Entrepreneur
Name
Isabel
Member since
October 2017
On-time repayments
29 installments • 62%
About Me
Am a 37year old sole proprietor business person. The last born in my the family of 4kids. Who has been now trying to help my family abd my sister's kids ( daughter & son) since 2012 december when she passed in. She was our first born. Our 2nd born died in 2008 by power/electricity fault in his house due to the power supply company and theys an on going case for his death. Our 3rd born is around and am the fourth. Who owns a boutique.. in Kenya. I Started my business with door to door, company to company, Shop to shop marketing and deliveries & deliveries in 2012 - 2013. Slowly I worked my way up to have a shop to where my clients could come and where I could have walk in clients as well. But as things were going in well with me.. i got conned and lost everything I had & my business public van was stolen and couldnt get it for 2years. And when I did.. it was all worn out and engine had knocked, since they dint change the oil. So it need a full engine. By then I couldnt even afford Quater of a Dollar, Since had lost everything.
was jobless for 8-9months after loosing millions worth of stuff and i got into depression I couldn't face people anyone.. anything.l without breaking down.. So I was under anxiety meds for about a year but the lies has been great..
I went & hired a small car on daily basis to do a taxi business. It was really great because in a span of 1week I could get a 2bedroom apartment and moved out of my parents house where I was for 1year after I lost everything.
As soon as i paid for it, i started having back muscle problems due to sitting down for long hours driving and back in 2012 when that problem started i was advised by my physio therapist to be exercising but i became too busy from early morning to late night looking for that money so my back couldnt hadnt that pressure i gave it. I started suffering so much from sitting , driving, walking, laying down in the bed that i strted sleeping on the floor and couldnt work anymore.
So i opted to start renting ny house and move back to my mother's house to just get some little money to do a few things here and there while paying for my rent. But that dint go on for long, I had to move into a much more cheaper house of a 1bedroom.
I was abit scared at first because I did not know if I could manage and make it in this new place as well since I can't go out to work..this house had to make it so that I get another and another from it, but i just believed.
So i posted & marketed my single apartment which did well in december but january february they were no clients, tough month but atleast in March 2019 it picked up & April and I got 2more houses and furnished them.
Took some items to my friends shop at Mamba Village ( meaning crocodile eastate) and we started sharing the shop while i aso sell my boutique items again
My Business
Am a sole proprietor lady dealing with Bath and body wash, Shoes, Clothes, Bags, African Interiors, Lampshades, Jewelry, Furnished Apartments and car hires as well.
Loan Proposal
Currently not feeling very well and I would love to seek some check up at the hospital, the lab and treatment as well.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$64.00
Date disbursed
Aug 6, 2018
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
2 weeks
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