Poultry farming

Ruth

Nakuru, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Ruth

Member since

December 2012

On-time repayments

247 installments  •  68%

About Me

I am a diligent, hardworking, honest and respectful. Brought up in a Christian background. In my upbringing, i was taught aggressiveness by my parents and really motivated by my mother who always had a passion in farming . This more so influenced me greatly as their child. I was taught behavioral norms as well as good Christian practices. this enabled me to have a great focus in life,to get to know that the good things in life don’t just come in a silver platter, we all have to work, not only hard for them, but smart to achieve them. This was a great motivation thus it gave me self-drive and a sense of direction in life. I joined college and pursued a course in Photography, Audiovisual Communication in 2003.this enabled me to greatly improve in my communications skills and my day today interactions with others and also helped me to grow also as an individual as I also learnt so much from other people. In 2005, I joined College and pursued a course in Business Management and completed in 2007.
Later in 2010 i worked i as a computer tutor, it enabled me interact with the young minds and make an impact in their lives. later on; worked as customer representative and agent from October 2010 to November 2011.This is where I put all my learning to practice and effect fully interacted with people inside and outside my line of work to improve and better the company and also learn business association skills in business growth and prosperity. This also gave me self-motivation as well. In December 2011;I started a business based in Nyeri which dealt with briquettes or brikkets (charcoal recycling).
In February 2012 i worked in a company that processes yoghurt and cheese and has its head office based in Nakuru Town. later on i my interests changed and i started cultivating my passion for farming and currently i do farming as i work in the Coast region.

My Business

MELON FARMING
Dear lenders,

Thank you very much for the continued support, the previous loan really assisted me in farming melons. I want to do large farming of about 3 acres of land at the Coast region and therefore need more funds from what i raised from the previous project. Melons are moving fruits in the Coast region due to the climate there hence they are highly consumed.

The reason why i choose melon farming is because they do very well in Mombasa and there is also good market for the fruits.

The project will cost me around 2000$ which i will also add from the previous project that i did. I want to add more drips for the added acres and tanks for the supply of water, put up a structure for the workers, and harrow the land.

The profit will be used to do farming of passion fruits which also does very well in Mombasa, and also t put up a perimeter wall on the piece of land .

Loan Proposal

First and foremost is to thank you for the continued support to fund my charcoal business. However, the business has grown and birthed another one which is poultry farming. The demand for eggs has really gone up and therefore i have been rearing chicken for eggs and in order to satisfy my customers i need to expand my business by adding more chicken. Currently i am not able to meet the need for my customers since what the market is consuming is more than what am able to offer. Therefore, for me to meet their needs and satisfy them, i have thought of expanding the business by increasing the number of chicken and the size of the house that can accommodate more flock.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$664.00

