Help me build six standard classrooms

Dulo

Muhoroni, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Dulo

Member since

February 2015

On-time repayments

305 installments  •  75%

About Me

I am Dulo Kikkan, born in 1984, married with two children. I live in Muhoroni and have a nursery school within Muhoroni town. Muhoroni is a densely populated town attracting people of different tribes due to its Sugar and biogas factories.
I have not gone far with my education due to financial constraints. My family is not in a position to help since whatever is found is used to educate my three siblings. Am now left to forge my route alone. I was able to take my wife to an ECDE school where she learned to be a nursery school teacher. After her study she was employed for one year and the salary was too little to help much. I then had a plan of small saving to help me start my nursery school.

I joined Zidisha in 2015 when I had only two simple iron sheet rooms I was using as classrooms. Six years down the line with the support of Zidisha loans, I have built 9 permanent class rooms with a good toilet facility for teachers and pupils. As we were closing down due to corona, I had employed 11 teachers, 1cook, 1cleaner and 1 watchman.
As schools were closed for 9 months in Kenya, my school compound was left vacant with no income. In order to survive, I started poultry farming in June 2020.with 100 chicks from the savings I got from the school. By now, I have 250 birds, some of them are laying now. I have now secured 160 hens and enough cocks as my breeding stock. The rest I sell to people for meat. I also want to be collecting eggs and producing chicks for sale. One chick is Ksh.100.This project I am doing it in two classrooms. Meaning I had ready rooms, and enough water from the school tank, so I only buy feeds, vaccines and medication. My wife and two children also work with me in the farm. We don’t employ worker for poultry farm.

My Business

MY LOAN PROPOSAL TO BUY AN INCUBATOR
Since I have breeding stock and experience in poultry keeping, I need to buy an incubator so that I use the eggs from my farm to produce chicks for sale. I also need to build a separate house for them because if schools will re-open, then pupils will not have class rooms. I don’t want to end the school business after going this far and this poultry project has also picked up and running very well. Part of this loan I will also use to stock feeds. I am sure of getting Ksh.500 weekly as for now to repay my loan but I will increase it as my income increases. Already some women groups and youth groups are visiting my school to see my project and seek advice on how they can get chicks and do vaccinations. This is already a market for me if I get an incubator. My plan is to have separate farm for poultry project so that I can improve it to buy machine for making feeds after buying incubator. Feeds are very expensive thus finding a way of making it locally will be a breakthrough for me and the community around.

Loan Proposal

My school is now FIVE years old.Each year i progress one classroom higher.The last loan you gave me i used to build standard 5 classroom.Yesterday 24th October we closed the school for December holiday.We will open on 4th January 2018.My challenge is that i have 20 pupils in class 4 now who will go to class 6 next year.I don't have class 6 room for them now.I beg you dear lenders to help me with this loan so that i can build the new classroom during November and December.My income has increased and parents are now paying fee on time.i can pay all my teachers and be able to repay the loan ksh.1000 weekly.Please help me to build class 6 so that i don't loose the 20 pupils i now have in class 4.If you help me,i will now admit 30 new pupils in baby class because the 30 pupils i have in baby class now will go to middle class January 2018.Thank you.

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Apr 23, 2021: Proposal to buy an incubator

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$911.00

Date disbursed

Nov 16, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

41 months

Lenders

melissapmeier

United States

CC

Catherine CatDesignz

Halifax, United Kingdom

PG

Paul Graham

United States

BS

Brandon S

United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

CN

Craig Newmark

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

M

miri

Austria

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  • Dulo    Apr 23, 2021

    Dear lenders,i joined Zidisha in 2015 when i had two iron sheet structures but now with loan i just finished repaying.i have build 9 permanent classrooms.I have now employed 11 teachers,one cook,one cleaner and one watchman.With our increased earnings,i have started a poultry project,buy piano for pupils.I have also started building permanent house for my family,my daughter Feizers dream was to become a violist,now i have bought her violin,and piano for my boy Joash.My wife wanted to make uniforms for pupils for sale,now i have buy for her sewing machine.With this new loan i hope to grow bigger and bigger.

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  • Lilian    Mar 26, 2021

    I have spoken to Dulo who has promised to repay the loan by today

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  • Dulo    Dec 25, 2020

    23rd we closed for December holidays.4th January we look forward to open school for all 300 pupils.Thank you lenders and Merry Christmas.

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  • Dulo    Dec 25, 2020

    Eating boiled eggs

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  • Dulo    Dec 25, 2020

    Boiling eggs as a class home science practical lesson

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  • Dulo    Dec 25, 2020

    Grade 4 pupils doing home science practical lesson,preparing boiled eggs and salad

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  • Dulo    Dec 25, 2020

    Thank you lenders for understanding us during this difficult times.At least as schools was re opened partly and will be opened fully on 4th January 2021, i hope to increase my limit so that i clear my outstanding amount.Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

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  • Dulo    Nov 25, 2020

    only grade four learners are in school.all pupils will re open in January

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  • Dulo    Oct 17, 2020

    dear lenders,kenya has started partial re opening of schools.we have only grade 4 pupils coming to school as from monday last week.

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  • Dulo    Sep 27, 2020

    my school business is still closed due to corona virus

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  • Dulo    Aug 3, 2020

    my business has been affected by covid 19

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  • Dulo    Jun 19, 2020

    My business is a private school and since 15th March all schools were closed in Kenya due to COVID-19.

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  • Dulo    Apr 24, 2020

    Corona pandemic has directly hit my business since all schools are closed.

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  • Dulo    Apr 3, 2020

    Dear lenders,for now my business is facing hard times since all school were closed in Kenya due to corona virus.i have ensured that i pay all outstanding debts before i reduce monthly installment to what i can afford. i wish to keep good reputation with my lenders despite this hard times.thank you once more.

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  • Dulo    Apr 3, 2020

    Dear lenders,currently i am not able to pay ksh.1000 weekly because my business is a private school and all schools in Kenya have been shut down indefinitely due to corona virus.This means i don't have any other source of income during this hard times.sorry for inconveniences caused.

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  • Dulo    Feb 12, 2020

    pre-primary 2 pupils in a drawing and coloring class

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  • Dulo    Feb 12, 2020

    This is how my new primary section look like.I have worked so hard to make brick classrooms.Thanks again lenders for the support.

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  • Dulo    Feb 12, 2020

    As a requirement,i have now buy a new water tank for the school,Thank you dear lenders for the support.

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  • Dulo    Feb 12, 2020

    Dear lenders,with the new changes in kenyan education system,there are so many adjustments we are asked to make.So that my school fully comply with the new curriculum.

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  • Dulo    Dec 13, 2019

    I currently have emergency medical expenses that strain my income

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