Plantain and plantain suckers for planting

Richmond

Kukuom, Ghana

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Richmond

Member since

January 2016

On-time repayments

130 installments  •  81%

About Me

I am Richmond from a small village called sabronum in the Ashanti region of Ghana west Africa. But I lived at Kukuom in Brong ahafo region of Ghana west Africa. I was born to a family of ten children and I am the first born to my parents and I also have three children and I have been taking care of all the family members. Because I am only person who has attained high level education. So I my little income from my teaching to support my family members. Because the money is not enough for the family members I decided to go into farming so I planted plantains and it has helped me and my family members I used little income of money to support my family. I have been into farming for the past three years .I want my children to become doctors, nurses and professional teachers

My Business

I am into plantation of plantains and it's suckers. It is of very high demand specially the suckers when they are planting new suckers in a new farm. It is easy to produced the suckers in many quantity. It's a business of high profit because if you invest GHS 1000 for preparation of suckers in three months you will get profit of about GHS 2000. The cost of planting sizable farm is GHS1000. I will use the profit from the farming to improve the living standard of my family and also use some to expand my farm.

Loan Proposal

I will use part of the money 200 dollars to buy land which will be use to construct house for my children in future, I will also use 150 dollars to support less privilege people in my community I will also use so 100 dollars to further my education as well as my children education. Also I will use 200 dollars of the money to hire labors to work in my farm ,I will give 200 dollars to my wife to invest in her provision store this will help increase her profit and this will affect the living standard of the family, I will also use 200 dollars to go into other farming activities like growing of vegetables like Cabbage, carrots and French beans with this I can supply my community with good vegetables which will generate a lot of profit , I want my children to get quality education to become Doctors Nurses and Engineers and I will help needy people in my community and others from different communities.this loan will help me to expand my business into commercial farming , I need money to this expansion of business. I my profit will be used to support my family members education because education is very important

