Loan to buy solar -cooler box for fruits & green vegetables

Pamela

Nyamanga Village, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Pamela

Member since

May 2015

On-time repayments

144 installments  •  21%

About Me

I am Pamela Aoko, a widowed lady and mother of eight children. I am a grandmother of three beautiful granddaughters. I grew up in a polygamous family, my father had four wives and my mother was the 3rd wife. My parents were peasant farmers with very limited income. I and my siblings (girls) did not get chance to pursue education past primary education and most of them dropped out in grade 5 and below.

I had a very hard life in my childhood as my father discriminated girls from going to school and he only educated his sons. I got married at the age of 17 as a 1st wife since I did not want to get married in a polygamous set-up. My husband died 4 years ago and left me with eight children to take care. This hardship since my husband was not employed and was a peasant farmer too, I decided to start a small business to support my family and that is how I started a grocery kiosk in Nyamanga Village of Mbita Sub County.

I am involved in peer support group for widows in my community as a chairperson, I do counsel with them and advise them to start small income generating activities that could help them avoid irresponsible behaviors leading to sex and contraction of HIV/AIDS among other sexually transmitted disease that has threatened survival of future generations of Africa. living with my brother's children ,they are orphans and were left in my hands.

My Business

I am in the business of fresh fruits and green vegetables buying and selling. My products are; bananas, oranges, paw paw, green maize, beans and watermellon but my main product that I buy and sell in bulk is green grams followed by beans. During harvesting season always I stock green maize of upto US$ 400 and beans US$200. I stock these products during harvesting season because during this period farmers do sell them at throw away price then treat to preserve and store for two to three months and sell when the price had increased by 70% giving a profit of almost 60%.

My business is profitable though we cannot expand due to lack of capital that serves to thwart my efforts in timing and scaling up. The prices of grains are always down during harvesting . If I get Zidisha loan, I look forward to repaying in time so that I can qualify for more bigger loans from ZIDISHA to enable me expand and grow my business.

Loan Proposal

I am seeking a loan of KES 19,024 to add my savings of KES 6,500 in order to buy a solar - powered food cooler box in order to preserve fresh fruits, paw paw, oranges, mangoes for long-term selling. I'll be purchasing the green vegetables, tomatoes from Kisii and store for long-term selling. With a good storage and food preservation method, I will be able to sale at a very good prices and make a very good return for my business. I will double my current daily income from KES 500 to KES 900 due to increased sale as a result of food storage. I want to thank my ZIDISHA lenders for trust in my business.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$197.00

Date disbursed

Jul 16, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

6 weeks

Lenders

quozl

Dublin, Ireland

mraph

Virginia, United States

T

tkromm

Agia Paraskevi, Greece

J

juniormint

United States

S

stevemorin

United States

T

tengbao

United States

A

adiipienaar

South Africa

jonnyhj

Stockholm, Sweden

D

dwight

United States

R

Reiners

Australia

N

Nijntje

Netherlands

M

Mal57

Australia

C

CNazira

Melbourne, Australia

lauren and jubilee

San Antonio, Texas, Usa, United States

J

jenda

Czech Republic

T

tomspalla

United States

B

bvirlet

United States

E

emosler

United Kingdom

A

ATMiller

United States

R

richardbrewster

United Kingdom

B

brianchicago

United States

C

chatterbox

Gurgaon, India

M

mitchmk84

United States

S

salonasante

United States

N

Nekochan26

United States

L

Lallarahiq

United States

Bigbenhoward

Boise, United States

B

BarbG

United States

E

EKuras

United States

J

Jrung

United States

R

RosieWatrs

United States

L

leftyoctober

Minneapolis, United States

S

salathe

United States

R

ruth11

United Kingdom

lajulajay

United States

K

KRose

United States

C

cathyu2crazy

United States

smastermind

Jerusalem, Israel

E

ewaters1

Australia

alrisha11

United States

J

jlhardes

United States

E

expatri

United States

C

CraigInCo

United States

L

Linda

United States

Q

qeorge

United States

chriseyre

Fremont, Ca, United States

M

Mikat

United States

E

EvergreenBob49

United States

G

GMB2014

United States

O

OzMonkey

Australia

S

simonthompson99

United Kingdom

S

Sophia20450

United States

D

dscottprod

United States

AndrewNeu

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

WE

Wendy Emlyn

Devon, United Kingdom

NB

Neil Barnes

Molalla, United States

wissam

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

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