Name
Mary
Member since
January 2013
On-time repayments
357 installments • 77%
Am mother of six children living in musumarini, Kikambala. Am a businesswoman doing my business in mtwapa and the other surrounding i do my business as door to door service. My first child is girl and she is married and settled with her husband, the second is a a girl and also married the third is a boy, he fished his secondary school education but due to unemployment, he is doing casual jobs, the fourth is a girl and also married, the fifth is a boy and is in primary school, in class six, the last is a boy and in class five. I live with my last three children in Musumarini. I started doing business because i wanted to meet my family needs.I first started with tailoring business, and later i introduced the boutique selling second hand clothes.This business really helped me with my family upkeep.With my income from the business i buy food for the family paying rent at the boutique, and paying school fees.
My business is a combined boutique and a tailoring shop, these combined businesses gives me a good help in my family upkeep. This business is doing well especially, the boutique which i do a door to door service, this business does better because i go to the customers right to their houses. with this door to door service target all age group as i meet them at their residential places this business is profitable as i get my family needs without any problem. With this business i get an income of ksh 30,000 per month. in this business my risks include, rainy season, this affects as i walk doing the door to door service so its hard to walk in such weather.With the income i get i use ksh 5,000 for my family food, ksh 4, 000 paying school fees, ksh 5 for my family expences and other family needs. i save ksh 16,000 per month, which i can use to repay my zidisha loan.
My dear lenders am so happy to tell you that my business is doing well despite the ups and downs in today's life and especially when you are in business. I now have new customers who come for fabrics to make school uniforms. With this loan I want to stock my shop with enough fabrics and good stock of my normal second hand and new clothes do that I don't discourage my customers. I want them have all they require. So with this loan I want to buy 2bales of second hand clothes and a collection of new clothes and then get a good collection too for the fabrics. Am sure this will give my business a good boost and am happy to say I have ready customers for all these collection. Thank you so much for always being there when I need you most. My life has a meaning as my business is a success all the credit goes to you for your kind hearted assistance. God bless you all.
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Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$1,122.00
Date disbursed
Jun 7, 2017
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
17 months
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