For a cow and a shed for my dairy business

David

Nairobi, Kenya

100% paid forward

Entrepreneur

Name

David

Member since

June 2015

On-time repayments

297 installments  •  99%

About Me

I was born in a rural town in Kenya called Machakos. I spent most of my early childhood observing my grandparents as they did farming, though at that time most it was mostly subsistence farming. It's from this that I grew to love farming. Even after moving to the city, I still had that passion. That is why I took on farming as a hobby and eventually I have turned it into a money making venture.

I'm an information system administrator in the hospitality industry. In this role,
I'm tasked with assisting the IT manager in the provision of IT services for the hotel and the deployment of IT department requirements. I'm a qualified Computer technician and hold a diploma in computing from NCC education level 4 (QCF).

My Business

At the moment, I'm doing horticulture farming i.e., tomatoes and corianders as well as maize farming. Basically, I farm anything which is in the season and which has the prospect of giving me a good return. Initially, I was doing this as a hobby but after seeing that it gives good returns, I turned it into a business. Currently, I have employed several people who are managing my rented farms as I don't do it full time.
Most of the profits I get from the business I have invested back into it by expanding the size of the farm I rent and buying machinery I need. At the moment I'm saving money so that I can buy my own land.

Project Proposal

During Covid time i sold some of dairy cows because the cash flow was not good and i could not keep up buying food and maintaining all of them. Since the effect of Covid-19 has reduce and the market is opening again, with this loan i intend to buy a new dairy cow and renovate/repair the cow sheds.

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About Me

I was born in rural town in Kenya called Machakos and spent most of my early childhood observing my grandparents as they do farming though at that time most it was mostly subsistence farming. Its from this I grew to love farming and even after moving to the city I still had that passion. That is why I took farming as hobby and eventually I have turn into in to a money making venture.
I'm an Information system administrator in hospitality industry. In this role,
I'm tasked with assisting the IT manager in the provision of IT services for the hotel and the deployment of IT department requirements.
I'm a qualified Computer technician with and holds a diploma in Computing from NCC education level 4 (QCF).

My Business

At the moment I'm doing horticulture farming I.e Tomatoes and corianders as well as Maize farming. Basically I farming anything which is in the season and which has prospect of give me a good return.
Initially I was doing this as hobby but after see that it gives good returns I turn it into a business. currently have employed severals people who are managing my rented farms as I don't do it full time.
Most of the profits I get from the business I have invested back into it by expanding the size of the farm I rent and buying machinery need. At the moment I'm saving money so that I can buy my own land.

Loan Proposal

During Covid time i sold some of dairy cows because the cash flow was not good and i could not keep up buying food and maintaining all of them. Since the effect of Covid-19 has reduce and the market is opening again, with this loan i intend to buy a new dairy cow and renovate/repair the cow sheds.

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Project Info

Project Type

Pay It Forward

Disbursed amount

$1,232.00

Date disbursed

Mar 20, 2022

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Ottawa, Canada

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Charleston, United States

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Gold River, Canada

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London, United Kingdom

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Kanyibok, Kenya

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Bangkok, Thailand

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Alma, United States

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Nairobi, Kenya

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United Kingdom

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Butula, Kenya

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Mwotot-kapenguria, Kenya

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Lucy

Australia

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Czech Republic

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Marama

Australia

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Greg Rice

United States

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Prague, Czech Republic

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Victor Chong

United States

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Dalton

San Francisco, United States

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Helsinki, Finland

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David Westmoreland

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

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Olenguruone, Kenya

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Chipata, Zambia

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Tokyo, Japan

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Kirkland, WA, United States

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Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

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Utah, United States

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Ontario, Canada

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United States

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Arlington, MA, United States

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Dättwil, Switzerland

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Denver, Colorado, United States

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United States

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Andy Marston

United Kingdom

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Wales Uk, United Kingdom

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Kisii, Kenya

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Finland

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Tasikmalaya, Indonesia

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Kokuma, Ghana

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Australia

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San Francisco, United States

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Guildford, United Kingdom

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Ben

Germany

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Gabriel

Singapore

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Berlin, Germany

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Jose Ramirez

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Santa Barbara, United States

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Kakamega, Kenya

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Abuja, Nigeria

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United States

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San Francisco, CA, United States

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Augusto Gesualdi

Berlin, Germany

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Ken

United States

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John

Germany

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New York, United States

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Mike Newhof

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Jeremy

United States

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United States

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Switzerland

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Zach Corum

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Nairobi, Kenya

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Nairobi, Kenya

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Genoa, Italy

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Indianapolis, United States

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Redwood City, United States

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Victoria, Canada

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United Kingdom

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Tim

Netherlands

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David Breen

United States

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United Arab Emirates

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United States

Kevin

Kisii, Kenya

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Salt Lake City, United States

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Cathy

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United Kingdom

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Payments Forward

Amount returned to the platform for this project

$1,013.44

Pay It Forward Projects funded by David

$1,790 (74 Projects)

Projects funded by David's Pay It Forward recipients

$12,484 (581 Projects)

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