Making shoes, fly swatters, and bags out of old tires

Moussa

Banfora, Burkina Faso

11% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Moussa

Member since

October 2012

On-time repayments

37 installments  •  54%

About Me

My name is Moussa Go and I live in Banfora. I come from Dedougou, Burkina Faso. I worked at SN SUSUCO, a sugar refinery in Banfora. At the same time, I started to make fly swatters and shoes out of old tires. In 2008, I left my work at Susuco to make fly swatters full time. After I met a Peace Corps volunteer, I started to make sacks and other accessories too. I did not attend school, but I learned to read with my friends. With the profits from by business, I want to grow my business and my brother is going to help me.

My Business

My organization is called "La vie chere" and it's creative recycling. I make shoes, fly swatters, and bags out of inner tubes and old tires. I can also make messenger bags. I am the only person in Burkina who does this and I earn decent profits from it. With the loan, I want to purchase a new sewing machine and hire some women or my brother. I want to export these products to the United States. With a new machine, I could increase the quality of my products. My costs are variable and normally I make 100,000 CFA in sales each month. Thanks.

Loan Proposal

Greetings to all Zidisha personnel!!!!
In short, here is what I plan on doing once I receive the loan.
First, I have to renovate my old workshop. I would like to build a permanent small house and another building that will be a shop for selling my wares.
I also need to buy new products to fill the shop's shelves and attract customers. Otherwise I will face difficulties since often you need to travel far and wide to restock products.
Finally, I would also like to buy a new spool, which will help me create new product models.

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About Me

je mappelle moussa go et jhabite a banfora.je viens de dedougou burkina faso. jai travaille a SNSOSUCO a banfora qui fait le sucre. au meme temps jai commencer de fabriquer les tapettes et chausseurs avec les anciens pneus. en 2008 jai laisse mon travail a susuco pour faire les tapettes tout le temps. apres jai rencontre un volontaire de corps de la paix jai commence de faire les sacs et accessoires aussi. je ne suis alle a lecole mais jai appris le lecture avec mes amis. avec le benefice de mon enterprise je veut le aggrandir et mon frere vas maider.

My Business

mon organisation sappelle La Vie Chere: cest lart de creacyclage. je fabrique les chausseurs; tapettes; et sacs avec les chambres airs; et ancien pneus. aussi je peut cree les sacs de baches. je suis le suel personne a burkina qui fqit ca et je gagne le bon benefice. avec le prete je veux acheter un nouveau machine de couture pour bien travailler et emploi laide des femmes ou mon frere. je veux exporter les produits aux etats unis.avec un nouveu machine je peut augmenter le qualite de produits. mes coutes sont variables et normalement je vends 100000 cfa par mois. merci

Loan Proposal

Bonjour à tout le personnel ZIDISHA !!!!
Voilà en quelques lignes les objectifs que je veux atteindre toute fois que j'ai pu bénéficier du prêt
D'abord je doit reaménager mon anciens atélier de travail pouvoir construire une maisonnette en dur et une autre qui sera mon magasin de stock.
en plus je doit payer de nouveaux produits pour stocker dans le magasin ce qui pourra attirer ma clientèle sans quoi j'aurrai toujours des dificultés car souvent il faut parcourir de longue distance pour pouvoir te ravitailler en produits.
Enfin mon soucis est aussi de pouvoir payer un nouveau bobine qui pourra m'aider dans la création de nouveau model de produits.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$345.00

Date disbursed

Dec 29, 2014

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

15 months

Lenders

investor

Candiac, Canada

MienDeGraeve

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

J

jjonas

berlin, Germany

G

graememoss

Amsterdam, Netherlands

E

eboleaga

Mexico City, Mexico

P

PHU99

Zwingenberg, Germany

Bobrm2k3

Charleston, United States

jan73

Eugene, United States

M

msaari

Tampere, Finland

HeatherRobertson

Milwaukee, United States

S

stuartxyz

Denver, Colorado, United States

Matthias Schulz

Berlin, Germany, Germany

SE

Sven E

Mannheim, Germany

Family Mueller

Petershagen, Germany

T

Tom

Germany

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

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  • Moussa    May 20, 2015

    Avec la crise politiques que travers mon pays, j'ai des difficultés pour écrouler mes produits!!! Les touristes etaient mes meilleurs clients mes cette crise a fait que tout le monde a peur de venir ici au pays!!

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  • Moussa    Feb 17, 2015

    Bonjour à toute l'équipe de ZIDISHA!!!

    j'ai pu faire bon prémier remboursement le 16 / 02 / 2015.numero de reçu c'est 0185741 montat et 18000CFA
    je vous remerci beaucoup Merci!!!!!
    Go Moussa.

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  • Moussa    Dec 29, 2014

    Bonjour à toute l'équipe de ZIDISHA!!!