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$927.00

Date disbursed

May 5, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

C

Cblodgett

Zurich, Switzerland

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

ErikN

Stockholm, Sweden

Scott

Oregon, United States

F

FHult

Stockholm, Sweden

sarasofia

Stockholm, Sweden

johnandmoliehi

Canton, New York, United States

C

cjmenchaca

Austin, United States

B

blahblah

Nuernberg, Germany

A

anonymous123

United States

G

graememoss

Amsterdam, Netherlands

SeeMeeFi

Ontario, Canada

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

mtnsailor

Harrisonburg, United States

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

jimmycarterforever

Missoula, United States

E

erogers

Vancouver, Canada

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

K

kingcamo1095

Mountain Home, United States

H

HobbyCollector

Beach City, United States

D

DavidJSmu

North Attleboro, MA, United States

JonB

London, United Kingdom

B

BMcDermott

Washington, DC, United States

D

DogFort1

Sydney, Australia

O

OrientExpress

Tokyo, Japan

M

mzhope

Harrisburg, United States

C

Clben7

Cincinnati, United States

Evan Lamos

Brussels, Belgium

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

D

Donh419

United States

DavidHS

United Kingdom

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

S

Samhall8

Brandon, Canada

N

nswanberg

United States

P

plhughes

United States

B

bugdaniel

Switzerland

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

T

tmarkus

Netherlands

B

bscent

Hong Kong

Taylor Hanna

United States

V

vbud

United States

M

Manley

Windermere, United States

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

N

nshekher

United States

Otto Barten

Amsterdam, Netherlands

T

twm3823

United States

OllieOladele

London, United Kingdom

O

ORBP1

Germany

K

Kelly729

United States

D

djlayton4

United States

K

Kristiina

All Countries

Valeria Cremonesi

Casalpusterlengo, Italy

SK

Sebastian Krohn

Amsterdam, Netherlands

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Heiko

Haan, Germany

Issy

United Kingdom

V

Vanessa

Gold Coast, Australia

W

Wade

United States

Kai

Nuremberg, Germany

PP

Pasi Paajanen

Helsinki, Finland

MB

michael breen

United Kingdom

The Bayiates Family

Chicago, IL, United States

Julia

United States

MK

Max Kolysh

United States

JC

JD Conley

United States

M

Marc

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

TB

Taylor Brown

United States

Paul

Seattle, United States

JD

Jeff DePree

United States

Oliver Hasenberg

Iserlohn, Germany

C

calvin

Australia

B

Brent

United States

C

christine

Switzerland

Chris OConnor

Atlanta, United States

Solon Brown

Singapore, Singapore

DC

Dan Crosby

United States

Martin Nielsen

Aarhus, Denmark

D

David

Chicago, United States

M

Mart

United Kingdom

PG

Paul Graham

United States

JW

John Walsh

Alicante, Spain

K

Kevin

Australia

MO

Matt Orfalea

United States

Sarah and Dave

Toronto, Canada, Czech Republic

Kavitha Amarnath

Sydney, Australia

V

Varun

New Zealand

E

ErinMcNulty

United States

JT

Jane Tompsett

United Kingdom

John Minges

United States

P

patricio

Yorba Linda, Ca, United States

AH

ajay hampapur

United States

LD

Laura Dobroth

United States

Aran Dunlop

United States

Tobias

Frankfurt, Germany

J

joelneville

United States

N

Nele

Germany

SC

Scott Charter

United States

Rosario von Li

San Jose, Ca, United States

A

Andrei

United States

AK

Achim Königs

Bonn, Germany

Diego

Monza, Italy

M

Max

Netherlands

PG

Patrick Gokey

United States

AB

Aren Blake

United States

MT

Marco Tietz

United States

Carlo Cruz

Cincinnati, OH, United States

AH

Alex Hodson

United States

Dan Michael

Oslo, Norway

L

LK

United States

Charles Burgess

United States

JC

Justin cohan

United States

S

stevensau

United States

FJ

Flo Jo

United States

T

tonym

Australia

YV

Yuri Vanin

United States

MF

Marissa Fiore

United States

DJ

David Jones

United Kingdom

V

Vidar

Oslo, Norway

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

B

Boris

Bern, Switzerland

Carla

United States

SB

Sue Bucholz

Sacramento, United States

Derek Anderson

Yankton, United States

HPK

Switzerland, Switzerland

SS

Steve Smith

Winchester, Ma, United States

C

Carlene

United States

L

Linda

United States

Jes-c

United States

M

michael

United States

RC

Richard Cosh

Czech Republic

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

Patrick OConnor

Zapopan, Mexico

Alice van Berne

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Guatemala

RK

Robin Kline

United States

E

El

United States

T

Tom

United States

SA

Shar Alamdari

Los Angeles, United States

PW

Peter Wang

United States

E

Elizabeth

United States

QH

Qasim Halai

United States

JG

Jonathan Giuffrida

Chicago, United States

L

Lucy

Australia

K

Katharina

Germany, Germany

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

Marius Lohri

Switzerland

AB

Ashley Baal

United States

BR

Brandon Ross

United States

Thomas Naimoli

United States

Day Family

Melbourne, Australia

David McLauchlan

Seattle, United States

MS

Mona S

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

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  • Richmond    Dec 28, 2017

    thanks to all my able lenders for thei r wonderful support.

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  • Richmond    Nov 8, 2017

    THANKS TO ALMIGHTY GOD AND MY GOOD LENDERS FOR HOW FAR THEY HAVE BROUGHT ME. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL

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  • Richmond    Apr 15, 2017

    I have a problem with my farm there is a heavy downpour and it has affected my farm so I will increase it later

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  • Richmond    Mar 25, 2017

    I am very impressed for your kind generosity towards me and my family. With zidisha my life has changed for better. I was nobody but now I am somebody because the loan given to me has been used wisely. I have been able to construct five bedroom house it is at the lentils levels. I am very grateful to you all. My life and that of my family members have been transformed. May God continue to bless all our lenders so that they can support people like us. Thanks

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  • Sara R    Jan 15, 2017

    Hi Richmond!
    So good to see you're moving forward, I am really happy for you! Best of luck and keep us updated on your projects :-)

    Kind regards,
    Sara.

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  • Richmond    Jan 8, 2017

    I have started building my house thanks to zidisha for helping me for this loan

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  • Richmond    Jan 6, 2017

    I don't even know how to thank zidisha for this wonderful opportunity giving to me with the loan given to me I have been able to mold about 2000 blocks for the construction of my house thanks to zidisha team and all my lenders

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  • Richmond    Sep 11, 2016

    My dear lenders I have used the money to purchase sand and cement for the construction of my house and I hope my farm products will mature very soon and I will increase after harvest.

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  • Richmond    Aug 22, 2016

    I will use this money to buy farm input like cutlass, also I will give part of the loan to my wife to buy goods into her provisions store. I will use some to pay my children school fees and also I will part of the loan to start construction of my house. I will like to thank all my lenders and zidisha team may God bless you all. In fact I appreciate your support towards me and my family members

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  • Richmond    Aug 20, 2016

    I will like to thank all my lenders and zidisha team for this loan. With loan I was able to give some amount to my wife to buy goods for her provisions shop and it has really helped her to increase her profit. I was also buy Land to construct house for my family and I was able to use part of the loan to hired labors to work in my farm. This loan has helped me to expand my farming business. I really appreciate your support towards me and my family members.

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  • Richmond    Aug 18, 2016

    I have sell some of my farm products and I can now pay more than the previous amount. I made a lot of sales.

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  • Richmond    Aug 16, 2016

    Hi my good lenders I will like to thank you for your kind generosity towards me and my family members, I have been able to purchased television set for my family. May God continue to bless you in abundance in order to support needy people.

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  • Richmond    Aug 7, 2016

    I have been able to purchased land for the construction of my house, thanks to zidisha team and all my lenders, I'm very proud of to be part of this great family. Even though part of my farm were destroyed by rainstorms but this loan has affected my life positively. The living standard of me and my family members is now moving on well and my family members are well fed. This loan has increased and expand my farming business and I am very grateful to you all.

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  • Richmond    Aug 7, 2016

    I have been able to purchased land for the construction of my house, thanks to zidisha team and all my lenders, I'm very proud of to be part of this great family.

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  • Richmond    Aug 1, 2016

    I am very grateful to all my lenders and zidisha team for this loan may God bless you. This loan has helped me to expand my farming work. Through this loan I have been able to pay my children school fees for this academic term, I and my family say thank you all, in fact we appreciate your support towards us.

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  • Day Family    Jul 28, 2016

    Hello Richmond,
    Sorry to hear that your crops were affected. We wish you and your family all the best in your business and hope you can continue to repay your loan so we can lend to other people in need and spread your good will. Best wishes.
    Day Family.

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  • Richmond    Jul 27, 2016

    Please my good lenders, my farm has been affected by rainstorms and it has destroyed most of my crops, I will increase my repayment amount when things get better which I know it will not take longer time

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  • Richmond    Jul 21, 2016

    Please my good lenders and zidisha team may God continue to bless you with all that you have done, in fact I appreciate your support towards my plantain suckers farming. With this loan my farming business is expanding and growing into bigger size and I know that my profit will increase. All thanks to you for your kind generosity towards us.

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  • Day Family    Jun 18, 2016

    Congratulations, keep up the great work!

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  • Richmond    May 29, 2016

    I have harvested my plantain I got money with zidisha you can many things

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