Packaging materials and solar drier for vegetables

Stella

Migosi, Kenya

Funds disbursed

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100% funded of $393 goal

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Entrepreneur

Name

Stella

Member since

February 2015

On-time repayments

31 installments  •  55%

About Me

My name is stella Adikinyi, I am the first born daughter of late Antony Opiyo and Late Scola Opiyo .My parents passed on when I was in class three,I was left with my uncle,who worked hard to see me through primary school, he also took care of my young brother. I worked hard in school for I knew education meant bright future for me. My hard work did not disappoint as I passed well and was admitted to a good secondary school.My uncle did his best and even sold part of his land to pay for my fees,I completed secondary school and once again did not disappoint him.I was admitted to University of Nairobi,and as fate would have it my uncle passed on in terrorist attack in a mall (nakumatt westgate in nairobi while on duty as security guard) my hopes for bright future dimmed once again.
With no source of income we relocated to our rural home. I did not know how to go about my situation,I knew I had to look for source of income just to sustain my bills,I talked to my young brother and together one morning woke up early and went to the garden,we actually did not know what we wanted but just dug. After preparing the land we were stranded because we didn't have anything to plant.My grandmother gave us some cow peas seeds to plant.we planted the cow peas and to our surprise it really did well. Unaware of market trends we took our produce to the market only to find the market flooded. we sold at a throw away price ,but i got interested in farming and did market research to know the best time for selling. the next time i took the vegetables to the market i smiled back home having sold at good prices.
I am single unmarried ,but I have a young brother and my niece and nephew whom I guide and mentor as they go along with daily activities.They are interested in what i do and want to be agronomists in future. I am also planning to study agronomy once I make enough savings.
I like reading novels,riding and running during my free time.

My Business

I am a small scale vegetable farmer and my dream is expanding the farm so that it becomes the best supplier of indigenous vegetables and tomatoes in western Kenya.My products are leafy traditional African vegetables and tomatoes .
The goods are always in demand because of the high population in my neighborhood.Most of them have white collar jobs and have no time for farming,and so they form my market.
I really cant say how i choose this business because i just found myself digging,but i can say I decided to remain a farmer because it is very profitable business and running it is easy. with time I have developed passion and I love what i do.
I spend $45 in average every month ,mainly for manure and labour.In a month my monthly revenue average is $200.
I use my profits to pay fees for my young brother and my nephew. I also save for business expansion.

Loan Proposal

Hello lenders
Receive much greetings from me and my family,hopeful that you are also doing fine. I am requesting for a loan to help me do value addition for my vegetables. I would use $250 to buy a solar drier that will help me dry my vegetables in healthy clean environment and the balance to buy packaging materials. I intend to supply these products to supermarkets and also sell them during drier season at good prices.I will also drier for neighbors at a small fee and hence increase my revenues.Thank you in advance dear lenders.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$393.00

Date disbursed

Jul 16, 2015

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

Dunmail

United Kingdom

C

Christian

Saarbruecken, Germany

COOPITALIST

Toronto, Canada

F

FHult

Stockholm, Sweden

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

H

hwwijono

Jakarta, Indonesia

H

hanh352

Homosassa, United States

I

ijerkov

Zagreb, Croatia

trackpal

Brighton, United Kingdom

E

erogers

Vancouver, Canada

B

BlackWolf

Lappeenranta, Finland

F

flaguy999

Tampa, United States

M

marcmesich

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

A

Andrii

Kiev, Ukraine

C

cocokathy

Brisbane, Australia

R

RCHeying

Marietta, United States

D

Dutch_lender

Leiderdorp, Netherlands

L

Lolababalola

Ames, United States

Genady

Münich, Germany

J

jonastang

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

M

Mystery15

Winnipeg, Canada

mygueye

Montreal, Canada

D

Dianatalk

Netherlands

Z

zvrk2014

Brookline, MA, United States

L

lamar

lamar colorado, United States

Justin

Connecticut, United States

J

JeffH

United States

M

mevans24

United States

P

plhughes

United States

N

NOWfund

Tokyo, Japan

K

kennychit

United States

J

jocor

Germany

Jamal Hamou

Cascadia, Canada

B

Bennphoto

United Kingdom

I

ident

Horsholm, Denmark

D

dmorley

United States

J

JohnFord

Australia

Kyle Hoback

Omaha, United States

R

ross22

United States

K

Kelly729

United States

LL

Bulgaria

Jansa

Oulu, Finland

SK

Sebastian Krohn

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Becky Thompson

Leeds, United Kingdom

A

Aaron

United States

D

Daniel

Stuttgart, Germany

M

Malte

Munich, Germany

Justin Boswell

Reedley, CA, USA, United States

TM

Theo Mbise

Switzerland

AA

Adam Atlas

Montreal, QC, Canada, Canada

A

Alan

United Kingdom

T

Tarik

Ludwigshafen, Germany

Kate Courteau

United States

JJ

Jacob Jones

United States

JD

Jeff DePree

United States

DS

Donna Sbisa

United States

T

Trish

New Zealand

kristina

Dneprodzerginsk, Ukraine

P

pcd

Philippines

N

nprad

United States

RR

Ria Rose

New Zealand

Penny

Victoria, Canada, Canada

SheabutterCottage

United Kingdom

M

mohamed

South Africa

WL

Wil Lazo

United States

EH

Emily Hansen

United States

J

Juliette

New Zealand

M

Mahmood

South Africa

ME

Manaal Eisa

Washington DC, United States

SS

Sue Smith

United States

WE

Wendy Emlyn

Devon, United Kingdom

KC

Kraig Cole

United States

LD

Laura Dissen

United States

GN

Geoffrey Nelson

United Kingdom

KM

Kelly Murphy

United States

RQ

Regan Quinn

United States

AB

Amy Biddle

United States

TH

Taylor Hogan

United States

FANCYWEAR

United States

PM

Pedro Moreira

Braga, Portugal

C

chryddi

United States

L

lindenc

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

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