Selling second-hand clothes

Petronila

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Petronila

Member since

July 2015

On-time repayments

256 installments  •  36%

About Me

Hello good people, I am Petronilla Atieno. I am 36 years old. I am an entrepreneur and also youth mentoring activities within my community. I train to abstinence from drugs and alcohol abuse. I started this program after O level with youths in my church group and we have seen tremendous changes in young people who now see hope for the future. I also sell bedsheets and Towels as a side hassle and recently I also started importing beauty products from US which has tremendously boosted my business. This business has enable me to support my orphaned cousins financially. I will be able to pay the loan offered to me from my entrepreneur business.

You will find me mostly doing community work or travel upcountry when i'm not working.

My Business

I have a small shop and most of the time I’m forced to go to the cyber cafe to use their facilities to upload pictures of my products for online selling that produces quality referrals. Online advertisement rewards me with $ 3000 monthly which I use for restock and for my upkeep and daily food. I also support 2 of my orphaned cousins that are currently in high school. I am also saving something small for their college fee once they finish high school as they have no one else to depend on. I am sure my sales will tremendously increase thus I will be able to service the loan.
With the loan, I will add more stock and the same time desk computer worth $ 150 which i can use to upload the pictures and sell online free without having to commute thrice to go to town for this service. I will enable be to save on transport and use the money to pay for Internet and will enable to attend to my clients faster.

Loan Proposal

I will buy new 2nd hand clothes and at the same time build additional shops to expand my business. This will also allow me to atleast employ 1 person to assist with selling at the shop.

I will also add on new stock in bulk.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$97.00

Date disbursed

Aug 12, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

17 months

Lenders

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

Hedwich

Gorssel, Netherlands

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

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Katka

St Albans, United Kingdom

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

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Anonymous

United States

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Anonymous

United States

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Anonymous

United States

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