Parent stock and fertilized eggs to hatch at the enterprise

Francis

Nyangweta, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Francis

Member since

April 2015

On-time repayments

115 installments  •  19%

About Me

My name is Francis kabeta.
I re-apply my second loan which i plan to buy parent stock to get eggs to hatch at my enterprise.
I hail from Kenya, kisii highlands.
I am a child of a single mother.
I am the last born of a family with eight children where i have three brothers and four sisters.
I dropped out of college due to lack of college fee as only my mother was responsible for all the basic and other needs of the family.
My mother being a peasant farmer, i had to do much efforts to make ends meet.
The entrepreneur skills i got in college enabled me to start francina poultry Enterprise.since i started francina enterprise ,i have seen an improved living standard to my life and family.However the small land to the community own the only option people have is to do agribusiness to enable them meet their living standards.The experts i have brought to the community has assisted the society.
I have seen the life of women change from day to day something that has made me to look for more resources so that i can continue the work of empowering women in the society. I have even contact other international bodies like farmer to farmer who are doing capacity building to the women. Indeed this organizations are doing a great work to the community

My Business

I have an established poultry farm in Kisii county.
In the farm i hatch chicks.
Due to quality chicks from the farm , the demand for chicks has increased from my neighboring county of Migori,nyamira and Kisumu
I have been in these business for more than five years.
The business brings good profits in a month.
The business involves the selling of poultry and its products ,e.g day old chicks,one week ,a month and three months.
I also sell manure from the farm as i am trying to encourage women and the society to empress organic farming for better living
Majority of my customers are women groups and youth groups within the county.
I choose to do this business because it is easier to do the farming and majority of the groups demanded quality breeds which i have done.
The costs which are involved are.
cost of buying parent stock to the farm is 500 Dollars
Costs for vaccines which is 20 dollars.
Cost for feeds which is 200 dollars.
Labor costs50 dollars
Electricity costs 40 dollars.
I know the loan plus the profit from the enterprise will enable me to expand the farm and meet the target.
From the business i am able to make profits which i use to
1.Expand the business
2.Buy family needs
3.I look for experts who trains the groups all types of farming

Loan Proposal

The loan plus the profits from the farm will be used as follows;
300 Dollars to buy parent stock to give eggs to the facility.
200 dollars to buy fertilized eggs for the facility
20 dollars for vaccines
100 dollars for transport ,electricity and labor
50 dollars to take an expert to the estimated customers for capacity building.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$99.00

Date disbursed

Dec 1, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 weeks

Lenders

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

John Minges

United States

Sara R

Leuven, Belgium

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  • Francis    Feb 28, 2018

    I promise to repay the loan soon as my business is slowly picking up.

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  • Francis    Nov 7, 2017

    Before the period i am supposed to pay the loan ends i will repay the loan in full it is my commitment

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  • Francis    Nov 7, 2017

    I will repay the loan. My business went down.

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  • Francis    Aug 3, 2016

    I have been having a lot of challenges as my egg incubator got broken and i had to look for a different source to buy another one.But now i am back

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  • Francis    Mar 11, 2016

    I want to reduce due to the large flock of births that i have at the moment

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  • Francis    Feb 18, 2016

    I bought an hatchery and i expect to get the chicks by Wednesday this week.I have already been paid money for the chicks and i have reinvested the money back to the farm.Thank you all zidisha lenders and all the zidisha team.

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  • Francis    Feb 8, 2016

    i can pay 2000 because my business is stable and i can repay without any difficult.

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  • Francis    Feb 5, 2016

    This photos shows the women groups i train .This day we had charladies meeting.The women below are officials of the group as i visit and train more than five hundred groups

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  • Francis    Feb 5, 2016

    indeed the picture has accepted and the women group photos are the one i an attaching below

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  • Francis    Feb 5, 2016

    i am trying to add the photo

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  • Francis    Feb 5, 2016

    the photo shows the hatchery i purchased with the loan i received.This will help me to increase production by 85%thanks to all zidisha lenders for the work you are doing.

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  • Francis    Feb 5, 2016

    the loan i received i bought the hatchery in the picture .I hope in the next one month production will increase by 85%thanks to all lenders of Zidisha for the work you are doing.

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  • Francis    Jan 27, 2016

    I post the photo of the machine immediately i receive the money.Most of the people from my community practice mixed farming whereby they rear poultry.

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  • Francis    Jan 27, 2016

    I will buy an automatic egg incubator to hatch chicks at my farm.I will sell some chicks while i will donate some to women and youth groups within my county(Kisii)
    I appreciate the works Zidisha team and the lenders for their efforts.
    I am grateful.

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  • Sara R    Jan 26, 2016

    Dear Francis,
    I am so happy to hear that everything went well for this loan... and to see that a new loan you just posted is already funded, congratulations!
    Keep doing a great job in your business and helping other people around you. Awesome work!
    Take care and my best wishes for you.

    Sara.

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    • Francis    Jan 27, 2016

      Thanks Sara R,
      You really encourage me to do more .
      I appreciate the work you are doing and other lenders.
      Indeed receive Godly blessings.

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  • Francis    Jan 26, 2016

    The last loan i received has helped my profits to increase by 80% and even the I improved the quality of chicks from my hatchery.I was also able to create job opportunities for two youths who are doing the sales of the chicks and the hatchery managed.I am very grateful for your assistance.
    Thanks and be blessed.

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  • Francis    Jan 19, 2016

    I can be able to pay more as my business is stable.

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  • Francis    Jan 12, 2016

    My poultry farm has improved by 80% as the parent stock i bought have fully given me eggs which i do hatch.

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  • Francis    Dec 30, 2015

    format i was using to post the photos didn't work.I am trying another and i hope you will be able to see them.

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  • Sara R    Dec 24, 2015

    Dear Francis,
    I am glad to hear you're doing great :-)
    Unfortunately, I was not able to see the photo you uploaded.

    Sara.

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