Legal registration and stock of peanuts for peanut butter business

Grace

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Grace

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

189 installments  •  15%

About Me

My name is Grace Dawo from Nyanza province. I was born in a small town called Thika in Kiambu county. I come from a very humble family and am the second born in a family of eight, five girls and three boys. I started my primary education in Muslim primary school and later joined a girls school in Murang'a County. After my O levels i was not able to join university because my other siblings were also in school and so my parents could not afford my fees.
For this reason i started looking for casual jobs in Thika town in order to support my parents. it was not easy though but all in all my contribution towards my family could be felt. This also contributed to an early marriage where i have five children. The unfortunate thing happened three years ago when I lost my husband and was left with a heavy task of educating our children. The good thing is that while was doing the casual jobs i happened to land in a firm which was manufacturing peanut butter. I got a lot of interest so when my husband died I Bought a grinding machine. I have been in this business today .
Luos in Kenya are known to have unique cultures especially when i passes on or when construction your home.
My first born would like to be business lady in future thought she is pursuing her degree course , the second one would like to be a hotelier, the third an engineer ,the fourth an artist and the last born would like to be a teacher.
I like reading novels and swimming.

My Business

I am a peanut butter manufacturer. I process the nuts into butter with a special machine i bought some years back. The nuts are first roasted until when they turn brownish in color is when the grinding starts.
This product is very useful and in demand because it is a natural product with no many addictive and preservatives. It is also very good for children because it does not have chemical so many parents prefer it instead of blue band.
I chose this kind of business because i had worked in a peanut butter manufacturing firm and had known how to process the product.
What i need for the production on peanut butter are nuts, containers of different gram mes and charcoal for roasting the nuts. These is because i have not been able to buy an electric roaster. When the Zidisha organization gives me a loan i will make sure a buy one to make my work easier and make the product in large quantity.An affordable roaster will go for US Dollars 200. i will make sure i have one very soon.
The profits i get from my business has enabled me to pay school fees for my children, reinvest in my business and pay all my bills e.g house rent, electricity and water. And therefore I am confident that i will be able to pay my loans without any problem.

Loan Proposal

My first loan made me purchase a roasting machine which has really made my work easy and has added production. Thumbs up the zidisha team. The next thing i want to do is to process all the needed documents needed by the county government, one of them being the the Standardization mark from the Kenya Bureau of Standard and bar codes, i will also get a Nairobi city council licenses and a certificate of health because am handling food stuff. This will safe me from the harassment of the city council askaris and i will be able to do my work without stress.All the documentation will go for$ 222 and the remaining $ 110 i will add a bag of peanut.
I am eagerly waiting for lenders to hear my cry and fund me.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$327.00

Date disbursed

Mar 13, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

AWOL

USA, United States

Archie

Rochester, United States

investor

Candiac, Canada

J

johan

Oslo, Norway

torelizer

Reggio Emilia, Italy

P

Philippe

Adliswil, Switzerland

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

jesuisneil

MATTESON, United States

L

Lunatoon

Grants Pass, United States

DeanDropshot

Oslo, Norway

P

popeye

Cibolo, United States

Rocketdrive

Eugene, Oregon, United States

J

jozua

Delft, Netherlands

B

bizarresmom

Willowick, United States

L

louisela

Eugene, Oregon, United States

H

Hynek

Brussels, Belgium

MichaelDean

San Jose, United States

A

anonymus

Moon, United States

M

MichaelCausey

Camarillo, Ca, United States

yeahboi78

Alexandria,LA, United States

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

mattebe

Pittsburgh, United States

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

Karembo

vienna, Austria

S

Steveandson

Arlington, United States

F

freewheelin

Perth, Australia

BJ

Brandon Joz

North Carolina, United States

Aggul

London, United Kingdom

Jeff and Marcie

Portland, OR, United States

andreas

Katsdorf, Austria

E

Elisa

Espoo, Finland

R

Rossman

Poland, United States

MichaelR

Los Angeles, United States

J

JayJay

Cleveland, United States

P

proby24

Singapore, Singapore

T

tmsaddress

Orlando, Florida, United States

Jouni

Finland

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

F

flaguy999

Tampa, United States

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

dmirpuri

Bangkok, Thailand

E

elourenco

Porto, Portugal

G

GanSatya

United States

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

J

Jonas

Linköping, Sweden

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

S

simonista

United States

trincowski

Vilar, Vila do Conde, Portugal

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

M

Medagan

San Franciso, United States

M

M.Umar

Pakistan

A

adamdreaming

United States

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

T

tobi

Stuttgart, Germany

HC

Howard Cheng

New York City, United States

MW

Matt Willis

United States

PC

Patrick Clavette

Hartford, Wisconsin, United States

Filip V

Czech Republic

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