Second-hand clothing shop

Scholastica

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Scholastica

Member since

June 2015

On-time repayments

389 installments  •  100%

About Me

I am a 30 year Old Born in Meru. I schooled for both my primary and secondary education in Meru and later joined Mt. Kenya University in Thika Town where i did Diploma in Community Development and Social Work graduating in 2013. My family were not in formal employment in fact they were struggling to bring us up and seeing all they went through to provide for us and make sure we went to school i promised to give it my best and make sure i do well in my education. After my graduation i moved in with my boyfriend who in September 2014 gave me about $200 to start a business since getting employment was not easy. I invested the whole amount in second hand cloths and beauty shop and i am now happy trying to grow my business. We are blessed with two children a girl who is 9 years and a boy who is about 4 years now.

My Business

Since i was young i liked being neat and while in school i would always look for unique items to put on. It was from this and after sharing my idea with my boyfriend, now my husband who had also noticed my liking for beauty products that he decided to fund me with about $200 to start a beauty shop. I started small where i bought some few beauty products combined with ladies second had clothes. Due to my commitment and passion for this line of business it has been growing at a commendable pace. My customers like me and my husband also likes visiting my shop because he say he finds me funny selling and negotiating prices with my customers.

Loan Proposal

Hello lenders, I will utilize the loan proceeds in expansion of my second hand clothing shop. This will improve my profits which according to my projections to about Kshs. 15,000/= per week. This will be a major boost to me and the family as i will be able to contribute more towards payment of the house bills.

Income Source

Yes it is a hard times for business in our country and all over the word businesses are struggling. But thanks to my loyal customers who have kept coming to buy clothes from my shop that i have managed to pull through and am still making sales. I will rely on the same customers plus others because people have learned to accept and leave with the pandemic with business environment in our country gradually improving.

Feedback

2

None

None



Loading...

Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$1,040.00

Date disbursed

Jun 12, 2021

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

17 months

Lenders

A

Anninymouse

Southampton, United Kingdom

C

Cblodgett

Zurich, Switzerland

Brian

Midhurst, Canada

B

Bena

Winnipeg, Canada

J

johan

Oslo, Norway

tycho

Madison, WI, United States

PaulE

Cockeysville, MD, United States

G

garrybuck

Oro Valley, United States

M

Meckel

Boulder, United States

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

S

soren

Göteborg, Sweden

Rocketdrive

Eugene, Oregon, United States

Vanamo

Helsinki, Finland

evinpa

United States

MarktheMormon

Sandy, Utah, United States

L

ldron7

Utah, United States

S

share

Whitby, Canada

AF

a f

washington, United States

K

Kristina

Christchurch, New Zealand

C

cjmenchaca

Austin, United States

P

pmyadlowsky

Charlottesville, United States

JimVandegriff

Trinidad, California, United States

C

chasingtheskies

Palmdale, United States

G D Export

Kolkata, India

airvillepa

Airville, Pennsylvania, United States

L

Lenore

Munich, Germany

Sundstroms

Falun, Sweden

SeeMeeFi

Ontario, Canada

JessieD

Alexandria, Va, United States

D

Divergent

Bethesda, United States

G

glomardor

Leonardtown, United States

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

J

jzidi

Los Angeles, United States

S

SvenWaage

Stavanger, Norway

peanut

Halifax, Canada

B

bileiro

Mandaluyong, Philippines

R

RealUtopia

San Diego, United States

S

Scodeb123

Huntsville, United States

M

mkellerman

Shanghai, China

G

glh25

Winooski, United States

Z

zhihanchew1234

Tampin, Malaysia

nmatpt

Lisboa, Portugal

JTShorty

Gorham, Maine, United States

G

Goldrivermob

Gold River, Canada

M

Marod

Edmonton, Canada

D

Don100

Wilton, United States

Anto82

Eraclea, Italy

numbat

Perth, Australia

R

rohbear

asheville, United States

A

AndrewC

London, United Kingdom

Generaal

Antwerp, Belgium

B

BigWillie

Belfast, United Kingdom

JFais

Atlanta, United States

Greg1

Southampton, United Kingdom

T

ThereIsNoGod

Singapore, Singapore

D

DelapierceD

New York, United States

ibc123

Seattle, United States

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

D

dcheung

San Francisco, United States

B

BMcDermott

Washington, DC, United States

TuveTheDog

Helsinki, Finland

Freewolf

Salt Lake City, United States

MrMichigander

Marquette, United States

mikeice

Kohler, United States

Scotts5320

New York, United States

G

GreenMoney

Lahr, Germany

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

pvilliger

Zurich, Switzerland

T

tophini

Alma, United States

K

Kudrnova

Czech Republic

J

jenda

Czech Republic

bb4dogs

United States

M

maverick

United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

chriseyre

Fremont, Ca, United States

Scangaid

Pittsburgh, United States

W

wesbh89

United States

Loungin

United States

M

Medagan

San Franciso, United States

H

Heath

United States

SV

sven vdk

Twickenham, United Kingdom

adrianz

United States

ND

Nick DG

Exeter, United Kingdom

PolarBearCapital

United States

J

Joe

United States

S

Sven

Netherlands

Matthias

Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

Helmut Bachmayr

Munich, Germany

Jeroen Decock

Gent, Belgium

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

R

Robert

Berlin, Germany

Mark

Nijmegen, Netherlands

W

Wade

United States

Jake Badger

Roskilde, Denmark

BS

Bart Sturm

Amsterdam, Brazil

Lotus Flower

United States

Kate Courteau

United States

C

Chitti421

United States

Richard

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Kristin Rhodes

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

moursund

Beaver Nation, United States

RM

Roxane Milot

Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

JC

JD Conley

United States

I

Ian

United Kingdom

Jennifer Weber

Canandaigua, Ny, United States

C

cota

United States

BC

Best Chapman

United Arab Emirates

Carla

Amsterdam, Netherlands

B

United Kingdom

J

Juan

Netherlands

PR

Paul Rausch

United States

P

patricio

Yorba Linda, Ca, United States

AH

ajay hampapur

United States

P

Peter

Bratislava, Slovakia

Rory McLaughlin

Dallas, United States

Carlo Cruz

Cincinnati, OH, United States

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

Tam Thao Nathan

United States

Q

qieter

Gouda, Netherlands

J

Julie

United States

AS

Aida Smith

United States

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

James

London, United Kingdom

SA

Shar Alamdari

Los Angeles, United States

KG

Kate Goodwin

United States

Ren

Minneapolis/StPaul, United States

Craig Travis Provyn

Bradenton, Florida, United States

SH

Stephanie He

United States

RS

Rich Stein

United States

JA

Joshua Axtell

United States

Vratik Krocik

Prague, Czech Republic

Grégoire

Zurich, Switzerland

HD

Hardik Desai

United Kingdom

PC

Peter Cordier

United States

M

Mark

Toulouse, France, France

D

Dalton

San Francisco, United States

hervey liu

United States

NH

Nancy Hull

United States

DW

David Westmoreland

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Dean Suminski

Portland, Oregon, United States

Diane U

Olympia, Wa, Usa, United States

Adam Fraser

Cambridge, United Kingdom

GS

Gary Sinard

Franklin, TN, United States

Kenny

San Diego, United States

Salvatore Martello

New York, New York, United States

Mike

Indianapolis, United States

P

Peter

United States

L

Liam

New Zealand

E

Eric

Canada

Jane

Ontario, Canada

S

Sarah

Arlington, United States

JB

Jane Bean

United States

M

marton

United States

Nethanel Kohen

NYC, United States

KT

K Turner

United States

Mark Rowlatt

Peterborough, UK, United Kingdom

Carrie

Arlington, MA, United States

JS

jackson silvey

United Kingdom

Theo

Zürich, Switzerland

Darren Jeppson

Denver, Colorado, United States

RW

Ronald Waite

United States

L

lysander

Australia

LM

Lee Montecucco

Washington State, United States

Claire Lewis

Wales Uk, United Kingdom

AA

Andrew and Kim

Nashville, TN, United States

CL

Chris loera

United States

PA

Peter A

New York City, United States

JM

Joseph Moore

United States

R

Ray

Australia

JK

Janardan Kelkar

Atlanta, United States

Nick Studenski

Minneapolis, United States

DO

Denis Ontiveros

Guildford, United Kingdom

B

Ben

United States

We Not Me

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

C

Carol

Bayswater, WA, Australia

R

RM

Australia

KA

Kate and Tom

United States

Taylor Vaughn

Nashville, United States

M

Mika

Switzerland

Peter Collins

Darmstadt, Germany

CE

Christopher Engleright

Stafford, United States

C

Camm

Australia

Dao Nguyen

austin, United States

alexalexalex

Berlin, Germany

Andrew

United States

Nathan

Columbus, United States

AM

Alex Melo

United States

RS

Ralph Smyth

United Kingdom

GF

Gammon Family

United States

R

Rafael

