Pipes to boost my tomatoe farming through irrigation

Ann

Subukia, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Ann

Member since

March 2016

On-time repayments

155 installments  •  45%

About Me

My names are Ann Muthoni Muchunu. I hail from subukia in Nakuru County. i am a farmer dealing with various cash crops but I mainly plant tomatoes and beans. I am a christian and God fearing woman. I have gone through the 8.4.4 system of education and did not go past form four due to lack of funds. I am a proud mother of two girls. My husband, a farmer also assist me in any project that I come up with. This is meant to boost our income and thus helping us achieve our goal. I am also an active member of St. John's Catholic church youth and YCS. I like participating in social work.

My Business

I have been in farming business and recently with the massive crop failure, I was forced to diversify my business to incorporate an activity which was not dependent on rainfall or weather. This is meant to ensure that incase one area fails i will still have plan B. currently I have decided to start a shoes and clothing sales business. Happily its my mother who assist me in running the business and its doing very well.

Loan Proposal

With my second loan, I am requesting lenders for a loan to purchase pipes to use with the waterpump i bough with my first loan. Currently am having difficulties watering my tomatoe farm as am confined to a small area and this limits me from large scale farming. I usually water them using a horse pipe and when water volume is low. i am unable to water the entire plantation. The estimated cost of pipes for use in my farm is USD 200 and I will add the remaining amount from sales of almost maturing tomato fruits. As we approach the dry periods of October to January, I want to ensure that I will not rely so much on rainfall which has become unpredictable in this area. Also I will venture on variety of other cash crops to boost my income.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$150.00

Date disbursed

Aug 24, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

18 months

Lenders

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

Hans Moor

Vorden, Netherlands

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