Increase stock of printing materials for my shop

Joseph

Mishomoroni, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Joseph

Member since

April 2015

On-time repayments

241 installments  •  83%

About Me

My name is Joseph Kawiti, born in coast region of Kenya at a place called Taveta. I was raised in a farming community where people tend their small parcels of land for their food and to sell the surplus. Taveta is near the border of Kenya and Tanzania and as such there is a lot of cross border trading and the area teems with people from all corners of the two countries.

I am the first born in a family of 7 siblings and growing up was not easy. I was deprived of many childhood necessities due to the meager income of my parents. However they managed to take me to primary school where I did eight years and then proceeded to secondary school. I only did one year of secondary school and my parents could not afford to pay school fees for me due to many competing needs of the family.

I started doing menial jobs around my home area and after a few years, my aunt who lives in Mombasa which is about 150 kilometers away invited me to assist her in her business. Mombasa is a much bigger town and I started working at my aunt’s printing workshop as a machine operator. I worked there for 3 years and when I gained enough experience, I started my own printing firm with much help of my aunt.

This is what I am still doing for a living. I am married with two children aged 7 and 3 years old. I work very hard for their upkeep and to ensure that they lead a better life and get a better education than what I did.

My Business

I deal with all kinds of printing. I mostly do business cards, wedding cards, business fliers, brochures, receipt & invoice books etc. I use an offset machine due to its low maintenance cost. I serve the institutions around Mombasa such as schools, churches and other private businesses.
Through the wonderful Zidisha family, I have been able to open up grocery shop which is run by my wife. My printing business has not been doing very well but this I attribute to the Covid- 19 pandemic. It is my hope that as we approach the general elections it will pick up as aspiring candidates will be printing posters, banners, caps and tee shirts. I intend to take advantage of this and believe ZIDISHA LENDING FAMILY
will come in handy to make my dream come true.
PROMISE
As the great Zidisha and its entire lenders have helped me to become someone in my community. I promise not to disappoint you.
Zidisha Community I sincerely thank you for your last loan which has helped me to expand my business. My long experience in this field (Printing) is an added advantage. As I had said above the the money that i made i opened up a grocery shop for my wife as a side hustle to sew up the torn up pieces. You made it happen. God bless Zidisha.

LOAN PROPOSAL.
Thanks Zidisha group for your support. You helped me a lot to achieve my dreams. Opening a grocery shop and at the same time been able to continue with my printing business is a great step forward to me and I take it as a great achievement in my life. Once I get the intended loan I will use it in buying more stock for the grocery shop, service the printing machine i readiness for the printing boom business and ensure i have enough material before the prices hike.
Grocery expenses $ 310
Machine repair. $ 117
Printing materials. $ 400
It is my sincere hope that you will consider my loan application and approve it.

Loan Proposal

Buy materials for my clients jobs.Which the loan you gave to me helps me a lot for making my clients job to be easy,profit which i got from that loan. Money was injected into building and extension of my classes,and also pay for my children school fees.The business was doing fine it was just little problem but it is because of this electioneer year. but It will resume as usually i was,making like $450 for the first month when i received previous loan. about my family they are so happy and they also pray for what you are doing to our family to help also other family, who are in need my God help you so much my lenders . My dear lenders, receive all my gratitude to you.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$840.00

