Loan to buy maize seed and fertilizer

Mactilda

Mumia Road Center, Kenya

Funds disbursed

$0 to go

100% funded of $97 goal

0

days left

Entrepreneur

Name

Mactilda

Member since

June 2015

On-time repayments

81 installments  •  12%

About Me

I grew up in a small rural village where i first saw tv at the age of 14 and it was so scary.Nowadays i laugh.We grew up with a father and mother who tried hard to feed our big family of 13 children.I attended primary school and later tried joining secondary school but stopped at Form 2.I started farming,planting maize and potatoes until i saved and started my shop.I am now a trader who owns a small shop and have been a farmer for 8 years,the farming helped me open my shop and i am now planning to open another shop.I married a good man who helps me achieve my goals and as i sell he goes out to sell charcoal and brings the profit into the shop.

My Business

I have a shop in which i sell small juices,salt,sugar,tea leaves,soda and other amenities used in homesteads around by local people.I pay 20$ for rent and have a stock of around 150$.This shop gains me approximately 30$ per month in profit which i use to pay our childrens fees and which me and my husband use to feed ourselves too.I enjoy my work as my profit depends on my efforts.
My first loan helped me to boost my shop and now i have managed to acquire land for farming and want to plant maize in it,i need 10 bags of maize (each bag costs 3,200kshs or 32$) and 5 bags of fertilizer worth 20$ .

Loan Proposal

I will buy 10 bags of maize at 32$ per bag,and 5 bags of fertilizer at 20$ each.I will also buy two new hoes to use in planting the maize,these cost 3$ each and i will hire oxen to plow the land at a cost of 20$ per day for 3 days.I expect to harvest at least 100bags of maize and sell 80 bags of the maize at 40$ per bag while i will use the remaining 20bags of maize for household food for the season.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$97.00

Date disbursed

Jun 18, 2016

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

7 months

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