Solar lanterns to help women & girls be more productive
Francis Mbewe
Chipata, Zambia
100% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Francis Mbewe
Member since
March 2016
On-time repayments
348 installments • 77%
About Me
Growing up in a Village and raised by great grandmother, i studied under a kerosene lamp and every month i missed school due to sickness caused by the fumes from the kerosene lamps. Its an experience i don't wish any child or woman to go through. My great grandmothers meager earning she used to have was mostly spent on my medication, while my uncles were busy abusing my aunties and spending their money on beers. I grew up knowing the challenges women go through. I grew up knowing that when a woman is empowered then the whole village is empowered. I saw it through my great grandmother Sofia and through my aunties.
Its this experience that has shaped my career path. I chose to be a Social Entrepreneur so that i can create opportunities for women and girls. So that i can enable women and girls have equal accesses to products and services that can put them on a road to economic prosperity.
My Business
For the past 3 years i set up Kukula Solar, a social business that seek to distribute 100,000 solar products to rural and peri urban communities of Zambia. 90% of these solar products will be put in the hands of women and girls so that they can be empowered to do more. For girls, to study for longer hours and for women to work for longer hours. Its here at Zidisha were we launched this social business and together we have distributed over 3,000 solar lanterns. We still have 97,000 solar lanterns to distribute, thats why i invite all our lenders here to help us get these life changing products to the women and girls I'm so passionate about!
Loan Proposal
We are requesting this loan to enable us continue distributing solar lanterns to women and girls in rural communities so that they can be more productive while saving money!
The loan will help us to order 20 solar lanterns to distribute to women and girls.
For women they will be able to trade for longer hours so that they can increase their income and continue to improve their families.
For girls, the solar lanterns will enable them to study for longer hours, helping them to prove their school grades and reducing early marriages.
We are very positive that with continual distribution of the solar lanterns, we will be helping families to thrive and villages to develop.
Thanks so very much for helping me me with the loan!
Together we are bringing life changing products in the hands of women and girls who need them the most.
Thanks you! ZIKOMO
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$1,174.00
Date disbursed
Aug 8, 2019
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
4 months
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