    Juste pour attirer votre attention pour la réception de mon prêt.

    j'ai pu avoir mon prêt aujourd'hui même à la date du 29 / 12 / 2014. Donc je comte commencé le travail de la nouvelle année et pouvoir faire mon prémier remboursement le 17 / 02 / 2015.
    je suis vraiment ravis pour ce geste de ZIDISHA . Je souhait à tous les autres clients de ZIDISHA d'avoir la même chance que moi en bénéficiant de leurs prêts Merci!!!!!
    Go Moussa.

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  • Moussa    Dec 27, 2014

    Bonsoir egalement j'en suis ravi de recevoir votre message et je vous remercie de tout coeur et que dieu vous benis vous et votre familles que cette anner 2015 sois une de bonheur de prosperiter et d'amour et de sante et que dieu nous donne la longeviter pour continue a travailler dans la positiviter et le success amene moussa

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  • jan73    Dec 25, 2014

    Bons vœux de santé, de joie et de prospérité à vous et votre famille en 2015!

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  • Believe    Dec 10, 2014

    Please do tell us when your products will be available for purchase too! Wishing you and your endeavors much success.

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  • jan73    Dec 10, 2014

    Moussa, I have a briefcase made of recycled tractor tire inner tubes. It is waterproof and so protects my laptop computer. I'm glad to invest in your creative green business!

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  • Moussa    Dec 2, 2014

    Good morning!!!
    I'm very glad of this positive cooperation. I'd like to tell you how my business is going after having had the loan from Zidisha. But before let me just thank you again!!!
    My shop had an electrical problem but with the loan I could solve it.
    Plus, I was able to pay for a Toshiba laptop for my job and researches.
    Also, I've been able to pay a lot of goods for my business like tubes and other products that can satisfy my customers.
    I would also like to ask for your support for renewing the agreement for next year!
    I'm sorry if I didn't inform you on time but I had a connectivity problem.
    Thanks and have a nice day!!!
    Sincerely,
    Go Moussa

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  • Moussa    Oct 24, 2014

    Good evening ZIDISHA!
    You have my utmost gratitude. At one point in my life, I had lost all hope because I didn't have much to grow my business with. That's how I was connected with Zidisha, which has now allowed me to expand my business!
    These days it's impossible to receive a loan without a guarantor but with ZIDISHA you can!
    That's why I thank ZIDISHA from the bottom of my heart!
    The ZIDISHA loan helped me a lot. I used it to buy a machine that let me work twice as fast as I did before. I used to lose a lot of clients because I took too long!
    The 1st loan was for a sewing machine. It allowed me to take big orders and more clients and my orders were ready on time!
    I even bought a motorcycle so I could get my work materials faster.
    With the 2nd loan, I installed an electric meter in my business. Previously several of us were using one meter and I paid the most since I used a machine. But now things are going well since I don't even pay half of what I was before because I got my own meter. Since transportation is less of a problem now, I went to Bobo to buy my supplies and return on time because I can't get all the work supplies I need in Banfora. I'm ahead of schedule thanks to ZIDISHA!
    I'm sorry for my long absence without posting any news. I don't have a lot of free time. I just wanted to say that everything is going well. My business is growing thanks to ZIDISHA and the people (MienDeGraeve, James Megivern) that introduced me to ZIDISHA. A big thank you goes out to all of you!

    Gô Moussa

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  • MienDeGraeve    Mar 10, 2013

    Hi everyone,
    This morning I received the following picture from Mr. Moussa Go, and he added a message for the International Women's Day (which is a very special day in Burkina Faso, it is even a public holiday):

    "Bonjours membres de zidicha je vous remerci! Pour le don de machine car elle ma permis d'avoir beaucoup de clients lors de cette journee de la femme de plus j'adresse toutes mes salutations les plus sincères et respectueuses a mon temoin mien encore merci! Gomsa! (rue1.13)banfora"

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  • evinpa    Mar 3, 2013

    Hello moussa go,

    Congratulations on your new etsy shop! My sister has sold her artwork on etsy for several years. She really likes selling her work on etsy.
    I wish you a lot of success.

    Evinpa

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  • MienDeGraeve    Mar 2, 2013

    Hi everybody,
    Because the internet connection in Banfora is not always very good, Moussa has troubles uploading pictures, so he asked me if I wanted to post this picture for him. You can now also support Moussa and his business through buying his products on etsy.com. You'll find more information about online purchasing and a beautiful overview of the very original and fashionable footwear and accessories at La Vie Chère on www.laviechere.org!
    Best,
    Mien
    Client Relationship Manager for Zidisha in Burkina Faso

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  • Moussa    Feb 14, 2013

    Je viens moi mr. Moussa GO témoigner que cette ONG m'a fais un prêt qui m'a permis de passer du simple cordonnier a un recycleur. En effet ce prêt m'a permis l'acquisition d'une machine a coudre électrique. Cela me permet de vite satisfaire mes clients. Je viens a travers ce mail remercier l'ong zidisha de son aide et lui souhaiter bons vents dans l'accompagnement de ceux qui ont difficilement accès au système de crédit bancaire classique. Mr. Moussa GO artisant recycler a cote de l'hôtel canne a sucre a Banfora, rue 1.136

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