Sarah    Jul 26, 2016

Hi lenders I wish to adjust my loan repayment weekly installment s to Ksh 2,000 per week kindly bear with me.

Sarah    Jun 23, 2016

Thanks all lenders for funding my loan, I received my money on time and have purchased goods for resale in my business and very hopeful business will be good and pay all your money on time.

Sarah    Jun 17, 2016

Thanks all lenders for fully funding my loan

Sarah    May 10, 2016

Thanks to all lenders for supporting Kenyan women in their businesses. Since I started with Zidisha, my business is doing fine and my family is happy because now they can enjoy life due to courtesy of ZIDISHA lenders. You have empowered me so much.

jan73    Dec 25, 2014

Good wishes for health, joy, and prosperity to you and your family in 2015!

• Sarah    May 10, 2016

  Dear Jan,
  
  Thanks for your support am humble by your Kind action

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Jessosix    Nov 24, 2014

Well done Sarah. I'm really glad your loan has helped you build your business.
Jess, Australia

Sarah    Nov 24, 2014

Dear Zidisha Team and lenders, I wish to reduce my loan repayment to Manageable Ksh 2000 per week, However if I make more money I will be putting more than that per week, Used the loan money to buy stock of my shop which is know well stocked and hope to make more profit. This has really help me and my family on my day today expenses

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  Dennis Furr    Nov 24, 2014

  My stake in this is small but for what it's worth I'd support this decision.

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  Ara McBay    Nov 24, 2014

  My stake is also small, but I also support this decision :)

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Sarah    Nov 2, 2014

Thanks all lenders and Zidisha team who supported my loan, this money will boost my business and I wish to clear loan as agreed, I look forward to receive the funds soon.

Sarah    Nov 1, 2014

Dear lenders thanks for your support, kindly bid for my loan is expiring soon your continues support will be appreciated

Dominic    Oct 31, 2014

All the best

• Sarah    Nov 2, 2014

  Thanks for your encouragement a least I was able to raise over 50% of the loan before the expiry date

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Sarah    Sep 30, 2014

thanks all for biding for my loan, however it has expired before it was fully funded I hope you will fund me again and this time it will be fully funded.

Sarah    Sep 16, 2014

Thanks all lenders for biding for my loan which time expired, I have posted it again and hope you will continue supporting me and this time round my loan will be funded long before the expiry time .

Sarah    Sep 3, 2014

Dear Zidisha Team,

Kindly advice on how to change the profile picture, I have tryed but is not showing on my lending page.

Sarah    Sep 2, 2014

Dear lenders,

Thanks for your support and I hope my loan will be funded before the due date

Sarah    Jul 3, 2014

Dear Lender , my business is doing very well and has really expanded due to your support, I look forward for more business engagement with you all, Zidisha is the place to be for financial support thanks for supporting Africa

Isiah    May 28, 2014

Hi how your business doing am pleased you managed to clear the arrears, may God bless you.

Sarah    Jun 11, 2013

To all lenders thanks for biding for my loan in a very short time, I am humble by your great concern on my business and I look forward to working with you and hope to pay the loan as agreed. I look forward to receive the money soon and purchase additional stock for my shop. This will really boost my business and I will be able to serve more customers.

traciyoshiyama    Feb 7, 2013

February 6, 2013

Hello, my name is Traci Yoshiyama, Zidisha’s Kenya Client Relationship Manager. I am currently visiting Zidisha borrowers in and around Nairobi.

Thirteen, an unlucky number to some, but for Zidisha borrower Sarah Wanjiku, thirteen is the number of years she has spent building a name for herself. In the year 2000, Sarah opened Kieni Shop, a modest general store named after her hometown, and within the years that followed, Kieni Shop became known to all. As I wait for Sarah in the town center, she calls me to tell me to take a motorbike to her shop, “They know it,” she says. And without a doubt, they did.

With a jovial disposition and a smile to match, Sarah welcomes me to her home, an all-in-one place of residence for her family, Kieni Shop, and her husband’s bakery. Almost doubling in size over the years, Sarah’s mom-and-pop store has a little bit of everything; mandazi (made fresh from her husband’s bakery) for a hungry passerby, soft drinks for a hot day, toiletries for our every day needs, and even super glue for quick repairs. With the help of her first Zidisha loan, Sarah is now a wholesale supplier, purchasing her first wholesale item, maize flour. Although the loan only allowed her to buy a small amount of stock, Sarah is excited to take out a second loan, hopefully doubling her wholesale inventory.

Giving me the grand tour, Sarah invites me next door to her husband’s bakery, Muhonia Bakers, to get a closer look. Emanating from room to room, the air is filled with the aroma of delectable cakes and pastries. Employees are hard at work mixing, kneading, pouring, and shaping, while also a bit perplexed by my sudden appearance. Seemingly in the middle of nowhere, one would never imagine a thriving general shop and well-established bakery to exist inside. But lo and behold, these two successes have provided for a family of five, sending all three children to school.

Before I leave, Sarah fills a bag with far too many cakes (very yummy by the way) and like many others, introduces me to a friend interested in Zidisha. Thank you Sarah for a very nice visit! I am glad that you have joined the Zidisha community and I look forward to seeing your continued success.

To view more pictures of my visit with Sarah, Kieni Shop, and Muhonia Bakers, go to talkingstory.posterous.com/pages/snapshots

ScottSavage    Jul 5, 2012

Best of luck to you, Sarah! I am sure you will do well and be even more successful in business.

Sarah    Jul 5, 2012

Thanks all lenders for fully funding my loan I look forward to receive my loan soon God bless you all