I want to buy sewing machine

Mary

Mtwapa, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Mary

Member since

January 2013

On-time repayments

357 installments  •  77%

About Me

Am mother of six children living in musumarini, Kikambala. Am a businesswoman doing my business in mtwapa and the other surrounding i do my business as door to door service. My first child is girl and she is married and settled with her husband, the second is a a girl and also married the third is a boy, he fished his secondary school education but due to unemployment, he is doing casual jobs, the fourth is a girl and also married, the fifth is a boy and is in primary school, in class six, the last is a boy and in class five. I live with my last three children in Musumarini. I started doing business because i wanted to meet my family needs.I first started with tailoring business, and later i introduced the boutique selling second hand clothes.This business really helped me with my family upkeep.With my income from the business i buy food for the family paying rent at the boutique, and paying school fees.

My Business

My business is a combined boutique and a tailoring shop, these combined businesses gives me a good help in my family upkeep. This business is doing well especially, the boutique which i do a door to door service, this business does better because i go to the customers right to their houses. with this door to door service target all age group as i meet them at their residential places this business is profitable as i get my family needs without any problem. With this business i get an income of ksh 30,000 per month. in this business my risks include, rainy season, this affects as i walk doing the door to door service so its hard to walk in such weather.With the income i get i use ksh 5,000 for my family food, ksh 4, 000 paying school fees, ksh 5 for my family expences and other family needs. i save ksh 16,000 per month, which i can use to repay my zidisha loan.

Loan Proposal

Hello my lenders and the whole zidisha team. Am very happy to inform you that my business is doing fine and i would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your kind support. With my last loan i was very happy to have my customers happy because they got all they required. With this loan i would like to buy another sewing machine so as to cope with the demand. I also need to add more materials,fabrics. Thank you once again. God bless you all.

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  • Ahadi    Apr 9, 2017

    All is perfect.
    Mary is a good business woman.
    Asante sana.

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    • Mary    Nov 7, 2018

      The pleasure is all mine, thank you so much for your Kind support

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$198.00

Date disbursed

Apr 28, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

6 months

Lenders

G

graememoss

Amsterdam, Netherlands

birtom

Ettlingen, Germany

H

howard

Vence, France

Sarasota

Sarasota, Fl, United States

Richard Griebe

La Jolla, United States

A

ajayhk

San Jose, United States

G

gemba

United Kingdom

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