Open a new food outlet

Elizabeth

Magongo, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Elizabeth

Member since

May 2015

On-time repayments

272 installments  •  69%

About Me

My name is Elizabeth, born in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. My parents later relocated to Nairobi where I went to school for my primary and secondary education.

I later got married but our marriage hit the rocks after a few years when my husband became very abusive. At the time, I was a mother of two young children and the responsibility of raising them fell on my shoulders. Our separation was too much for me handle and a relative who lives in Mombasa - about 500 kilometers away asked me to live with her so as ease the pain I was going through.

While in Mombasa, I started working as a casual laborer in hotels and restaurants. I saved some money which I used to rent my own residential house and later started making snacks which I would sell to the people in the neighborhood. This is what I am still doing to date and I am glad the profit I make from this business has raised my two children into adulthood.

My Business

I prepare snacks such as samosas and buns that I sell to people in the neighborhood and school children. I also make juice from seasonal fruits that I sell to the same people. I started this business to address the need of hygienically prepared food because I realized that the people who were doing it were not observing basic hygiene and that led to many would be buyers shying away from home made snacks.

Due to my brief experience in working in hotel industry, I had an edge over the competition and I also took my work very seriously. I am glad that I have seen my business grow to a point where I am able to sell food worth USD 30 in a day and this is no mean achievement by our standards. Half of this amount goes into expenses, key among them buying of ingredients. I use the balance to cater for my family's budget that includes food and rent.

Loan Proposal

I am glad that through Zidisha loans, I was able to open a school canteen which I have been running for a while now. This has proved to be a big success and through the current school referral, I was offered to open another canteen in a neighboring school.

I am supposed to commence the operations in two months time but I need to prepare well in advance. There is a physical structure already but I need to equip the place. Top on the list is a gas cooker which will cost me USD 80 and a refrigerator at USD 200. I also need to buy many other things like cups, plates and an assortment of cutlery and this will consume the balance.


I am excited for this chance and I am optimistic that you will fund my ambitious project once more.

Thank you.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$547.00

Date disbursed

Oct 1, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

21 months

Lenders

C

Christian

Saarbruecken, Germany

ErikN

Stockholm, Sweden

Pere

Barcelona, Spain

S

Steveandson

Arlington, United States

MindMuse

Talking Rock, United States

JimVandegriff

Trinidad, California, United States

JessieD

Alexandria, Va, United States

A

Anonym0us

Lisboa, Portugal

Christopher

Copenhagen, Denmark

D

doublehelix

Philadelphia, United States

ibc123

Seattle, United States

E

E

Marin county, United States

M

Mullagh

United Kingdom

P

Peaches

United States

M

Marcus86257

United States

MW

Matt Willis

United States

Richard

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

E

erica

antwerpen, Belgium

S

Susie

Christchurch, New Zealand

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

Eugen Stamm

Zurich, Switzerland

Carlo Cruz

Cincinnati, OH, United States

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

VS

Vicki Stewart

Charlotte, United States

MB

Mark Blatter

United States

D A

Saint Paul, United States

Rick

United States

Craig Newmark

United States

ES

Evan Simons

United States

Helper

United States

DW

Dan Winetsky

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

BN

Bence Nagy

Czech Republic

ZS

Zach Silveira

Asheville, Nc, United States

RF

Ruth FT

Manchester, United Kingdom

Nethanel Kohen

NYC, United States

CN

Craig Newmark

United States

AS

Adam Sandland

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

Carrie

Arlington, MA, United States

E

EJOBIV

United States

GR

Germano Rizzo

Venice, Italy, Italy

HL

Harris Lin

New Zealand

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