Loan to expand my stationary

Nathan

Chingola, Zambia

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Nathan

Member since

June 2017

On-time repayments

48 installments  •  71%

About Me

Nathan Chola is my name,I am a third born in a family of 10 and completed my secondary education in 2005 at samfya high school.
I overcame hardship when my job as a contractor employee was terminated in a mining company. I never had any other means or ways to earn my living,I had no money to pay rentals for the house and had no money to put food on the table that is how I came up with an idea of starting a stationary business and it came to reality when I started with a very little capital.
I started my business when my job got terminated and one unique thing about my culture is that the population is good for business and the land is a mining land for copper. playing volleyball and reading novels are my hobbies.

My Business

The services i provide is photocopying, printing, typing lamination and binding in a stationary also I do sale books,ball pens and pencils for the school going children and also students doing their tertiary education.
These services are useful in such a way that we have school going children who need books,ball Bens, pencils rubbers and also to print,laminate and photocopy their books. Not only the school going children but also the students doing tertiary education are the most vulnerable to this services. I chose this kind of business because it is in demand and few people own their computers and printers Also its not competitive hence I stand a good chance of having customers at any time
The typical costs which I have is transport to and from home also paying rentals for the shop were I do the business.I use the profit to pay shop rentals,transport and to reinvest in my business so that my services do not come down.

Loan Proposal

The loan will be used to buy stationary goods such as a printer,computer,rims of plain papers,ball pens,books,and envelopes at the cost $388.The benefit this will create to me is that the business is going to grow compared to the previous one also the the profit will also increase to manage all the expenses.To others,it will help them have access to this kind of services within at their door step and avoid traveling long distances to access the same services.Since this loan is for the business i expect the profit to double up to 30 percent.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$385.00

Date disbursed

Jan 12, 2018

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

4 months

Lenders

T

Tmann

Los Angeles, United States

Brian

Midhurst, Canada

C

Christian

Saarbruecken, Germany

investor

Candiac, Canada

aarongabrielson

Heber City, United States

T

traderjohn

Baltimore, United States

K

Kollegah

Munich, Germany

gbnbca

Janeville, Canada

F

fake_name

Boston, United States

IA

Ismini and Jerry

Stamford, USA, United States

L

loistf

Madrid, Spain

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

O

Oktober

North Kingstown, United States

Christopher

Copenhagen, Denmark

R

Rachel

Vernon, Canada

D

Don100

Wilton, United States

A

AndrewC

London, United Kingdom

mojobob

Hayward, United States

soniad

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

N

nglogic

Warszawa, Poland

Sodermansb

Raleigh, NC, United States

Y

Yasmine

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

Arjan Geven

Vienna, Austria

B

Badaudio

United Kingdom

B

BarbG

United States

joshuacollinson

Vienna, Austria

Guillaume

Rimouski, Canada

D

davecas

United States

smastermind

Jerusalem, Israel

B

bscent

Hong Kong

AndrewNeu

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

B

beegkitty

United States

Robert Long III

Bridgman, MI, United States

S

Stephan

Netherlands

C

cooltaj

Alexander, United States

Jeroen Decock

Gent, Belgium

M

mmartin

United States

Elly

Woudrichem, United Kingdom

AT

avni trivedi

United Kingdom

Cameron Graham

Nashville, TN, United States

Andri K

Baden, Switzerland, Switzerland

Pedro R-C

Cambridge, United States

Martin Nielsen

Aarhus, Denmark

Rose Rodent

Scotland, United Kingdom

AK

Anita K

Maryland, United States

RobLu

Michigan, United States

DL

Dan Lawrence

United States

Douglas St Quintin

Sydney, Australia

MR

Mean Rat

Netherlands

JC

Justin cohan

United States

KE

Karen Epolito

Syracuse, NY, United States

V

Vidar

Oslo, Norway

SB

Sue Bucholz

Sacramento, United States

NM

Neil M

London, United Kingdom

RB

Ruth Brown

United States

RT

Rob Torti

United States

Bill Ballew

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

E

Eric

Canada

VC

Victor Chong

United States

HD

Hardik Desai

United Kingdom

D

Dalton

San Francisco, United States

M

Mack

Harbor, Oregon, United States

Mike

Indianapolis, United States

CA

Carles Alcolea

Barcelona, Spain

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

JC

Jordanna Chord

Kirkland, WA, United States

Tyler Metcalf

Utah, United States

S

Sarah

Arlington, United States

M

marton

United States

Nethanel Kohen

NYC, United States

MW

Matt Winkler

United States, Canada

SS

Sam Smith

United States

Greg DeKoenigsberg

Durham NC, United States

sbdoc

Reno, United States

MB

MW Brown

United Kingdom

James Douglass

Sydney, Australia

J

JB

Germany

Peter Morse

Amesbury, MA, United States

CH

Christian Holck

United Kingdom

ET

Emma Turner

United Kingdom

B

Ben

United States

F

Fox

United States

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  • Nathan    Aug 6, 2018

    To my lenders sorry for the past due repayments that are not played on time I am working around the clock to see that I repay back the loan without fail.The biggest reason is that we are experiencing load shedding which is scheduled 6 to 6 especially in the working days.