Date disbursed

Jun 19, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

13 months

Lenders

A

aaronmcmurray

SLC, UT, United States

Q

Quomar

Żmigród, Poland

C

Christian

Saarbruecken, Germany

valentin

Stockholm, Sweden

carlos vendrell

Barcelona, Spain, Philippines

AH

Aleksi H

Helsinki, Finland

investor

Candiac, Canada

Kylie

Mount Martha, Australia

davelowe100

Perryville, United States

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

P

phangsang

Seattle, United States

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

COOPITALIST

Toronto, Canada

O

Oliver

Geneva, Switzerland

LadyofHats

Hamburg, Germany

Rocketdrive

Eugene, Oregon, United States

AndreaBravi

London, UK, Canada

F

Fiodal

Helsinki, Finland

Kjartan

Oslo, Norway

ZlataRoy

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

R

rcmssr

Woodbury, United States

T

Tallago3

Munich, Germany

Pere

Barcelona, Spain

AF

a f

washington, United States

johnandmoliehi

Canton, New York, United States

Cordula

Cologne, Germany

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

J

JakeA

Wellington, New Zealand

Foxjam

St. Paul, United States

P

Piccolo

London, United Kingdom

DaveinPerth

Perth, Australia

J

Jessica

Patagonia, Argentina

M

mrhanky1

melbourne, Australia

S

Senryu91

caldogno, Italy

Krtecek

Balzers, Liechtenstein

Tavin

Ottawa, Canada

Jacob Hedegaard

Risskov, Denmark

T

tmsaddress

Orlando, Florida, United States

KirstenShute

Montreal, Canada

AlexPalavas

Palavas les Flots, France

A

anonymous123

United States

G

graememoss

Amsterdam, Netherlands

indeh

London, United Kingdom

gbnbca

Janeville, Canada

F

femi123

Oakville, Canada

D

duckdork

De Forest, United States

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

P

PhilACK

Brampton, Canada

P

pedromaster88

torra pallavicina, Italy

pentatonicscale

Niiza-shi, Japan

L

loistf

Madrid, Spain

G

Goodwill

Oakland, United States

L

leniwiec

Poznan, Poland

C

ckd25n

san francisco, United States

JennyinParis

Paris, France

C

Charlotte

Charlotte, United States

R

Rking

Eugene, United States

Kev19083

Bryn Mawr, United States

P

Prysdahl

Marshall, United States

Christopher

Copenhagen, Denmark

A

Andy

Berlin, United States

nakamura

United States

chadgibbs

Loveliest Village, United States

G

glh25

Winooski, United States

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

rhagen

New York, United States

Immanuel

Darwin, Australia

H

HomesteadSchool

Glen Spey, United States

T

Taupe

Balzers, Liechtenstein

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

M

Moonknight

Østre Gausdal, Norway

D

dpvidal

Eindhoven, Netherlands

F

fredrikahl

Stockholm, Sweden

Nadja

Weissach, Germany

C

Colmena

Chicago, United States

Hedwich

Gorssel, Netherlands

A

AskTheFather

Honey Grove, United States

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

K

kingcamo1095

Mountain Home, United States

JonB

London, United Kingdom

D

doublehelix

Philadelphia, United States

tonnyschonewille

Maastricht, Netherlands

ibc123

Seattle, United States

Z

zangalan

Maryland, United States

E

Esukken

Göteborg, Sweden

C

cranejoad

cazenovia, United States

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

B

BMcDermott

Washington, DC, United States

lizandsteve

guelph, Canada

E

E

Marin county, United States

B

BearLa

Indianapolis, United States

B

bwitt

Berkeley, United States

J

jonastang

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

mikeice

Kohler, United States

Evan Lamos

Brussels, Belgium

D

dj9812

United States

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

K

kristina19

United States

M

Malibu

Westwood, United States

D

drorm

United States

T

thegreek1020

San Jose, United States

O

osubucks45

United States

R

roozbeh

United States

T

theironbank

United States

S

spivurno

United States

DavidHS

United Kingdom

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Pomaikai

Jersey City, United States

D

DandS

United States

Pankratio

EastVan, Canada

K

karthich

Austin, United States

M

merk85

United States

bb4dogs

United States

AltruismUSA

Los Angeles, Ca, United States

joshuacollinson

Vienna, Austria

S

sarah4d2

Saint Louis, United States

smastermind

Jerusalem, Israel

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

Q

qeorge

United States

TyWee

Manila, Philippines

L

luckiestmonkey

United States

B

bscent

Hong Kong

AAE USA Team

United States