Switzerland

T

Tim

Germany

EW

Eric West

United States

SR

Sean Rodgers

Wellington, New Zealand

M

MaggieK

United States

A

Abby

United States

Zimei

United States

Kevin Kong

San Francisco, CA, United States

KL

Kerry Lane

United States

J

John

Minneapolis, United States

AR

Arjun Ram

United States

M

Michael

Netherlands

E

Eduardo

Paraguay

M

Melissa

United States

CB

Chris Baker

United States

R

Ru

New York, United States

V

Vic

Finland

MC

Mike Cormack

Vancouver, Canada

E

emily

Australia

MN

Mike Newhof

Grand Rapids, MI, United States

B

Byron

Australia

A

Anonymous

United States

Black and White Zebra

Vancouver, Canada

EG

Erik G

Switzerland

Utahna

United States

Susan Benjamin

United States

Babbitt Family Foundation

Reno, United States

PP

Phil P

Malaysia

JI

James Innes

United Kingdom

K

Kieran

United Kingdom

MP

Mihir P

United Kingdom

Vincent Strangio

Pittsburgh, PA, United States

B

Barbra

United States

Brian Herrmann

Chicago, United States

SW

saurabh wahi

United Kingdom

W

Wim

Deventer, Netherlands

Bharat

Princeton, United States

KW

Kevin Wilson

United States

RA

Ray and Abram

Melbourne, Australia

B

Berend

Netherlands

Kurtis Miller

Kelowna, BC, Canada

M

Micheverett72

Knoxville, United States

Jessica

WA, Australia

Mike

Milano, Italy

TM

thomas murray

United States

A

Anonymous

United States

M

Mar

Berlin, Germany

EP

Erase Poverty

United States

AA

andria a

New York, United States

J

JackieBear

Grantsville, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

Gemlog Gemlog

Terrace, BC (near Alaska, USA), Canada

T

Tim

Netherlands

U

Uschi

Germany

DB

David Breen

United States

Marinka

The Hague, Netherlands

JT

Philadelphia, United States

Ask Scholastica a question about this project, share news and photos of your own, or send a simple note of thanks or inspiration.

Please log in to comment.

  • Scholastica    Mar 14, 2024

    Dear lenders, please allow me to reduce my repayments as above so as I do not miss on my repayments. Thanks

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Jan 12, 2024

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my instalments as follows.

    Thank you and happy new year

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Nov 14, 2023

    Dear lenders, I wish to request you to allow me revise my installments as hereby stated. My business is not doing very well for now but hoping for better days!

    Regards,

    Scolastica

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Sep 13, 2023

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my instalments as stated above due to low business activity. Thanks

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Jul 13, 2023

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to adjust mu repayment instalments as above so as I do not miss on repayments.

    Regards,
    Scolastica

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    May 15, 2023

    Dear lenders, kindly allow me to reduce my loan repayment instalments as hereabove so that i do not miss on my repayments and affect my credit score. Thank you.

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Mar 14, 2023

    Dear lenders,

    I am going through a difficult period which has also affected my business and therefore am financially constraint. Kindly allow me to revise my repayment instalments as above. I am praying and trusting God that soon I shall be back on my fit and make my repayments in time. Thanks and God bless!

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Dec 14, 2022

    Dear lenders, I appreciate you all for accepting to fund my project. As we continue to do the setup of the business, kindly allow me to reduce my repayments as above. Thank you.

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Nov 22, 2022

    Thank you for accepting to led to my project. My husband and I are going to use the funds in starting a hardware shop business through combined efforts within the outskirts of Nairobi as we continue on working on improving the family income. This will definitely take us as a family a step ahead, because increased income means better lives for not only us as a family but also those we are going to employ in helping to run the business as well the community around us.

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Benard    Nov 9, 2022

    Let’s support Scholastica as one family,,,, best wishes

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Nov 8, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    I take this opportunity to thank you for lending my last project of expanding my beauty products and second hand clothing shop. Your funding has enable my shop to grow whereby am able to make sales of about Kshs. 50,000/= per week, with the profits averaging at about 30% of the sales amount. I have reinvested some of this extra profits in expanding the business as well as helping in footing the family bills. We are now doing well as a family, thanks to you, and have managed to take our kids to even better schools.

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Sep 9, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Thank you for your patience as i continue to repay my loan. Kindly allow me to reduce my repayment instalments as follows so as i may not miss on repayments.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Aug 26, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my repayment instalments as here above so as i do not miss on repayment and affect my credit score.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Aug 15, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me allow me to reduce my repayments as follows so i don't miss on repayments.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Jul 29, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to adjust my repayments as follows so as i may not miss on my repayments.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Jul 15, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    This is to make a kind request to allow me reduce my repayments as stated above so as I do not miss in my loan repayments. Thank you for your understanding.

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Jul 1, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to adjust my repayments as stated above to avoid missing on my repayments.

    Regards,

    Scolastica

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    Jun 13, 2022

    Dear lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my repayments as stated so as i may not miss on my repayments.

    Regards,

    Scholastica

    Log in to reply • Share
  • Scholastica    May 30, 2022

    Dear Lenders,

    Kindly allow me to reduce my repayments as stated above so as i do not miss on my repayments.

    Regards,

    Shcolastica

    Log in to reply • Share


Loading...

Loading...

Loading...