Intergating crops in my poultry project

Mwania

Mariakani, Kenya

12% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Mwania

Member since

March 2015

On-time repayments

252 installments  •  49%

About Me

My names are Nicholas Mwania Makau from mariakani kenya. Completing my high school education and after employed temporary i grew passion to develop my community. In 1999 i mobilized youth in the village and we started a youth organization to help in solving community problems. We did awareness campaigns on hiv/aids and environmental conservation working and collaborating with government and NGOs. I coordinated activities which improved lives at community including youth education on sexual reproductive health, hiv and aids, entrepreneurship and environmental activities. By 2005 most of the youth had left the organization because their was no money paid for the activities done. Luckily a team of young women and out of school youth joined me and we successfully implemented youth programs on hiv and aids, ovc and women development. The projects were funded through USAID>
The funding ran between 2005 and 2009 and when ended i was again left alone when there was no money to pay volunteers.
This did not kill my passion to help my community. I continued with regular visits to my targets and educating and sometimes linking family members to support services. In all the time i was assessing how i can contribute a lasting change to the community. In 2015 the answer i got was to make people become self sufficient on income and food. But can i make people change while i only depend on what learnt from books and workshops? I made up my mind that before people practices what you teach, you must show examples to be followed. Thats why am actively engaged on improving my skills and practices on agribusiness.

My Business

My previous loans were used to implement local poultry breed project. And in this project i would like to integrate crop farming in my poultry project.
Keeping of poultry together with crop farming will increase my income hence contributing to life improvement.
I am going to put in place a perimeter fence for my chickens, cultivate maize, cowpeas and vegetables. Iwill purchase some farm equipments and pay for manual labour.
It is my aim to sell more chickens to local market and open new market in the near future. produce of farm crops will provide food to family and chickens and sell of surplus to generate income.
The profits willgo to improve my housing structure, provide health care to my family and educate my son.

Loan Proposal

The loan proposal is the expansion of my existing projects. i am keeping poultry and doing crop agriculture. I want to do both activities because each will depend on the other. The grains i will produce will be fed to chickens and i will use chicken waste as manure to increase fertility in my farm.
The project will involve purchase of of equipment, materials and some manual labor.
Breakdown of expense will be as follows.
Chain linkwire-170
Poles-68
labour-128
seeds and applications-127
Chicken meals-170

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$676.00

Date disbursed

Jun 27, 2017

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

53 months

Lenders

D

drakekids

Greensboro, United States

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

S

soren

Göteborg, Sweden

ErikN

Stockholm, Sweden

evinpa

United States

AF

a f

washington, United States

MakeSense

-, St. Kitts and Nevis

B

blahblah

Nuernberg, Germany

Pierfausto

Rome, Italy

R

rholden

glen iris, Australia

M

mkfiddler

Santa Barbara, United States

juliemartha

Lake Mary, United States

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

P

PHU99

Zwingenberg, Germany

Muslim

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

J

JulCam

Montreal, Canada

B

Baldnerd69

Cross Plains, United States

OP

Old People

Corona Del Mar, United States

P

PietjeP

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Scangaid

Pittsburgh, United States

A

AlexH

United Kingdom

Otto Barten

Amsterdam, Netherlands

S

Stephan

Netherlands

Janet Merrill Miller

The Mossy Pacific Northwest, United States

P

PC

United States

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

SC

Sarnia Cherie Ralsto

south coast nsw australia, Australia

Dayton

Vancouver, Canada

KL

Ket Lin

United States

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Arnaud M

Sydney, Australia

AK

Achim Königs

Bonn, Germany

P

Peter

Bratislava, Slovakia

CR

Christine Randall

Brisbane, Australia

DB

Doug Brower

United States

E

Enda

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Cliff

United States

Anonymous

Ocoee, United States

EthicalHost

Toronto, Canada

MS

Mike Sutherland

United Kingdom

V

Vidar

Oslo, Norway

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

SB

Sue Bucholz

Sacramento, United States

David

Mantua, Ohio Usa, United States

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

HCPSPIRIT

Helsinki, Finland

Dean Suminski

Portland, Oregon, United States

WC

Walter Clarke

Phoenix, United States

JH

Joseph Hwang

Houston, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Keith Chan

Toronto, Canada

S

Sarah

Arlington, United States

KN

Kevin N

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

ST

Sarah Turner

United States

RC

Robert Chen

United States

Mai Phuong Nguyen

Nashville, United States

sbdoc

Reno, United States

Claire Lewis

Wales Uk, United Kingdom

AA

Andrew and Kim

Nashville, TN, United States

Jennie

Milan, Italy

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  • Mwania    Nov 25, 2019

    Am facing family challenges and will resume when all improves

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  • Mwania    Jul 10, 2019

    Am facing serious crisis. Hope to resime soon

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  • EthicalHost    Apr 7, 2019

    thanks for the update, i hope it goes well for you. please keep us updated.

