Paul    Dec 3, 2014

Dear Lenders,
I will keep on trying to contact Samuel....hopefully soon enough then I get back to you with some news. I am still hopeful that something will work out well for him and the lenders that lent him the cash.

Samuel    Sep 16, 2014

Good people,

Here is a loan by a good borrower www.zidisha.org/microfinanc... .that needs your support.

It is 74% funded now.

Thank you.

VM Shehi

Joseph    Jun 4, 2014

As a Zidisha sincere borrower, this week I took the initiative to go to Solai and find out why Samwel Ndungu has not been repaying his loan. Solai centre is very far from where I live and is about 96km from my home. I visited the place on 2nd, June 2014 and I was accompanied by my brother. Solai is was a very small centre with a population of about 500 people on estimate and almost everybody knows each other. We asked around for the 'Mali Mali Shop'. There was only one major mali mali at the centre. At supposedly Ndungu's shop, we met a shopkeeper & engaged in a conversation with him. We found out that Samwel Ndungu had been an employee at that shop but he resigned and unfortunately he did not report to work for about a week. We took snaps of the Solai administration post and the supposedly Ndungu's Shop. I did not get a chance to take the snap with me in it to avoid raising alarm from some suspecting customers and the photos i have uploaded were the best of shots i could get. Afterwards, his phone went off and they did not understand why he did that. We spent the evening trying to know more. We did everything we could to know his whereabouts or his family but all was in vain. I and my brother spent the night at Solai on that day and travelled back to Nakuru the following day. I took the below photos for reference of our visit. It may be discouraging to give you this negative finding but it is worth to let you know the truth. In spite of the unfortunate circumstance, I hope it will not take your faith away; instead, this should motivate you to support trustworthy borrowers in zidisha. Thank you lenders for your understanding.

Yours sincerely,

Joseph Mbogo,

• Samuel    Jun 5, 2014

  Joseph,
  
  Impressive efforts right there.
  Zidisha will last longer for future borrowers because of efforts like yours.
  
  Thank you for the efforts.

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• Ndungu    Jun 8, 2014

  Great effort from you Mr. Joseph Mbogo. If only the rest of us were half as committed to Zidisha as you are, it would be a much better place especially for lenders.
  
  Dear lenders, don't get discouraged by these few pies in the basket and we shall do our best to smoke them out of their hide outs.

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Samuel    May 27, 2014

Hi Sven,

I see that you contributed to Samwel very generously. Unfortunately, he has not returned the favour even a year later. ( You must be a very patient person to have waited on him for a year before giving feedback. You amaze me).

I have been following up on him for weeks now. However, the major challenge is that his contacts & that of his listed relatives are not working.

I am now mobilising zidisha members around Samwel to prevail on him to honour his zidisha commitment. It may require my physical travel to Solai to solve this puzzle, if need be.

I will update you & his other lenders on the progress of my efforts to enforce confidence on this lending platform that has really uplifted my quality of life.

I have many honest & deserving borrowers myself who I have invited to zidisha & they are still interacting responsibly.

For example, I have this honest invitee www.zidisha.org/microfinanc... , fundraising his loan, who can use your support. He is hardworking & honest person.

We must all work hard to ensure the zidisha's good lasts for future borrowers!

Best,
Shehi.

Haroun    Mar 30, 2014

What happened you never paid back your loan?

Samwel    Jan 11, 2013

I want to express my sincere gratitude for all lender who participated in my loan funding for just few hour and it was fully funded. May the Almighty Lord bless you all. I surely promise to work harder and start immediately the project i start yielding. Thank you once again.