New clothes stock for my business

Caren

Kawangware,nairobi, Kenya

58% repaid

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Entrepreneur

Name

Caren

Member since

December 2014

On-time repayments

60 installments  •  42%

About Me

My names are Caren Atieno.I am the last born in a family of 4 children;2 girls and 2 boys.I was born on 08 June 1989.I went to Itumbu primary school and later joined Ebusakami secondary school.I sat for my KCSE examination in the year 2005 and managed to obtain a mean grade of C PLAIN.Due to financial hardships I did not enroll to any college for further studies.I began doing casual jobs like working in a hotel as a waiteress in order to support my aunt whom I lived with since my parents passed away when I was 2 years old.In the year 2010 I started selling sukuma wiki and tomatoes this is because the hotel where I used to work got burned down by hooligans thus rendering me jobless.The unque thing about the culture where I live in is that many people have opened small businesses and they are doing marvelous.My children always tell me that when they grow up they want to do business like me.When I am free I go to church to practise for choir since I am enrolled in a church choir

My Business

In the year 2011 my husband gave me 50 Us dollars and I decided to shift my business to clothes selling both new and second hand clothes.This business flourished within a very short time because the population is very high where I live.I get the profit I get from the business to support my husband with the house budgets and also paying school fees for our children.God has blessed us with 3 children;1 girl and 2 boys.For now my business stock is at 109 Us dollars.I needed to incorporate shoe selling in my business but finances does not allow me.I trust Zidisha will help me solve this.

Loan Proposal

Hi lenders. I kindly request you to assist me in fundraising the above loan application. I will use most of the money to purchase new clothes stock to add to my business and the remaining money I will print business cards to market my business so that I may increase my clintale. God bless you so much as I wait to hear from you soon.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$90.00

Date disbursed

Nov 3, 2015

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

5 months

Other loans

Dec 2014:  $100

May 2015:  $94

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F

flaguy999

Tampa, United States

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

T

TrademarkMan

United States

MW

Matt Willis

United States

DL

Dan Lawrence

United States

MK

Mic Ko

United Kingdom

Anonymous

Ocoee, United States

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  • Judith    Sep 6, 2016

    I did not get Caren but talked with the husband who said will pass the information to her and wil also make sure she pays the balance.

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    Caren    Mar 7, 2016

    I repaid my loan on 1/3/2016 and it has not yet reflected on my profile

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  • Judith    Mar 4, 2016

    Hello Lenders,

    Caren did not answer my calls, i therefore called the community leader who will get in touch with her.

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      Caren    Mar 7, 2016

      Hi Judith, I repaid my loan on 1/3/2016 but it has not yet reflected on my profile...

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  • Judith    Jan 30, 2016

    Hello lenders,

    Caren didnt answer my call. The community leader will get in touch with her and get back to me.

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  • Judith    Jan 20, 2016

    Hello Lenders,

    Caren did not answer my calls nor my sms' so i contacted her community leader who will remind her to repay the past due amount.

    Regards

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  • Judith    Dec 14, 2015

    Hello Lenders,

    I spoke with Janet and she said she already paid on Saturday 12th Dec but it has not yet been updated.

    Regards

    Judith -VM

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    Caren    Dec 11, 2015

    Sorry lenders for delaying my loan repayment.. I will pay my overdue payments before Wednesday.

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    Caren    Nov 1, 2015

    Thank you lenders for funding my loan on time. I will use part of the loan to add stock and the remaining money I will use to print business cards to market my business.

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    Caren    Oct 21, 2015

    Hi lenders through zidisha. I kindly appreciate the loan that you gave me. It really boosted my business of clothes selling at 30%.May God bless you in abundance. I used the profit I got from the sales to pay part of my children's school fees.

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  • Judith    Oct 2, 2015

    Hello Lenders,

    I called Caren in regards to her late loan repayment. She promised to pay either Sunday 4th Oct or Monday 5th Oct.

    Regards

    Judith - Volunteer Mentor

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  • Judith    Aug 31, 2015

    Hello Lenders,

    I spoke with Caren and she told me she already paid kshs 700 on Sat 29th Aug and she is planning to pay the rest today so that she is upto date.

    Regards

    Judith - Volunteer Mentor

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    Caren    Jun 14, 2015

    Thanks lenders through zidisha for the second loan of ksh 8895 which I received .I used the money to buy stock of mitumba clothes.May God bless you in abundance

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    Caren    Jun 11, 2015

    I will use this loan to add mitumba clothes to my clothes and shoes selling stock.This will enable me to meet my clients needs according to their capability since some of my clients are unable to meet the price of new clothes.Thanks very much the lenders through zidisha and may God bless you in abundance.

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    flaguy999    Jun 10, 2015

    Hi,

    I wouldn't be too concerned, sometimes it takes till the end of the 13 days to get funded so there is still plenty of time.

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      Caren    Jun 10, 2015

      Hi,thanks for your encouragement and may God bless you in abundance.

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    Caren    Jun 9, 2015

    Hi zidisha team.I kindly request lenders to assist me to fundraise my loan in time so that I may be able to meet the high demand of mitumba clothes..My worry is that they are only 5 days remaining for my loan application to expire hence my loan is only 19% funded..Thanks in advance and may God bless you in abundance.

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    Caren    Jun 5, 2015

    Hi zidisha team I kindly request lenders to assist me in raising this loan on time because the demand of mitumba clothes is very high especially jackets and sweaters during this adverse weather conditions in Kenya.I need to maintain my clintile thus being able to supply for their demand as per their requisition.I am not able to meet the cost of the sweaters and jackets but I believe with zidisha my dream will come true.Thanks in advance as I wait to hear from you soon..

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    Caren    Jun 3, 2015

    Hi zidisha team..I kindly request lenders to assist me in fundraising my loan on time because the demand of mitumba clothes is very high esprcially sweaters and jackets during this cold weather in Nairobi.I will really appreciate if my request is considered.Thanks in advance and may God bless you in abundance..Looking forward to your response.

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    Caren    May 31, 2015

    First of all I want to thank zidisha team for their first loan which enabled me to purchase shoe stock to add to my clothe selling stock .My business has since expanded by 50%.Hopefully with zidisha I am looking forward to suppling shoes and clothes to big supermarkets.May God bless you in abundance

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