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  • Mwania    Jan 15, 2019

    Faced with financial crisis. Will overcome soon

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  • Mwania    Oct 26, 2018

    Hey lenders. Thank you for supporting my project. Unforseen circumstances facing my business and personal life has made me skip my loan repayments for sometimes. Nevertheless my business operation is going on but with no returns ie my chickens are producing and not made sales and there is a reason for that.
    Soon I will post key achievents made through your lending.
    Please keep on trusting me and good things will come from this loan.

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  • Mwania    Oct 26, 2018

    Am faced with business and personal challenges. Am to resume my on time repayments when all is settled.

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  • mkfiddler    Feb 27, 2018

    Hi Mwania, I hope this finds you well. It looks like you haven't made any repayments for several months. How is everything going?

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    • Mwania    Oct 26, 2018

      Hey. I have been offline for quite some time. Thank you for your concern. Hope all will be good very soon.

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  • Mwania    Jul 6, 2017

    Production to resume after a while

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  • Mwania    Jun 30, 2017

    Thank you lenders for your kind support. I received from zidisha a loan of 68,404 KES .
    I used the funds to purchase chainlink wire to put perimeter fencing for my chickens. I have also bought chicken feeds and farm crop applications. These will improve production and profit in my project. More important my life and that of family will improve,
    Thank you very much.

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  • Mwania    Jun 26, 2017

    Thank you my lenders for your kind support towards my project. Through you my loan is fully funded. I will be able to buy chainlink wire to put perimeter fence for my chickens, purchase chicken meals and farm materials. This will make my income increase and have my family life improve.
    Big thank you to you all.

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  • Mwania    May 15, 2017

    Dear Lenders
    I have repaid fully my third loan at zidisha and i take this opportunity to express my gratitudes to all my lenders. The zidisha team has also been supportive through out my loan period.
    The loan has contributed a big change in my life. I will always walk with you in my life because through zidisha my life is promising.
    It is my believe that you will lend to me in my next loan.
    Thank you.

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  • Mwania    May 5, 2017

    I would like to clear loan to qualify for another one

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  • Mwania    Apr 25, 2017

    My dearest lenders, I wish to express my sincere gratitudes to you all and zidisha team for the support i have received from you. Since i joined zidisha my life and that of family have changed. My house structure has been transformed from mud to stone walls, thats an achievement. In this rural home of mine with no electricity supply, i have installed solar power in my house. I enjoy its lights at night, use it for my music systems, charge my phones and that of neighbors. I find life comfortable through zidisha.

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  • Mwania    Feb 13, 2017

    Thank you my lenders. Iam doing good in my business. I have increased the number of my chickens and my returns are increasing gradually.

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  • Mwania    Dec 31, 2016

    I am doing good with zidisha. My house is now full of solar lighting and this is because of the money from my zidisha lenders. With a small fee am charging people to charge their mobile phones at my solar power system. I go on selling chickens which give me money to improve lives in my family.
    Thank you my lenders and the entire zidisha team.
    I therefore wish you all a happy and prosperous 2017.

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  • Mwania    Jul 21, 2016

    Dear Lenders
    I would like to thank you and zidisha team for the loan i obtained from you. The loan has improved my income greatly.

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  • Mwania    Apr 24, 2016

    Part of my chicken flock feeding on greens farm fields. During this wet seasons chicken feed alot on greens and field insects. This add more nutrients to chicks. Thank you lenders for making me realise my life dreams

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  • Mwania    Apr 1, 2016

    Zidisha is the place to be. Since i joined my life and aspirations have improved. I can do what i was not able before. From my business i have inspired more people in the community. And as a proof of this interested community members has come together to do more of poultry keeping to gain profit and mentor people to do the same.

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  • Mwania    Mar 9, 2016

    Hi Lenders
    Thank you for your support.
    Through the loan funds i was able to install solar power at my home. I dont use kerosine anymore for lighting. My house is now full of solar light and i use the solar power to power music system. I get full time entertainment because of your loan.
    Thank you once again and be blessed my good lenders.

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  • Mwania    Feb 29, 2016

    Through returns of my business i have managed to take my elder brother's son to high school. My elder brother died while the boy was 6 years old. Without my support the boy would not have joined high school. Thank you lenders for the support you give us borrowers.

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