Honey harvesting and processing

Elizabeth

Nairobi, Kenya

54% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Elizabeth

Member since

September 2015

On-time repayments

126 installments  •  58%

About Me

I was born and brought up in Yala, Siaya County. I schooled at St. Teresa's Yala Primary School. Graduated to join Ng'iya High School for A levels, thereafter joined Kenya Technical Teachers College for Diploma course in Information Technology.
Paying school fees to further my education became a challenge for my parents and through determination and perseverance I pulled through.
After graduating, life became unbearable to sustain myself and finding a job of my profession became a nightmare and for this reason i thought it wise to start Honey Harvesting and selling of both raw and processed honey. In the society people believe in team work for example collecting funds to support village initiated projects every year like building a hospital .my hobby is doing research about everything that comes my way andtheir positive effects.

My Business

I harvest, sell raw and processed honey. Honey has high nutritional value compared to, bleached sugar and its products. For this reason sugar is substituted with honey. After thorough research it came to my realization the adverse effects of bleached sugar and for this i purposed to sell pure honey which has more medicinal value to the body as i needed a healthy community.
I have to travel to the various bee-farming sites, meet the bee-keepers so as to negotiation price before harvesting is done. The harvested honey is transported to Nairobi for processing, packaging, and finally sold to the consumer. The profit amassed is reinvested in expansion of the business, increasing the quality of service provided, paying the house rent as well as purchase of personal effects and food.

Loan Proposal

I intend to purchase 80 L of raw honey that which will cost $25.01. The remaining $ 3.9 will be used to to purchase the packaging materials. The honey consumed by costumers is very healthy for their life. Honey has curative properties that medics prescribe to their patients. This will help me also help increase the territory . I expect a 50% increase from the invested amount.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$303.00

Date disbursed

May 25, 2016

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

23 months

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BrassHat

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MakeSense

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Edijac

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Isak Maaseide

Tromso, Norway, Norway

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fredrikahl

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paulclinton

malaga, Spain

R

roozbeh

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wissam

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Mike Sutherland

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Nick

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johannes

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David McLauchlan

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  • Elizabeth    Dec 26, 2016

    Wishing you a happy new year this season

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  • Elizabeth    Dec 2, 2016

    I am looking forward to owning bee hives that is my prayer, goal and objective for next year thanks again for the lenders

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  • Elizabeth    Dec 2, 2016

    its quite challenging to find honey raw honey deu to unpredictable weather / climate change never the less I am soldiering on. thanks for Zidisha

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  • Andre Michels    Jun 24, 2016

    May i ask you for some more details how your honey business works at your location? I'm realy interessted in the food supply chain there and theoretical i what to invest a lot of more money there.

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    • Elizabeth    Jul 3, 2016

      Hi! Andre Michels. Hope you are fine and doing great. I thank you very much for showing an interest in the food industry, and welcome to the industry.
      This is how my honey bussiness works;
      1. I purchase raw honey directly from the farmers basicly from Mt. Elgon and part of Baringo county, this is to ensue quality.
      2. Trasport the raw honey to Nairobi where i reside.
      3. Melt the honey then seive it there after i package it to different containers then sell them from the house to the individuals
      Basicly food industry in kenya is the best place to channel your investment as it has a ready market especialy if its more nataral for example after seiving a 20litre of raw honey it takes only a week to clear the stock for the demand is high.
      Once again do not hesitate to ask more questions and if im not clear enough i invite for questions.thanks and have a wonderful days anf success in your endavours. Im humbled

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  • Elizabeth    Jun 14, 2016

    I just purchased 80 liters of raw honey and the packaging materials hence used the money for the purpose

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  • Elizabeth    Jun 14, 2016

    I was able to acquire 80liters of honey on FRIDAy and now IM set to processing and packaging it

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  • Elizabeth    May 27, 2016

    Greetings!!
    Once again I am humbled before you, with gratitude as I let you know that I received a loan of Ksh. 29,858 ($303.01) that was disabused by Zidisha Community.
    With the loan received I'm set to buy 80 litres of raw honey and packaging materials .
    I am very grateful for every lender that so it wise to make the difference in my life and people around me. Thanks for your support. and also thank you Zidisha Team for The platform you brought before us to let us make your a reality.
    nice time

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  • Elizabeth    May 24, 2016

    With the received loan I will buy 80 liters of raw honey and packaging materials. This will increase my stock as well as expand my market, thus increasing my profit margins.
    I would like to pass my sincere gratitude to Zidisha Team for the platform they have given me to be where am now. I want to thank my generous lenders that are helping me write a success story of my life. God bless all purposed to give and gave for my loan.
    Among them are-;
    JimVandegriff
    Trinidad, California, United States

    Mike Sutherland
    United Kingdom

    Anonymous
    United States

    Bing-shu Pan
    Taiwan

    edijac
    Strombeek-bever, Belgium

    SabineS
    Germany

    Austin Kincaid
    United States

    roozbeh
    United States

    wissam
    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    MakeSense
    -, St. Kitts and Nevis

    johannes
    Taipei, Taiwan

    Anonymous
    United States

    clare whitmell
    Italy

    Andre Michels
    Germany

    BrassHat
    Boston, United States

    Nick - Y
    Manchester, United Kingdom

    David McLauchlan
    Seattle, United States

    Daniel Hammarberg
    Gothenburg, Sweden

    Humble Bundle Community
    San Francisco, United States

    paulclinton
    Malaga, Spain

    fredrikahl
    Stockholm, Sweden

    imaaseide
    Tromso, Norway

    Roland
    Germany

    Karen Matthews
    Canada, whom I sincerely appreciate and humbled.
    GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY.!!

