Irrigation pump for my farm

Wilfred

Ugunja, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Wilfred

Member since

February 2016

On-time repayments

39 installments  •  74%

About Me

I grew up in the village set up and life was not easy during ,my childhood,I was the third born in a family of six children, and my parents were peasant farmers.I went to shidodo primary school fro primary education and did my KCPE and the joined ingotse high school for secondary education,I was not able to go college due to lack of fees.
I joined fadhili self help group where we were though on best farming practices.I took a loan of $200 from the group and started my business of keeping poultry.I was able to make my first sales after 4 months and used the proceeds to repay the loan and expand business. I am now venturing into horticulture farming so as to utilize the fertilizer I get from my farm.
I am a youth leader and spend my free time with youths who got interest in farming doing capacity building and helping them start there farms.

My Business

I am small scale mixed farmer and I keep both poultry and grow vegetables for sale. The two projects depend on one another as the vegetables provide food for poultry and poultry give the manure.these has reduced my costs of operation.
the demand for these goods high because of huge non-farming population.my monthly typical costs are $200 and my monthly revenues per moth are $500 per month.I use the money I get from my farm to pay school fees,home improvement and saving for reinvestment.

Loan Proposal

Dear sir/madam
Please lend me $200 to facilitate purchase of foot pump irrigation to help water my crops . The adverse weather and unpredictable weather is making farming unpredictable hence need to supplement rain water with irrigation.thank you in advance.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$192.00

Date disbursed

Aug 1, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

46 months

Lenders

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

Hedwich

Gorssel, Netherlands

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

PG

Paul Graham

United States

MS

Mike Sutherland

United Kingdom

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

HCPSPIRIT

Helsinki, Finland

A

Anonymous

United States

Samuel

Ottawa, Canada, Canada

A

Anonymous

United States

Salvatore Martello

New York, New York, United States

C

colo

Germany

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  • SammyGeorge    May 13, 2017

    Wilfred if you cannot pay you should let your lenders know. If you get back on track it makes it possible to apply for another loan in the future.

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  • Wilfred    Nov 2, 2016

    hey lenders ,I have been very sick with malaria and typhoid ,please bear with me.

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    • SammyGeorge    Nov 3, 2016

      Sorry to hear that you have been sick Wilfred. I really hope you have made a full recovery. Thank you for the payment. Best wishes.

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  • SammyGeorge    Oct 4, 2016

    Congratulations on getting your loan Wifred. Be kind to your donkey! I love donkeys.

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  • Wilfred    Oct 3, 2016

    Thank you dear lenders ,the loan would help me improve my business and increase my profitability and leaving standards. Thank you dear lenders

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  • Wilfred    Sep 29, 2016

    Thank you lenders ,the farm is doing very well and I am expecting to start expansion.thank you

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  • Wilfred    Aug 14, 2016

    I am very pleased ,I received my loan and has invested the money.I am kindly requesting for two weeks so that I can start repaying according to schedule.these is because I am facing finacial hard times due to my kids sickeness

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  • Wilfred    Jul 29, 2016

    thank you so much God bless you

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  • Salvatore Martello    Jul 28, 2016

    Hello Wilfred, I hope that this loan will Help you expand your farm. Please keep us updated with you progress. Best of luck!

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  • Wilfred    Jul 19, 2016

    the feeders helped reduce competition during feeding time .thank you in advance

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  • Wilfred    Jul 16, 2016

    the poultry project is well and the birds are well. I am very happy the first loan enabled me buy feeders and hence reduced crowding on few feeders,I had.Thank you so much and God bless the work of your hands.

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  • Wilfred    Mar 12, 2016

    hello lenders,hope you and your family are well.I am kindly asking to reduce my loan rates. Thank you

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