Date disbursed

Jun 17, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

4 months

Lenders

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snowcrystal86

New York, United States

mbunifu

San Jose, United States

José Antonio

Carapicuíba, Brazil

lorrymac

Killough, United Kingdom

C

cgrumboski

Atlanta, United States

T

tommy0579

Salt Lake City, UT, United States

F

FHult

Stockholm, Sweden

J

jgillard

Winchester, United Kingdom

N

niklas

Schemmerhofen, Germany

R

rcmssr

Woodbury, United States

P

paradoqs

boulder, United States

R

Roman

Barcelona, Spain

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

AnnaChristina

Pittsburgh, United States

sebastienrosa

Quebec, Canada

M

mogensh

København V, Denmark

tmisch

San Jose, California, United States

RebeccaNie

Palo Alto, United States

andreas

Katsdorf, Austria

Apmay

Melbourne, Australia

Krtecek

Balzers, Liechtenstein

C

chrisherron

Chicago, United States

H

hanso

Arendal, Norway

H

hanh352

Homosassa, United States

S

stevetanner

Geneva, Switzerland

Boysenfam

Boulder, United States

J

JandC

Watsonville, United States

DLarson

Morris, United States

Myrar

Aarau, Switzerland

Z

Zippo

Berlin, Germany

Los Wade

United States

E

ebronken

Oslo, Norway

D

danderson1953

Plainsboro, United States

AdvancingCompassion

San Diego, United States

N

nanax005

SALEM, United States

S

SvenWaage

Stavanger, Norway

J

JoeSolar

Virginia, United States

pentatonicscale

Niiza-shi, Japan

mauroandmichelle

Montreal, Canada

B

bileiro

Mandaluyong, Philippines

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

R

RealUtopia

San Diego, United States

N

Ntrep2

Silver Spring, United States

dhulsterwim

LIER, Belgium

E

eboleaga

Mexico City, Mexico

E

erogers

Vancouver, Canada

postnihilist

Honolulu, United States

G

GrandmaMae

Wausau, United States

S

Suspiria

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

A

Andy

Berlin, United States

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

T

TurgayAlihos

SOUTHBANK, Australia

A

Andrew22

Hopewell PA, United States

L

Ldeschae

Gent, Belgium

T

Taupe

Balzers, Liechtenstein

M

Marod

Edmonton, Canada

A

Andrii

Kiev, Ukraine

tswickrama

Orlando, United States

D

dpvidal

Eindhoven, Netherlands

F

Fish42

Fairfax Station, United States

O

Odysseus

Auckland, New Zealand

B

bagheera

Vienna, Austria

silyara

United States

U

urtica

Moscow, United States

S

SnifferTheBunny

Brighton, United Kingdom

M

Mieli

Kotka, Finland

ibc123

Seattle, United States

E

Esukken

Göteborg, Sweden

B

Bernsjx

Montreal, Canada

Domista

Perth, Australia

J

jumpfunky

Dortmund, Germany

P

pvranas

Boulder, United States

E

elkocsis

Kirkland, United States

T

Tom01

LONDON, United Kingdom

B

BearLa

Indianapolis, United States

zZola

Gilford, United States

J

jonastang

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

C

Clben7

Cincinnati, United States

P

Purplejeep

Moravia, United States

M

Mschoenz

Chicago, United States

S

scottpz

branford, United States

Garry Tan

San Francisco, California, United States

I

ImSirFing

United States

DaveyDave

Brisbane, Australia

D

Dianatalk

Netherlands

Shemuel

New Jersey, United States

A

axienjii

Amsterdam, United Kingdom

I

ibd267

Ambler, United States

G

guiambros

United States

S

Saej215

United States

C

chrishol

United States

T

tlbtlbtlb

United States

Aaron85

Knoxville, United States

J

Jonas

Linköping, Sweden

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

P

phantomdiver

United States

P

plhughes

United States

R

retzroff

United States

T

tiojoca

Portugal

K

Kber9156

North Parramatta, Australia

K

Kimbo

Vietnam

B

bigMo

United States

C

condo86

United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

VK

Vasily Kudrin

Moscow, Russia

J

JimiK

Australia

B

blambert

United States

M

Microfinance

United States

T

tehmle

United States

S

sarahb

United States

T

Tim47

United States

A

afrakhan

United Kingdom

C

cocolo

United States

L

Lagrange

United States

N

Nicolaas

Doha, Qatar

adrianz

United States

ND

Nick DG

Exeter, United Kingdom

H

happyhappy

Switzerland

M

mcgeefamilyny

United States

P

Paul

United States

M

MSpainhoward

United States

Matthias Schulz

Berlin, Germany, Germany

R

ross22

United States

K

Kelly729

United States

E

Ejackson

United States

alecors

Mexico, Mexico

A

Aishad

United Kingdom

JP

James Parker

Sacramento, United States

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Becky Thompson

Leeds, United Kingdom

Shen Ge

Houston, United States

UD

Ulf D

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Peter R

Fulda, Germany

P

pombo

United States

Frank Termathe

Frankfurt Main, Germany

E

Erich

Zurich, Switzerland

D

Doug

Baltimore, United States

S

Sebastian

Dortmund, Germany

RM

Robbie McCullagh

Waverton, Australia

M

monty

Australia

Lauren

United Kingdom

M

mmartin

United States

LB

Lily Bentley

United Kingdom

AP

Adam Peterson

United States

AA

Adam Atlas

Montreal, QC, Canada, Canada

o24kristin

Schaumburg, United States

Jerome

Switzerland

S

Stephanie

United Kingdom

KH

Kaylee Howell

United States

DR

Derek R

Australia

WH

Walter Hill

United States

Elly

Woudrichem, United Kingdom

Jason Ogg

New Zealand

AC

Adam Cameron

United Kingdom

Kristina Speed

Seattle, WA, United States

JM

John Meserve

United States

BS

Bart Sturm

Amsterdam, Brazil

Deb Fox

Melbourne, Australia

YG

Yann Graf

Netherlands

B

Beth

United States

L

linda

United States

V

Vantine

United States

R

Ryan

United States

Thomas