G

Gavin

New Zealand

W

wesbh89

United States

Laparo

Dusseldorf, Germany

TyrynyRed

United States

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

Loungin

United States

C

cocolo

United States

SV

sven vdk

Twickenham, United Kingdom

M

MicroLender53

United States

K

Kebrenagast

New York, United States

C

Crainster

Chapel Hill, United States

PolarBearCapital

United States

SuperMario28

Cudahy, United States

T

Tony1

Australia

GaloLending

United States

M

mcortizo

Madrid, Spain

D

djlayton4

United States

Mike and Jacqui

United Kingdom

S

Stephan

Netherlands

K

Kristiina

All Countries

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Eduardo

Sorocaba, Brazil

C

CSM

Berlin, Germany

F

Falk

Germany

T

Tim

Cologne, Germany

E

Erich

Zurich, Switzerland

Jeroen Decock

Gent, Belgium

B

Bruce

Hong Kong

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Ben Triola

St. Louis, United States

Family Mueller

Petershagen, Germany

Mark

Nijmegen, Netherlands

MD

Miles Dodge

CORVALLIS, United States

JC

Jane Cohen

United States

DR

Derek R

Australia

MW

Matt Willis

United States

W

Wade

United States

Thomas

Basel, Switzerland

JD

Jo Dane

Melbourne, Australia

Elly

Woudrichem, United Kingdom

Jake Badger

Roskilde, Denmark

PC

Patrick Clavette

Hartford, Wisconsin, United States

S

SP

United States

Kate Courteau

United States

Dean Cress

United States

SK

Stefan Kruell

Muenster, Germany

Lou Kaucic

Sanbornton, NH, United States

E

erica

antwerpen, Belgium

CN

Cyprien Noel

United States

Kristin Rhodes

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

EB

Erica Brescia

United States

JD

Jeff DePree

United States

George

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

ME

Manaal Eisa

Washington DC, United States

A

A

United States

R

Rors

United States

TH

tom hd

United Kingdom

AH

Adam Hill

United States

Carla

Amsterdam, Netherlands

B

Brent

United States

Pedro R-C

Cambridge, United States

Martin Nielsen

Aarhus, Denmark

AW

Adam Wright

United States

M

Mart

United Kingdom

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Taylor

United States

Arend Thorp

Brooklyn, NY, United States

KM

Keir M

London, United Kingdom

N

Nick

Greater London, United Kingdom

EF

Eddie Flores

NYC, United States

Kyle Holohan

United States

J

Joel

United States

Surya Setiyaputra

Sydney, Australia

Rosario von Li

San Jose, Ca, United States

A

Andrei

United States

A

Adam

United Kingdom

Eugen Stamm

Zurich, Switzerland

CR

Christine Randall

Brisbane, Australia

Christopher Hey

Sudbury, Canada

KN

Ken Nielsen

United States

Taylor

Memphis, United States

Cliff

United States

AG

abel ghita

Bucharest, Romania, Italy

B

Barry

United States

B

Bramlage

United States

S

Siadus

United States

IH

Isaac Hileman

United States

Carlo Cruz

Cincinnati, OH, United States

CH

Cris Higham

South Africa

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

L

LK

United States

D

Dermo

Dublin, Ireland

T

Tom

United States

Mojoe

Atlanta, United States

EthicalHost

Toronto, Canada

FJ

Flo Jo

United States

DJ

David Jones

United Kingdom

V

Vidar

Oslo, Norway

Kayleigh George

Glasgow, United Kingdom

JG

James Greer

United States

LT

Leslie Tymko

United Kingdom

S

Stephanie

Zurich, Switzerland

I

isaac

United Kingdom

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

M

Magnus

Switzerland

KK

karl kerksiek

United States

B

Boris

Bern, Switzerland

SA

Steve A

Newbury, United Kingdom

GC

Greger Cronquist

Göteborg, Sweden

Myria

New Mexico, United States

RM

Ron Maze

United States

Kevin

United States

B

Brett

Australia

RG

Ravi Gadad

United States

Bill Ballew

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Zack Stein

United States

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

SM

Sachet Marion

United States

RK

Robin Kline

United States

TO

Thomas O'Neil

United States

SA

Shar Alamdari

Los Angeles, United States

QH

Qasim Halai

United States

EW

Eli Weiss

United States

A

Anna

Poland

MJ

Morgan Jones

United States

K

Katharina

Germany, Germany

Craig Newmark

United States

H

Hans

Czech Republic

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

RR

Rory Rohloff

United States

WS

Warren Shen

United States

Andrea

Rome, Italy

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

Curious Customs

Austin, Texas, United States

Cora and Andi

Frankfurt, Germany

JA

Joshua Axtell