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  • Kingford    Jul 28, 2018

    Dear Lenders,
    I have just from talking to Nathan Chola, he has promised that he will make a repayment next week.He had some challenges with his business coupled with family issues.He lost a family member last week.
    Best regards,
    Kingford.

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  • Nathan    Jul 9, 2018

    To my lenders, it is true that Kingford spoke to me about my loan repayment, I am working around the clock to see to it that I repay the loan on time. It's just that we are experiencing loadshedding in our area and it is well known that the business i do can not be done so well without electricity.

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  • Kingford    Jul 8, 2018

    Hi Lenders,
    I spoke to Nathan Chola at length and he is so focused that he will repay the loan on time.
    Best regards,
    Kingford.

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  • Nathan    Jun 29, 2018

    My lenders, electricity power here has become a very big challenge we are experiencing load shedding for the past three days and my business is very much affected, after I finish repaying back this loan I am planning to change the business which will not require much of electricity like grocery business. This has put me on pressure as I have to prepare school fees for my younger brother and also repay back the loan,and with this small business I am the only bread winner in a family of ten I also want to go to school and do tertiary education.so my plans are being affected.

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  • Nathan    Jun 21, 2018

    I have started repaying the loan.Thank you my lenders for your support.

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  • Nathan    Jun 11, 2018

    The amount received was 3,040 ZMW. This loan will be used to buy the computer,carriage ink,plain papers, books,pens and pencils. I thank you my lenders for your continued support.

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  • Nathan    Jun 9, 2018

    Thank you my lenders the loan was fully funded awaiting disbursement though it has taken a week now without being disbursed.

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  • Nathan    Jun 2, 2018

    The loan will be used to buy the computer,cartilage ink,plain papers,pens, pencils and books.This loan will help me grow the business, increase income and profit to sustain my livelihood.I thank you my lenders for your tireless support.

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  • Nathan    May 31, 2018

    Thank you Elly and I am so grateful for your continued support.

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  • Elly    May 30, 2018

    Hi Nathan,
    You are such an inspiration for all that you have accomplished! Not only have you overcome hardship, you have also made a success of your own business, you support your brother, are a mentor to others and loyally keep us informed about your accomplishments and the status of your loan. A huge "Well done" to you! :-)
    Congratulate your brother too on his achievements.
    Wishing you and your family the very best for your continued success and happiness. :-)
    Elly

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  • Nathan    May 30, 2018

    The loan i git previously was used to buy a cartrage,books,plain papers,pencils,ball pens and a printer.these purchase made a difference in a way that i had many items in stock that when the customers come nothing was missing,the income had gone up as well as the profit.And to the printer i had,the services were running through out.It was a business investment and the earning have increased by 10% from 15% to 25% .The increased earning was used to pay rentals and pay for school fees for my younger brother who had passed to go to grade ten (10) surely if not for this earning i would have been troubled much.The news of achievement is that my younger brother made it to grade ten.The neighborhood is peaceful and loving.

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  • Nathan    May 24, 2018

    To my lenders, like I promised to work and make the payments on time,that's what I have done.I was delayed a bit because of the electricity power shortage we had in our city, I was in pressure to pay shop rentals and also to repay the loan. But I have worked so very hard and I am sure to finish pay back the loan on time.I thank you for your tireless support.

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  • Nathan    May 7, 2018

    My lenders I am prepared and I am going to get back on track soon.

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  • Nathan    Apr 16, 2018

    My lenders, we have no power in our area for the past three weeks so I have not been working but I will resume work soon the transformer is being worked on.

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  • Nathan    Mar 31, 2018

    My business is doing just alright the only challenge is that the business for mobile money agents to do the deposits is very low such that we are not making the deppsits on time so that we continue making loan payments on time.

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  • Nathan    Mar 13, 2018

    I am repaying the loan on time. thank you for your support..

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  • Nathan    Mar 1, 2018

    to my lenders,i am so grateful that my business is going just alright.The only challenge i have here is that most mobile money agents do not have floats for depositing money especially on weekends they most have have withdraws.that is the reason why i did not do the payments for the past weeks otherwise i am still in good track of making payments on time.

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  • Nathan    Jan 25, 2018

    My lenders,just wanted to let you know that I have started repaying the loan.

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  • Nathan    Jan 17, 2018

    3755 ZMW was the total amount I applied for and received 3568 ZMW after deductions.

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