Entrepreneur
Name
Agnes
Member since
February 2015
On-time repayments
240 installments • 56%
About Me
My name is Agnes Nthenya. I was born and brought up in a family of six and I am the first born. I live in a deep rural area where I do farming for a living. The area depends on rain-fed agriculture, but it has a semi-arid climate so the produce is normally very poor.
I am married with three children and my husband works in a faraway city - Mombasa - where he went six years ago to look for a job. He is the one who introduced me to Zidisha. After my secondary school, I went into farming and that is what I am still doing on my small piece of land. I produce maize and beans for feeding the family, and when the produce is good I sell the surplus to the market.
My Business
I am a small-scale farmer and my farming is mostly for feeding my family. As I mentioned above, I live in a semi-arid area and we experience a lot of crop failure due to inadequate rainfall. I normally plant fast-maturing crop varieties to cope with this challenge, but sometimes the plants don't mature fast enough before the dry spell destroys them. It is a tough life and, when this happens, I have to depend on my husband, who runs a small business in Mombasa city.
I also own four goats and a cow and they produce milk, again for the family. The greatest challenge I face is water, because I normally get it from a borehole, which is about three kilometers away. I carry the water in 20-liter containers and I use my bare back to carry the water home. This is tedious and I make several trips to fetch enough water for the family consumption and also for the animals.
Loan Proposal
I wish to start a green grocer store to sell vegetables to the local community. I will be able to source the produce directly from the farmers and then resell from the stall. My neighborhood has grown rapidly and I am targeting people who work around this area. I am optimistic that the business will do well since there is not much competition.
I will use USD $70 to construct a simple stall, USD $75 to buy a weighing scale, and the rest to buy my first stock.
Thank you so much for your support.
About Me
My name is Agnes Nthenya. I was born and brought up in a family of six and I am the first born. I live in a deep rural area where I do farming for a living. The area depends on rain fed agriculture but it has a semi arid climate so the produce are normally very poor.
I am married with three children and my husband works in a far away city - Mombasa where he went six years to look for a job. He is the one who introduced me to Zidisha. After my secondary school, I went into farming and that is what I am still doing on my small piece of land. I produce maize and beans for feeding the family and when the produce is good I sell the surplus to the market.
My Business
I am a small scale farmer and my farming is mostly for feeding my family. As I mentioned above, I live in a semi arid area and we experience a lot of crop failure due to inadequate rainfall. I normally plant fast maturing crop variety to cope with this challenge but sometimes they plant don't mature fast enough before the dry spell destroys them. It is a tough life and when this happens, I have to depend on my husband who runs a small business in Mombasa city.
I also own four goats and a cow and they produce milk again for the family. The greatest challenge I face is water because I normally get it from a borehole which is about three kilometers away. I carry the water in 20 liter containers and I use my bare back to carry the water home. This is tedious and I make several trips to fetch enough water for the family consumption and also for the animals.
Loan Proposal
I wish to start a green grocer store to sell vegetables to the local community. I will be able to source the produce directly from the farmers and then resell from the stall. My neighborhood has grown rapidly and I am targeting people who work around this area. I am optimistic that the business will do well since there is no much competition.
I will use USD70.00 to construct a simple stall, USD 75 to buy a weighing scale and the the rest to buy my first stock.
Thank you so much for your support.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$181.00
Date disbursed
Jan 21, 2016
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
23 months
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Lenders
United States
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