Seedlings and fertilizer for vegetable farming
Charles
Nyahururu, Kenya
6% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Charles
Member since
February 2015
On-time repayments
103 installments • 3%
About Me
My name is Charles Henry Githinji. I am 30 years old- married and blessed with one son. I am the first born in a family of four. I reside with my family at Mbuni estate in the outskirts of Nyahururu town.
Due to financial challenges, I did not study much but have developed skills in farming over the years and now it is my passion.
My hobbies are watching sports, reading inspirational stories and listening to music.
My Business
I am a full time farmer and we have a family land at Nyahuru where we cultivate mostly vegetables especially tomatoes, kales and cabbages. It is our major source of income and food for the family. We sell them both on wholesale and retail. The main customers are the grocery owners in town and the neighboring villages.
I try to maintain the cycle to keep the customer demands throughout the year.
Farming is currently my livelihood and i want to grow into it.
Loan Proposal
It is the onset of rains here and thus the time to plant. The dry season was long and I could not risk developing my own seedlings since i do not have irrigation infrastructure. Therefore I am planning to purchase ready seedlings of both cabbages and kales for planting as soon as possible.
So given the loan, I will use it all on purchasing fertilizer and seedlings for planting soon.
Timely planting will ensure that the vegetables do well due to ongoing rains.
The current harvest will enable me service the loan with ease.
Thank you.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$100.00
Date disbursed
Feb 23, 2015
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
24 months
Lenders
Boston, United States
United States
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