George
Kombe Village, Kenya
24% repaid
Name
George
Member since
July 2015
On-time repayments
149 installments • 93%
I am George Omondi Agola, I was born in 1977 in the rural village of Kombe in Kasgunga Ward, Homa Bay County in the republic of Kenya. I was the 6th born among 8 siblings. I went through my primary education in public funded school and due to lack of school fee, I did not proceed to High School but opted to undergo a motor vehicle driving course since my parents were unable to raise the high school fee.
Upon completion of my driving course, getting employment was not possible so I decided to venture into small-scale, hand irrigated horticultural farm in a leased land adjacent to the shores of Lake Victoria to enable me earn a livelihood for my family.
I went through early life in hardship.
I got married at the age of 23 and our marriage has been blessed with four children. The 1st born is in class seven and the last born in pre-school.
I come from fishing community that lives in the shores of Lake Victoria, men are fishermen while women are mainly fish mongers.
I love watching boat racing ,swimming, and meeting new people.
I am involved in organic farming practice in my small-scale horticultural food farm in Mbita where I grow onions, tomatoes, kales, vegetables and maize for both my family consumption and surplus for sale. I started this business two years ago, the business has been doing so well and I have started to get a very good and reliable clients base.
My farm is multi-purpose as I keep a small indigenous tree nursery that I tender trees and seedlings of different varieties for afforestation and landscaping to various sectors including local public primary schools and churches. During the rainy seasons I normally go round to asses the progress of my goods at various places
From my farm, I harvest upto 130pcs of tomatoes on average per day . This amounts to a monthly income of KES 15,000. I have many customers because I have the best of what they need. I put a lot of effort in my work, I do sell non-GMO foods which are in great demand. I will repay the loan in good time and access more loans from ZIDISHA lenders.
In the May- July rainy and planting season, I need a loan of KES 50,054 to purchase seedlings like; carrots, tomatoes, irish potatoes, sourghum, millet and maize for planting. I will use the loan to purchase the following tools; watering can, fork jembe. hoe, rake, wheel barrow and assorted seedlings to enable me plant fruits and flowers for sale. I thank God for ZIDISHA, the platform has given me a rarer opportunity to grow my business.
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Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$493.00
Date disbursed
May 17, 2018
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
2 months
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Amount repaid
$119.93
Amount remaining
$373.32
Expected completion
Jul 31, 2018
Status
Repaying late
Installment amount
$54.80
Expected Payments | Actual Payments | ||
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May 29, 2018 | $54.80 | May 31, 2018 | $4.93 |
Jun 4, 2018 | $4.93 | ||
Jun 10, 2018 | $4.93 | ||
Jun 21, 2018 | $4.93 | ||
Jul 9, 2018 | $9.85 | ||
Jul 12, 2018 | $9.85 | ||
Jul 25, 2018 | $4.93 | ||
Aug 4, 2018 | $9.85 | ||
Aug 14, 2018 | $0.60 | ||
Jun 5, 2018 | $54.80 | Aug 14, 2018 | $4.33 |
Oct 29, 2018 | $19.71 | ||
Jan 27, 2019 | $6.90 | ||
Jan 31, 2019 | $4.93 | ||
Feb 4, 2019 | $4.93 | ||
Feb 11, 2019 | $4.93 | ||
Feb 26, 2019 | $9.09 | ||
Jun 12, 2018 | $54.80 | Feb 26, 2019 | $0.77 |
Apr 18, 2019 | $9.56 | ||
Jun 19, 2018 | $54.80 | ||
Jun 26, 2018 | $54.80 | ||
Jul 3, 2018 | $54.80 | ||
Jul 10, 2018 | $54.80 | ||
Jul 17, 2018 | $54.80 | ||
Jul 24, 2018 | $54.80 | ||
Jul 31, 2018 | $0.05 |
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