Inventory for maize farming

Jenifa

Central Alego, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Jenifa

Member since

June 2016

On-time repayments

201 installments  •  60%

About Me

I am 76 years old and i am a grandma. I have lived for a long time and I thank almighty god for my life. I am a widow having lost my husband very many years back. Since my husband's death i have never found a stable job or income generating activity worth mentioning. However, i have been selling grass which is used for roofing most houses. unfortunately, business has been bad. Most people in the neighborhood are now using iron sheets for roofing. most of them got GiveDirect funding which helped them buy iron sheets. My grass business is now down. i have now decided to look somewhere else, move into commercial farming. I want to do horticultural crops like vegetables, onions and tomatoes in addition to grains because I have a large piece of land.

My Business

My initial business, as mentioned above was selling of grass. however, this business did not do well when people got funding for iron sheets. Now I have resorted to commercial farming because the area needs food crops like vegetables , onions and tomatoes. Moreover, maize has become so expensive so i believe i would gain from selling my farm harvests. With help from Zidisha, i believe I can clear more ground for farming so that my income would increase. Thanks.

Loan Proposal

May I start by thanking the Zidisha group and Lenders for helping me overcome a number of financial difficulties. My harvest was good and i hopeto improve in this new season. I'd love to get a Loan for maize farming this season, i'd also love to add some leguminous plants like beans or groundnuts to the farm. This will cost me about $470, please kindly assist me to facilitate this, thanks for being there for us.

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  • Margaret    Sep 20, 2017

    Jenifa paid off her loan quickly. I would gladly lend to her again and encourage others to do the same.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$466.00

Date disbursed

Apr 11, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

2 months

Lenders

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

WE

Wendy Emlyn

Devon, United Kingdom

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

A

Anonymous

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

sbdoc

Reno, United States

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