A fence for livestock farming, chicken meat and eggs

Irene

Embakassi, Kenya

1% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Irene

Member since

January 2016

On-time repayments

122 installments  •  78%

About Me

My name is Irene Bakhita and I am 27 year old lady and I am self-employed. I was raised by a single parent, my mother, since my father passed on when my siblings and I were still young. Since then, my mother has raised us up.

I have been able to complete both of my primary and secondary education, despite the hardships my mother went through to raise our school fees. During this time of my schooling, my siblings and I would sell groundnuts on the streets so as to be able to raise some money for both our school fees and also for our basic needs. This has been able to build our stability and tactics on how to survive.

I got interested in breeding pure German shepherds puppies which has been a very profitable and good business. The only problem is now being able to expand my breeding stock and maintaining the required standards for breeding and feeding of healthy pure German shepherd dogs. Up to date, this has been my business, but now I am planning on venturing into local chicken farming, since the demand for chicken meat is also on the rise. Due to this, I have already built a good structure for the chickens.

In our land, the culture is that you have to hustle in order to put food on the table. Apart from this type of culture, we also have our tribalistic cultures which may be very cruel, especially to girls. For instance, when I was young, I was not allowed to go to school. Back then, it is only the boys who were supposed to go to school, whereas girls remained at home to do the manual work.

Currently, I do not have any children, but am planning on getting children and raising them to be better members of the society. I am a person who has good hobbies, they are: recreational activities, mentoring children, playing sports, watching educational programmes (especially on farming tips), and making friends.

My Business

In my current business, I breed pure German shepherd puppies which are sold at a very good profit. One puppy goes for between 15000/= to 25000/=.

I shall produce local chickens at 1000/= for cocks and 800/= for hens. A tray of eggs costs 360/= and one month chicks at a cost of 200/=. These goods are in demand since they provide food in many peoples homes.

I chose rearing of dogs and chickens since I have the passion and they also generate income for the upkeep of the project and for my family. At my local farm, we only incur the cost of feeds and are able to get profit which I save for future investments, especially in my farm.

Loan Proposal

I intend to fence my compound which will cost as follows:
1. Fence USD 400
2. Gate USD 550
3. Feeds USD 50
Total = USD 1000

I will be able to secure my stock from external predators and robbery. This will enable me to increase my profits to around USD 300 a month.

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About Me

My name is Irene Bakhita and I am 27 year old lady and I am unemployed. I was raised by a single parent, My mother, since my father passed on when my siblings and I were still young. Since then, my mother hast raised us up.
I have been able to complete both of my primary and secondary education, despite the hardships my mother went through to raise our school fee.
During this time of my schooling, my siblings and I would sale groundnuts on the streets so as to be able to raise some money for both our school fee and also for our basic needs. This has been able to build our stability and tactics on how to survive.
I got interested in breeding pure German shepherds puppies which has been a a very profitable and good business. The only problem is now being able to expand my breeding stock and maintaining the required standards for breeding and feeding of healthy pure German shepherd dogs.Up to date, this has been my business, but now I am planning of venturing into local chicken farming, since the demand for chicken meat is also on the rise.. Due to this, I have already built a good structure for the chicken.
In our land, the culture is that you have to hustle in order to put food on the table. Apart from this type of culture, we also have our tribalistic cultures which may be very cruel to especially girls. For instance, when I was young, I was not allowed to go to school, back then, it is only the boys who are supposed to go to school, where as girls remain at home to do the manual work.
Currently, I have two children, who are still very young and i intend to raise them to be better members of the society.
I am a person who has good hobbies, the are as; recreational activities, mentoring children, playing sports, watching educational programmes especially on farming tips and making friends.

My Business

In my current business, I breed pure German shepherd puppies which are sold at a very good profit. One puppy goes for between 15000/= to 25000/=.

Currently I rear local chicken where the income from their sales are as follows: at 1000/= for cocks and 800/= for hens, A tray of eggs costs 360/= and one month chicks at a cost of 200/=.
These goods are in demand since they provide food in many peoples homes.

I chose rearing of dogs and chicken since I have the passion and they also generate income for the upkeep of the project and for my family.
At my local farm, we only incur the cost of feeds and are able to get profit which I save for future investments especially in my farm.

Loan Proposal

I intend to fence my compound which will cost as follows:
1. Fence USD. 400
2. Gate. USD. 550
3. Feeds USD 50
Total = USD 1000
I will be able to secure my stock from external predators and robbery.
This will enable me to increase my frofits to around USD 300 a month.

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  • Peter Waldie    Mar 19, 2018

    Great communication, and timely repayments. I will certainly lend to Irene again, and encourage other lenders to do the same.

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  • JimVandegriff    Mar 19, 2018

    Again, an excellent and timely repayment of this loan. I would not hesitate to lend money again.

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  • JimVandegriff    Nov 4, 2017

    Very good repayment schedule on this loan.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$724.00

Date disbursed

Apr 17, 2018

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

4 months

Lenders

G

guenter

Bremen, Germany

JimVandegriff

Trinidad, California, United States

Stefano Bertolo

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Anna Hoad

Toronto, Canada

I

Ian

United Kingdom

B

BM

London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

GY

Gonul Yalcin

United States

MW

Mark Walmsley

Canberra, Australia

Tom Eggert

Madison, United States

AS

Aida Smith

United States

Vratik Krocik

Prague, Czech Republic

Emily

San Francisco, United States

JH

Joseph Hwang

Houston, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Katja

Switzerland

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

Carrie

Arlington, MA, United States

T

TP

United States

HL

Harris Lin

New Zealand

Taylor Vaughn

Nashville, United States

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Summary

Amount repaid

$6.90

Amount remaining

$717.36

Expected completion

Aug 26, 2018

Status

Repaying late

Installment amount

$74.89

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Apr 29, 2018 $0.99 May 13, 2018 $0.99
May 6, 2018 $0.00
May 13, 2018 $0.00
May 20, 2018 $1.00 Nov 19, 2018 $0.99
Feb 12, 2019 $0.01
May 27, 2018 $1.00 Feb 12, 2019 $0.98
Jul 8, 2019 $0.02
Jun 3, 2018 $1.00 Jul 8, 2019 $0.97
Jul 8, 2019 $0.03
Jun 10, 2018 $1.00 Jul 8, 2019 $0.96
Jul 8, 2019 $0.04
Jun 17, 2018 $1.00 Jul 8, 2019 $0.95
Jul 8, 2019 $0.05
Jun 24, 2018 $74.89 Jul 8, 2019 $0.94
Jul 1, 2018 $74.89
Jul 8, 2018 $74.89
Jul 15, 2018 $74.89
Jul 22, 2018 $74.89
Jul 29, 2018 $74.89
Aug 5, 2018 $74.89
Aug 12, 2018 $74.89
Aug 19, 2018 $74.89
Aug 26, 2018 $44.27

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