Plastic carrier-bag sales to support my son's education

Shadrick

Chililabombwe, Zambia

125% paid forward

Entrepreneur

Name

Shadrick

Member since

September 2020

On-time repayments

32 installments  •  81%

About Me

My names are Shadrick Kapolyo, from Zambia on the boarder town of Chililabombwe, on the copperbelt province. My career journey in life as seen me through some of the most interesting episodes in life. From the hey days in school, at Mungwi Secondary Technical School, in the Northern part of Zambia, and Kasama in particular to rose days as a banker with Barclay bank pls, and then Finance Bank Zambia Ltd, and life in the mining industries of Northwestern province, Solwezi.
Life can really be interesting, its like they say, life is what you make it, i could comfortably say i have had it all. Now settled in Chililabombwe, life has to continue, i have always dreamed of running my own affairs (business) and the boarder town provides that unique platform for both start-ups and established businesses, the common adage; ''any thing sells in chililabombwe/Kasumbalesa'' can not be over emphasized. Mine is to one day grow my Agric feed business, supplying agricultural feeds to poultry famers both local and across the boarder.

My Business

My business is currently seasonal, am operating lawn mowers, with hired laborers, this business though seasonal is very profitable. Currently i have two machines, one is electrical and the other is petrol powered. From what i have seen in the past season, this is far more profitable than running a fleet of taxis, as the operating costs are far too little compared with running a taxi, better still, the capital employed could be 1/200th of that of buying car. The daily cashing from a lawn mower business, is three or 4 times higher. This comparison arises from the fact that i have operated a taxi business before, whilst am almost set on this business, my eyes are still focused on running a Agric business, which logistics are almost done.

Project Proposal

The main purpose of this loan is to meet the increased demand for my family expenses toward school fees for my son who has been selected to go and study at the University of Zambia (UNZA).
It will equally help with the cashflow, to help keep the business running vice versa the deleted savings.
From the forgoing, it can be said that the benefit is equally twofold; one it will lessen the pressure on maintaining the same level stocks and if possible with prudent use of the funds and even increase the level of my business stocks.
Secondly, it will help us maintain the same level of life style and social status, like the schools my young kids go to, etc, and at the same time manage to meet the demands of higher education.

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Project Info

Project Type

Pay It Forward

Disbursed amount

$1,416.00

Date disbursed

Feb 14, 2022

Backers

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marycb

United States

investor

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Stockholm, Sweden

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Tallago3

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EveleighT

Arlington, VA, United States

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AlexCheng

Seattle, United States

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lujabe

Melbourne, Australia

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Ottawa, Canada

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cyrilleberger

Gammalkil, Sweden

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Divergent

Bethesda, United States

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Malta, Malta

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jzidi

Los Angeles, United States

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Karkola, Finland

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JonMichael

Winnipeg, Canada

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Halifax, Canada

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Melbourne, Australia

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Goldrivermob

Gold River, Canada

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miriamg

Toronto, Canada

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asheville, United States

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Bomet, Kenya

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Los Angeles, United States

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San Francisco, United States

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Munich, Germany, Germany

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Lucy

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Nakuru, Kenya

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Victor Chong

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Gabriel Collins

United Kingdom

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Mary

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Ontario, Canada

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Denver, Colorado, United States

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Germany

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Ronald Waite

United States

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Kaptulwa, Kenya

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Harris Lin

New Zealand

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São Paulo, Brazil

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Kokuma, Ghana

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San Francisco, United States

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Brian Rickman

United States

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Juhani

Helsinki, Finland

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Washington, DC, United States

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Atlanta, United States

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Kate and Tom

United States

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Utrecht, Netherlands

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Australia

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marjorie

Netherlands

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Germany

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Alex Melo

United States

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Nikolaus Bührer

Karlsruhe, Germany

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Abuja, Nigeria

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Hohoe, Ghana

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Accra, Ghana

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Eric West

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Australia

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New Zealand

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Mufulira, Zambia

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United States

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John

Germany

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Caleb Liu

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Michael

Netherlands

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KinHo Chan

United States

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Nairobi , Kenya

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Leigh

Australia

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Switzerland

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Nkoranza, Ghana

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Kyle

Australia

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Ilorin, Nigeria

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Jonathan Ng

United States

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Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

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Nairobi, Kenya

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Accra, Ghana

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Nairobi, Kenya

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Indianapolis, United States

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United Kingdom

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Redwood City, United States

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Accra, Ghana

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Lorissa

United States

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Sam

United Kingdom

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Accra, Ghana

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David Breen

United States

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Accra, Ghana

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Kumasi, Ghana

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Cape Coast, Ghana

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Cathy

United States

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Kyle

United States

Diana

Nkwanta, Ghana

Rosemary

Accra, Ghana

Dorcus

Nairobi, Kenya

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United Kingdom

Gilbert

Kericho, Kenya

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