable me to grow my business and continue supporting my daughter through her education and pay for her physiotherapy sessions to correct her knock-kneed condition.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$882.99
Date disbursed
Aug 11, 2018
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
26 months
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