United States

Thomas Naimoli

United States

A

Ayan

United States

A

Ari

United Kingdom

VC

Victor Chong

United States

MG

Morten Gade

Copenhagen, Romania

BE

Bob Ewing

United States

K

Kyle

Durban, United Kingdom

AD

Amy Dinh

United States

L

Lastoni

United States

D

Dalton

San Francisco, United States

Haroon S

United States

NG

Nathan Grey

United States

Dean Suminski

Portland, Oregon, United States

Colin Marks

London, United Kingdom

CM

Colin Marks

United Kingdom

GS

Gary Sinard

Franklin, TN, United States

ED

Eunan Doherty

donegal ireland, Ireland

Bo Rosén

Eslöv, Sweden

EC

Edward Conrads

San Francisco, United States

R

Raffins

United States

Menno

Adelaide, Australia

KK

Kurt Kellner

United States

M

Mack

Harbor, Oregon, United States

A

anna

Sacramento, California, United States

KR

Kathryn Roach

United States

R

RMIM

United States

SS

Sarah sewall

United States

KA

Khaled Asmri

Saudi Arabia

Mike

Indianapolis, United States

DW

Dan Winetsky

United States

Martha Fleury

Bethesda, MD, United States

WC

Walter Clarke

Phoenix, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

E

Eric

Canada

Tyler Metcalf

Utah, United States

SS

Sandi Smith

Pimpama. Queensland, Australia

A

Adriaan

Netherlands

TH

Tyler Harris

United States

A

Anonymous

United States

afaness

Germany

M

marton

United States

Sean Richards

Wilmette, United States

CN

Craig Newmark

United States

PL

Pei Li

Singapore

AB

Ashira Blazer

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

BL

Bill Lowery

United States

MM

Mark Moran

United Kingdom

L

Laea

Canada

MD

Michael Dean

United States

H

Haley

United States

JL

James Little

United Kingdom

Greg DeKoenigsberg

Durham NC, United States

Tracie Rathsack

Baltimore, MD, United States

sbdoc

Reno, United States

K

Khoa

United States

PM

Paul Melville

United States

EE

Erin E Zamzow

United States

SJ

Serign Jobe

United States

Japan

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Summary

Amount repaid

$839.10

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

Jul 24, 2018

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Jun 27, 2017 $14.82 Jun 27, 2017 $14.82
Jul 4, 2017 $14.82 Jul 1, 2017 $14.82
Jul 11, 2017 $14.82 Jul 11, 2017 $14.82
Jul 18, 2017 $14.82 Jul 16, 2017 $14.82
Jul 25, 2017 $14.82 Jul 24, 2017 $14.82
Aug 1, 2017 $14.82 Jul 29, 2017 $14.82
Aug 8, 2017 $14.82 Aug 7, 2017 $14.82
Aug 15, 2017 $14.82 Aug 14, 2017 $14.82
Aug 22, 2017 $14.82 Aug 22, 2017 $14.82
Aug 29, 2017 $14.82 Aug 29, 2017 $14.82
Sep 5, 2017 $14.82 Sep 5, 2017 $14.82
Sep 12, 2017 $14.82 Sep 10, 2017 $14.82
Sep 19, 2017 $14.82 Sep 19, 2017 $14.82
Sep 26, 2017 $14.82 Sep 24, 2017 $14.82
Oct 3, 2017 $14.82 Oct 1, 2017 $14.82
Oct 10, 2017 $14.82 Oct 8, 2017 $14.82
Oct 17, 2017 $14.82 Oct 15, 2017 $14.82
Oct 24, 2017 $14.82 Oct 25, 2017 $14.82
Oct 31, 2017 $14.82 Nov 1, 2017 $14.82
Nov 7, 2017 $14.82 Nov 6, 2017 $14.82
Nov 14, 2017 $14.82 Nov 13, 2017 $14.82
Nov 21, 2017 $14.82 Nov 18, 2017 $14.82
Nov 28, 2017 $14.82 Nov 28, 2017 $14.82
Dec 5, 2017 $14.82 Dec 3, 2017 $14.82
Dec 12, 2017 $14.82 Dec 12, 2017 $14.82
Dec 19, 2017 $14.82 Dec 18, 2017 $14.82
Dec 26, 2017 $14.82 Dec 26, 2017 $14.82
Jan 2, 2018 $14.82 Jan 3, 2018 $14.82
Jan 9, 2018 $14.82 Jan 12, 2018 $14.82
Jan 16, 2018 $14.82 Jan 14, 2018 $14.82
Jan 23, 2018 $14.82 Jan 23, 2018 $14.82
Jan 30, 2018 $14.82 Jan 28, 2018 $14.82
Feb 6, 2018 $14.82 Feb 5, 2018 $14.82
Feb 13, 2018 $14.82 Feb 11, 2018 $14.82
Feb 20, 2018 $14.82 Feb 19, 2018 $14.82
Feb 27, 2018 $14.82 Feb 27, 2018 $14.82
Mar 6, 2018 $14.82 Mar 7, 2018 $14.82
Mar 13, 2018 $14.82 Mar 14, 2018 $14.82
Mar 20, 2018 $14.82 Mar 19, 2018 $14.82
Mar 27, 2018 $14.82 Mar 26, 2018 $14.82
Apr 3, 2018 $14.82 Apr 4, 2018 $14.82
Apr 10, 2018 $14.82 Apr 11, 2018 $14.82
Apr 17, 2018 $14.82 Apr 17, 2018 $14.82
Apr 24, 2018 $14.82 Apr 25, 2018 $14.82
May 1, 2018 $14.82 May 2, 2018 $14.82
May 8, 2018 $14.82 May 12, 2018 $14.82
May 15, 2018 $14.82 May 20, 2018 $14.82
May 22, 2018 $14.82 Jun 2, 2018 $14.82
May 29, 2018 $14.82 Jun 2, 2018 $4.94
Jun 10, 2018 $9.88
Jun 5, 2018 $14.82 Jun 10, 2018 $9.88
Jun 19, 2018 $4.94
Jun 12, 2018 $14.82 Jun 19, 2018 $14.82
Jun 19, 2018 $14.82 Jun 26, 2018 $14.82
Jun 26, 2018 $14.82 Jun 26, 2018 $4.94
Jun 30, 2018 $9.88
Jul 3, 2018 $14.82 Jun 30, 2018 $14.82
Jul 10, 2018 $14.82 Jul 10, 2018 $14.82
Jul 17, 2018 $14.82 Jul 16, 2018 $14.82
Jul 24, 2018 $9.33 Jul 24, 2018 $9.33

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