David
Nairobi, Kenya
100% paid forward
Name
David
Member since
June 2015
On-time repayments
297 installments • 99%
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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 Type
Pay It Forward
Disbursed amount
$1,232.00
Date disbursed
Mar 20, 2022
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