Mueller, Germany

JC

Jethro Carr

Wellington, New Zealand

H

hawkins

United States

Max Lettenberger

Madison, WI, United States

Jani

Finland

JT

JW Tabacchi

United States

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

HS

Harry Shulman

United States

Crystal

Ohio, United States

DB

Divya Bhat

United States

KD

Kent Don

United States

TS

Ted Suzman

United States

EB

Erica Brescia

United States

Jennifer Weber

Canandaigua, Ny, United States

A

Anthony

United States

Sandi Kaucic

Stow, Ohio, United States

Maren Robison

Seattle, United States

A

Anya

United States

Sam

Earth, United States

T

Trish

New Zealand

YM

Yelka Mikolji

United States

BE

Bob Ewing

United States

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  • Wendy Emlyn    May 26, 2017

    Hello Ruth, are you able to make some more payments yet?
    God bless you,
    Wendy

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  • Ruth    Jan 1, 2017

    Photo

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  • Ruth    Jan 1, 2017

    More photos

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  • Ruth    Jan 1, 2017

    Hallo lenders,

    So far so good that's how the melons are doing.

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  • Ruth    Dec 19, 2016

    The loan has really helped me to grow my farming business more. However I would like to change my payment schedule until am comfortable enough to pay more since at the moment the project is still running and quite demanding.

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  • Ruth    Dec 5, 2016

    I will use my loan to fund my farming business. Thank you so much lenders for believing in me.

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  • Ruth    Nov 29, 2016

    Thank you dear lenders for funding me, i will be in a position to go ahead with my melon business. I wil keep you posted.

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  • Ruth    Jan 12, 2016

    More photos

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  • Ruth    Jan 12, 2016

    Hallo lenders,

    The melon project is picking and as I promised I will post photos of the same here are some....

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  • Ruth    Nov 14, 2015

    Hallo lenders,
    Thank you so much for the funding of my loan, I am planning to expand my farming business since I already planted melons. My plans are to plant more and venture into farming even more.

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  • Elly    Jun 23, 2015

    Fantastic, Ruth. Let us know how you're getting on in a couple of months or so. :-)

    Elly

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  • Ruth    Jun 22, 2015

    Hallo lenders,

    Thank you for the support accorded. The cash was well received and am having plans to start the project of expanding the poultry house immediately and increase the number.

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  • Elly    Jun 16, 2015

    Hello Ruth,
    Thank you so much for your message. It's great to hear from you. :-)
    Wishing you all the best for the success of your business.
    Kind regards,
    Elly

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  • Ruth    Jun 16, 2015

    Hallo lenders,

    Thank you so much for the support accorded to me over the years to fund my business. Am so greatful, may the Lord bless you. With this loan I will be in a better position to expand my business for chicken that I already started, buy more chicks, and also get them enough feeds that will push me for sometime before they start laying and am able to buy feeds from what they make.

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  • Ruth    Apr 10, 2015

    Hello Lenders,

    Thank you very much for the continued support with my business. For the last loan i took i was able to keep poultry and i can say so far so good the business is doing well. However, i have plans of expanding the business. Currently am keeping layers and i want to add broilers in the remaining space i have, since i also have a ready market for the same.

    Ruth.

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  • Ruth    Jan 7, 2015

    Thank you lenders for the continued support we are getting from you. I would like to finish my loan a bit earlier so that i can take another one for my business expansion. So far i have done better with the loan given since i have grown into a poultry keeping business from last year which is growing with time hence i would like to have more space and poultry since the demand is increasing every single day

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  • Treesforpeople    Dec 28, 2013

    Hi Ruth, I would like to know more about where you get your charcoal from - I would be interested to hear what you mean by recycled charcoal. Like you, I am also concerned about deforestation.

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    • Ruth    Jan 3, 2014

      Hi Treesforpeople,

      I normally collect from charcoal dealers the small broken pieces that cannot be in use anymore and i recycle that. You need to have a machine to make the process easier and the formula to make the briquettes after which they are dried in the sun hence you can use your charcoal after its dry.

      Ruth

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  • pentatonicscale    Mar 12, 2013

    Hi Ruth, thanks for the repayment. I hope your business is going well. Right now we are having sandstorms in Tokyo! It's very windy. I am busy working on a musical play with my students. Have a good day.

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