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  • Elizabeth    Apr 4, 2016

    My sells for this week has increased and i thank God for that

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  • Elizabeth    Mar 23, 2016

    Thanks so much SabineS

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  • SabineS    Mar 22, 2016

    It's a pleasure to help! Wish you all the best!

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  • Elizabeth    Mar 22, 2016

    my business profit has gone low

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  • Elizabeth    Mar 22, 2016

    I am very grateful to Zidisha team who has come part of my family, and enabled me to rise in heights that i would have not risen by own strength. Zidisha has given me a reason to smile and hope for a bright future. I wont forget my lenders:-
    SabineS, Germany
    Bing-shu Pan, Taiwan
    Mart, United Kingdom
    Aaron Scherf, Sweden
    jimmycarterforever, Missoula, United States
    Gundorff, Denmark
    John Walsh, Alicante, Spain., Spain
    Tiffany Roberts, United States
    Julia, United States
    McKenzie Dodge, Oregon, United States
    Adam Romek Kallin, Sweden
    Andre, Hamburg, Germany
    anonymous123, United States
    spareshade, Australia
    twm3823, United States
    djlayton4, United States
    DavidJSmu, North Attleboro, Ma, United States
    ErinMcNulty, United States
    Elvis, India
    Brianne Keyes, United States
    BMcDermott, Washington, Dc, United States
    kingcamo1095, Mountain Home, United States
    AllieJ, Camberwell, Australia
    AER, Germany
    Michelle Santiano, Canada
    Anuroopa Shenoy,United States
    Charlotte Thorp, United States
    evanderkoogh, Australia
    Kristiina, All Countries
    Jon Bratseth, Norway
    WiscoHorndog, United States
    Craig Weeding, Australia
    zanzabi, Italy
    Manley, Windermere, United States
    Steven Hill, Barcelona, United Kingdom
    LynxTeam, Germany
    Tam77, Malta
    Wade, United States
    Jason Ormand, New York City, United States
    James, United States
    stever, Cape Coral, United States
    graememoss, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    wndw55, Germany
    Daniel, Germany
    Edmunds Cepuritis, Latvia
    Andreas Holmstrom, Norway
    cactusgirl, London, United Kingdom
    Cblodgett, Zurich, Switzerland
    Scott, Oregon, United States
    Yustian Hartono, Singapore, Singapore
    MarktheMormon, Sandy, Utah, United States
    MrMichigander, Marquette, United States
    khassi, Ainebel, Lebanon
    Jared Wonnacott, United States
    cjmenchaca, Austin, United States
    Matching Fund, Sterling, United States
    fairspirit, Utrecht, Netherlands
    E, Marin County, United States
    TyWee, Manila, Philippines
    investor, Candiac, Canada
    Kirsty M, Germany
    joaoferraz, Rinchoa, Portugal
    idris, United States
    Eduard, Dneprodzerginsk, Ukraine
    adamdreaming, United States
    Dave Bogard, New York, United States
    Zidisha, Sterling, United States
    dmirpuri, Bangkok, Thailand
    Brooklyn, Brooklyn, United States
    Akowal, United States
    SMOICE, Berlin, Germany
    Gordons28, Santa Monica, United States
    rebecca, Chapin Sc, United States
    agwong, Ca, United States
    LaurenR, Denver, United States
    James Broderick, Cobham, United Kingdom
    CWS, Huntington Beach, Ca, United States
    bgalon, London, United Kingdom
    Errol, Bradenton, Fl, United States
    Snick, Halle, Germany
    Hilke, Bremen, Germany
    Canlender1, Nanaimo, Canada and
    Dymero, Manchester, United States ,in deed you are all my heroes and i celebrate you all for your heartfelt hearts.
    when i received my loan I had purposed to do honey harvesting and selling business and at that period their was heavy rainfall in Mount Elgon where my honey was to be harvested, that meant that i could not get raw honey . for that purpose i needed to change strategy and opted to started purchasing raw peanuts and later process them to peanut butter then there after sell the peanut butter. this indeed was a great idea that made me have both business running to date i sell honey and peanut butter..
    once again i would have not done this alone and mine is to continue thanking you all.

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  • Elizabeth    Nov 19, 2015

    This week i got increase in profit, and so it wise to increase my loan payment. Hoping for the same next week im humbled to thank Zidisha Team.

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  • Elizabeth    Nov 3, 2015

    Once again I am grateful to my Zidisha lenders. I thank them all who made my days a reality.
    Currently am experiencing challenges of acquiring Harvested raw honey because of the heavy downfall in different parts of Kenya, thus marking it difficult for farmers to harvest the honey . And for that reason i opted to selling peanut butter. This I will do until the end of December this year as i wait for the harvesting season in January.
    Thanks for your support.
    Elizabeth Akinyi

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  • Elizabeth    Oct 8, 2015

    Im humbled to confirm that I received KES 19,904 from Zidisha team and for this reason Im greateful, to all my lenders and Zidisha Team who facilitated and so it wise to lend me the money. indeed the money has enabled me increase my stock of Honey by a 20 litre jerican that i believe will make a huge difference.

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