Loan to buy fresh fruits for selling to get a profit

Rebecca

Mbita Township, Kenya

53% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Rebecca

Member since

April 2015

On-time repayments

30 installments  •  23%

About Me

I am a 62 year old widowed woman with seven grown-up children, two boys and five girls. I grew up in a very loving and caring family. My parents were responsible, caring, loving and responsible though very poor and couldn't manage to raise school fee to support my intermediate primary school education.

Having dropped from school at a tender age, I started selling cereals by the roadside to clients from the local community especially fishermen who were buying food in large quantity for use during their fishing expeditions. My parents struggled to take care of us and being the eldest child, I had to support them on a daily basis through taking care of my siblings at home as they went out into the farm to plant and grow food.

All parents had died and now am the only surviving among my six siblings. My hobbies are visiting the sick and singing in Church choir. Mbita community is a cosmopolitan area and there's different cultural practices but commonly respect is paramount.

My Business

Having dropped from school in the year 1965, I started cereals selling in 1970and later on expanded to include sale of fruits, e.g. bananas, oranges, and peanuts. I conduct business in front of Kisui Beach Management Unit (BMU) Office compound, by the roadside in Mbita Town. I start selling in the morning around 8:00 A.M and finish at about 9:00PM on weekdays except weekends. I run this business full-time in order to generate enough funds to help me meet my basic needs and often those of my 7 orphaned grand-children am living with in terms of food, health care, and clothing.

Loan Proposal

Hello dear lenders, I am seeking a loan of KES 9,134 to enable me buy fruits and re-stock my kiosk. I will be able to sale and attract more clients to my fruits stall and the increased profits will be used to repay the loan and support my children education.

The loan of KES 9,143 will be used as follows;

-Buy Cereals at a cost of KES 3,800 and sale at KES 2,800 per day

-KES 6,300 will be used to buy assorted fresh fruits from farmers and re-sale at a very good market prices. I project to cash in KES 2,000 from fruits alone per day.

The increased sales and thus profits will help meet family expense, repay the loan on time and save to expand the business . Thank you.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$100.00

Date disbursed

May 14, 2015

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

7 months

Lenders

D

davebstl

St. Louis, United States

DeanDropshot

Oslo, Norway

TheWhiteCat

Surrey, United Kingdom

HE

help each other

Glasgow, United Kingdom

D

Dadiolafs

Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

M

mkellerman

Shanghai, China

S

Serene

Philadelphia, United States

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

Lambie

Perth, Australia

A

adamtj

toronto, Canada

tonnyschonewille

Maastricht, Netherlands

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

M

Mountainmanduy

San Jose, United States

H

Haavard

Bergen, Norway

G

GanSatya

United States

pvilliger

Zurich, Switzerland

ScholaNatura

Czech Republic

L

lenders

United States

M

meric

Australia

D

dagjomar

Trondheim, Norway

M

maverick

United States

R

rbaxter

United Kingdom

P

PDNS1401

United States

A

ajayhk

San Jose, United States

Lotus Flower

United States

Paola M

United States

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  • Gladys    Dec 11, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,

    I have tried to call Rebecca Anyango but she is not answering my call, I have talked to John Onditi one of the invitee and he said he will for Rebecca and let me know.

    Thank you,
    Gladys Adera
    volunteer Mentor.

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  • Paola M    Nov 17, 2015

    Thanks for the update, Gladys. Hope Rebecca is feeling better.

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  • Gladys    Nov 5, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,

    I have spoken to Rebecca Anyango and she is sorry for late payment. She says this has happened all through the time she has been very sick that made her business go down. Now she is expecting money from well wishers to pay her loan. She is expecting money from next week and kindly requesting, if you could bear with her.

    Thank you,
    Gladys Adera,
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Oct 29, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,
    I have spoken to Rebecca Anyango about her payment. she says she is sorry for late late payment due to her ailment. she is saying she as been very sick until her business went down, she could not be able to sale because her business also went down and she was sick. She is requesting for more time to pay. In the next two weeks.

    I have requested her to write to servic@zidisha and explain, then she can also adjust her payments.

    Thank You,
    Gladys Adera,
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Oct 23, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,

    I have called Rebecca Anyango but her phone is not working well. I have spoken to John Onditi one of the invitees. He says he will look for Rebecca and let me know.

    Thank you

    Gladys Adera,
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Oct 15, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,

    I have spoken to Rebecca and she is very sorry she has not been able to clear her loan. She says has been sick and her business went down. I have advised her on how she can adjust her payment. She is requesting if she can be given more time to clear her loan next week. I have told her it is better to adjust and pay the little she can and increase next week and pay all she wants. She has said she does not have anything this week, but if she gets she will do exactly that.

    Thank You,
    Gladys Adera
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Sep 29, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,

    Rebecca's phone is off. I have spoken to John Onditi and John said he had spoken to Rebbecca, and Rebbecca told him she had paid some money. I have told John to go and tell Rebecca that this loan is paid on weekly basis and in the month of August 28th she paid up to September 6th . I have requested John to ask Rebecca for the weeks she has defaulted and also to try and pay her loan on time. John as said she is going to look for Rebecca and let me know.

    Thank You,
    Gladys Adera,
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Aug 27, 2015

    Der Zidisha Team,

    I have spoken to John Onditi one of the Invitees and Margaret family member in regard to Rebecca's loan. They say I give them up to tomorrow to get back to me.

    Thank you,
    Gladys Adera,
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Aug 18, 2015

    Dear zidisha Team,

    I have tried to call Rebecca Anyango but her phone his off. I have talked to to one invitee John Onditi and he says he had paid Rebecca a visit and his son is sick, he says Rebecca had told him she would start paying her loan this week.

    Thank you
    Gladys Adera.
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Aug 4, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,
    I have tried to contact Rebecca but her phone is off. I also tried to call Margaret but her daughter answered the call and told me Margaret went to hospital. I have called John Onditi, to check and find out. John said he is going to Rebecca s community leader Kennedy Onyango today to find out what could be happening.

    Thank you,
    Gladys Adera
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Jul 31, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,
    I have tried to contact Rebecca but her phone is off. I tried to contact one Margaret Atieno but is her daughter who answered the call and said she is far. I called John Onditi one of community leader and said she will look for Rebecca and talk to her.

    Thank you
    Gladys Adera
    Volunteer Menotr.

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  • Gladys    Jul 22, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,.
    I have tried to contact Rebecca but her phone is off. I have talked to one Margaret Anyango one of the invitees and she said Rebecca was not feeling very well but she said this week she will try and clear her loan.

    Thank you,
    Gladys Adera
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Gladys    Jul 16, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,

    I have contacted Rebbeca, she said she as not been feeling well even right now she is not fine, she is requesting to start paying her loan next week. I have advised her on how to adjust and talked to one of invited members Margaret to advise on how to reduce the loan.
    Thank you gladys Adera
    zidisha member.

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  • Gladys    Jun 18, 2015

    Dear Zidisha Team,
    I tried to call Rebecca but her phone was off, I have managed to talk to one family member Evans, I asked him to tell Rebecca, since she as adjusted her payments, she should now pay on time. Evans said, he will let Rebecca know about that.

    Thank you
    Gladys Adera
    Volunteer Mentor.

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  • Rebecca    Jun 15, 2015

    Very low sales at the moment.

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  • Gladys    Jun 11, 2015

    Hello Zidisha Team, (Roy)

    Thank you too, I am trying as much as I can to get in touch with them.

    Gladys,

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