Loan to buy laundry machines

Edina

Lusaka, Zambia

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Edina

Member since

April 2017

On-time repayments

142 installments  •  25%

About Me

We are designers, me and my sister, we work hand in hand to design beautiful dresses for ladies. We have a shop as our designing place, and we have orders from all corners of lusaka, and we still need more materials for the same, i think few meters of clothes will do us good.However, this time around i expand the business and open another in the second class town of Lusaka city.Our country is beautiful and wonderful since independence there has not been any civil wars.Zambia has 73 tribes and every tribe has different culture and ceremonies in there chiefdoms and that are cerebrated yearly.Instance in our tribe we cerebrate ncwala ceremony and we ware the leopard which is a symbol of our cultural norms.My and I we wish our children to have better education for higher job in future

My Business

We design and sale our beautiful dresses at our shop and receive orders to design more for special occasions.This time we to expand and buy more material for making school unifroms targeting schools in the city of Lusaka.Thereby maximize our profits for future investmets,However we want to engage the government defence force to design badges and uniforms and also private companies who dress codes more especially work suits in food production industries, this will help us grow and become no. One designers in the city of Lusaka where alot business activities take place.However our business has grown now and we need another shop to rent because we want to buy a laundry machine and another tailoring machine so we can create jobs for the youths to work at our new shop due the growth of our Business.

Loan Proposal

We need USD 250 to help us purchase the laundry machine which will cost thousands of kwacha and this laundry machine will cost ZMK 4500, this will add value at our business because we alot customers who want clothing to look smart after we have done the sewing and the designing of their uniforms or suits.Definitely the laundry machine will add value and will stop most customers to go laundry business entities but stick us.Thereby generate more income for business.

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  • David    Jun 10, 2020

    Made a few payments early on, but has not been heard from since March 2018. In June 2020, I finally gave up and transferred the loan to the Zidisha Members Loan Fund.

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  • David    Jan 1, 2018

    Loan was originally scheduled to take 14 months to repay. Instead a final payment was made in less than three months. Good luck for your continued success.

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    • Edina    Jan 2, 2018

      Thank you very much Mr David, am very glad to hear from you, My business is growing steadily and for this loan that am fundraising i want to open another shop, hence i need to buy a new machine and the new laundry machine for more income generation.

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  • Margaret    Dec 30, 2017

    Edina paid her loan back in a timely manner, I would gladly lend to her again and encourage others to do the same!

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    • Edina    Jan 1, 2018

      Am very thankful Madam Margaret for recognising us again, we really appreciate you for supporting us.Am gladly that you have came on board to fund my loan and becauseof your support my business enterprise is growing steadily and if this loan gets funded am planning to buy another machine for tailoring and designing and the laundry machine for another shop in town which will also allow us to employ two people as shop assistance.Thanking you madam Margaret in advance

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$279.00

Date disbursed

Oct 11, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

14 months

Lenders

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Craig Newmark

United States

Jean Wren Chan

United States

M

Margaret

United States

David

Canada

R

RMIM

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

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  • Robert    Sep 22, 2018

    Dear Zidisha
    Iam not able to get in touch with Edina as her contact number is not going through at the moment.I will keep on trying

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  • Julie    Jun 3, 2018

    Hi Edina, how is your business doing? Any new designs?

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  • Edina    Mar 11, 2018

    Dear zidisha team, last week i did not have enough sales, sales dropped due to continuous rains,however i decided to adjust my weekly installment to allow sales to go up.However, am still committed to ensure that my loan is repaid in good time.Thank you for your understanding

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  • Edina    Mar 11, 2018

    I did receive the amount applied for successfully and i bought the equipment for fashion and designing, i really appreciate my renders since i joined and became a zidisha member, zidisha has improved business and the standard of living has improved so far.I will remain royal and committed to weekly repayments.Thanking you in advance.

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  • Edina    Jan 23, 2018

    I will buy the equipment for dressmaking for new shop that i have opened and this will help me increase income generation this year.Am very happy that the loan will help us more in clothing production which will result in good profits.Thank you my renders for this wonderful support.I also want to appreciate Madam Elizabeth Woodburn and thank your cousin i wish met her here in Lusaka.Thank you

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  • Elizabeth Woodburn    Jan 20, 2018

    My cousin spent several months in Lusaka this summer and spoke of what a wonderful experience it was- best of luck in your business ventures.

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    • Edina    Jan 23, 2018

      Am very thankfull Elizabeth Woodburn i really appreciate your support and am very happy that your cousin was right up here in Lusaka, i wish i met her.I will work hard with my sister so that we can make a difference this year.Iam really glad to here from you, your support will go along way and improve our life style.Thank very much and may God also richly bless you.

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  • Edina    Jan 13, 2018

    Dear lenders am still appealing for your help to fund my loan, it is 19% and 2 hours remaining, kindly help me and my sister, our repayment history was good previously, you can close check.We need your support they way you did from the previously loan.We are very thankful to you and we are still thanking your wonderful support.

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  • Edina    Jan 10, 2018

    Dear our lenders i would like to take this opportunity to welcome and than Mr Fransk for coming on to fund our loan, we are very much grateful and thankful to you.

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  • Edina    Jan 8, 2018

    I would to thank madam Tanya and Judith for funding our loan and push it to 14% far so, we are very thankful and we would like also to ask other lenders that can see our loan profile and our repayment history , our repayment is on time, please we request that you come on the platform and help fund the loan.Thanking you in advance and may God richly bless you all.

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  • Edina    Jan 5, 2018

    Dear lenders kindly come on board to help us fund our loan and move our project to greater heights this year 2018.Our focus is to do more clothing production and generate more profits.

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  • Edina    Jan 5, 2018

    we also design different men's suits, ladies dresses and suits as shown from the poster attached for you to see some

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  • Edina    Jan 5, 2018

    Dear lenders look at the following mens shirt we design at our local tailoring and designing shop.

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  • Edina    Jan 5, 2018

    Dear lenders for the new machine and the laundry machine we want to buy, we need to increase the clothing production so that this year we generate more for the business and also be to build our own houses as well as sending our school children.Attached are the tailoring and designing shirts for men.

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  • Edina    Jan 4, 2018

    Dear our lender Mr Gretchen Reibold we come back once again, we are kindly appealing for your towards the growth and expansion of our business, the previous loan indeed we performed well and we are now planning to buy a new machine and another laundrey machine for the new and employ helpers due to the growth of the business.We would also like to urge other renders to come on board and help fund our .So far we appreciate Mr David and madam Margaret for funding our loan to 8% .

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  • Edina    Dec 30, 2017

    Dear our lenders we would like to wish a happy merry christmas and a prosperous new year(2018 .
    However, we would like to thank the following renders, Mr David, Paul bucheit, The Zinc Team, Craig Nemmark, Paul Graham,Madam Margaret, The Anonmymous, Madam Sally and Jake Gibson and Berverly Picardo.
    The success of our business has been because of you and your 100% support that you have given us through out this year.To mention but a few, you are our wonderful people you have really changed our lives and our families and children, the business is growing steadily and for next loan we are planning to expand and opening another shop for tailoring and designing because our customers base has grown, The Laundry machine has also changed the landcape of our business and we pray to God to do more come 2018.We also would like to thank the zidisha team for working tirelessly to better our lives by investing in the future.

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  • Edina    Dec 29, 2017

    Dear our lenders we i would like to inform you that we have repaid our loan in full to to good sale we are experiencing this festive season.Kindly note that we the loan has been repaid on time with the record of 96% , repayment on time.Thanking you in advance

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  • Edina    Dec 29, 2017

    Dear our lenders we would like to wish a happy merry christmas and a prosperous new year(2018 .
    However, we would like to thank the following renders, Mr David, Paul bucheit, The Zinc Team, Craig Nemmark, Paul Graham,Madam Margaret, The Anonmymous, Madam Sally and Jake Gibson and Berverly Picardo.
    The success of business has been because of you and your 100% support that you given us through out this year.To mention but a few, you are wonderful people you really changed our lives and our families and children, the business growing steadily, for next loan we planning to expand and opening another shop for tailoring and designing because our customers base has grown, The Laundry machine has also changed the landcape of business and pray to God to do more come 2017.We also would like to thank the zidisha team for working tirelessly to better our lives by investing in the future.

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  • Edina    Nov 29, 2017

    Thank you our lenders we just want to inform you that we love you, our success has been because of you, after having received the loan {money} we managed to buy the Laundry machine and the response of customers has very good since the machine was bought and it has really given us business to public and the good serices we offering at an affordable prices.We thank you our renders and the zidisha crue for coming to our aid and we are indeed contributing to the development of our country Zambia.We very thankful for this empoerment and we must confess that zidisha is doing a very good job to motivate people to become big enterprenuers in the world.We love you here and May God bless you all.

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  • Edina    Nov 6, 2017

    Dear lenders we did receive successfully ZMK 2287 and we managed to buy the laundry machine, Our customers are able to dry clean and laundry their clothing at our shop.However this has created another source of income or revenue for ourselfs and the business is doing well, we are now focusing for the festive season to buy more materials for tailoring and designing more materials to sale during this period when most people get excited and want to look nice. We are very thankful to you our lenders, we will never forget to thank you because you have contributed a lot to the success of our business ever since we became members of Zidisha.

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  • Edina    Oct 10, 2017

    i will buy a Laundry machine which we do not have at the moment hence it will bring us more business most customers some need some laundry as well.As they bring their clothing they also need an extra service of Laundry work.We really appreciate you our lenders for wonderful support, with you we have done a lot in our and we just want to promise you that we will work hard and achieve good results for our business this Summer and the forth coming festive season.

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