To buy input(raw materials) for my tie & dye business

Charity Jil

Mepe - Volta Region, Ghana

20% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Charity Jil

Member since

October 2016

On-time repayments

198 installments  •  21%

About Me

My name is Charity Jil Owusu from Mepe. My father was a hunter and my mother, a petty trader.
We were poor to the extent that, we hardly eat 3 times daily. Below are the survival formulae we had adopted to survive; it's funny but it really helped us.
1. 1 0 0 (ie: we eat only in the morning )
2. 0 0 1 (ie: we eat only in the evening ) and
3. 0 1 0 (ie: we eat only in the afternoon ).
Moreover, there was this woman in our neighborhood who was making batik tie and dye so I had approached so I can learn the job from her.
She said she doesn't have any problem so I should go and inform my parents if only they would agree. My parents gave me the go ahead and encouraged me to excel in it.
Unfortunately, my father was attacked by a lion when he went hunting in the forest; and my mother also followed due to a short illness. I have passed out successfully as a Tie & Dye Maker and took the mantle as the breadwinner of the families till now.

My Business

I am into Batik Tie & Dye making for about two years now. The Batik Tie and Dye cloth is highly patronized by a lot of people in and out Africa. Despite the demands on my goods, I don't have the needed capital to buy the materials (input) in large quantity and most of the tools and equipment needed for the job. Nonetheless, the loans I took from Zidisha on two occasion had positively changed my story.

Loan Proposal

The chemicals (dyes) I use in the production of my local batik tie and dye have finished as well as the fabrics. I hereby humbly write to apply for a loan of GH¢ 179.00 to help my stay in business.
This loan when granted would not only meet the desire of my clients but it will also reflect in my business' profits and my personal life.
Thanks

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  • Margaret    Apr 4, 2017

    Charity paid her loan off promptly and was a pleasure to work with. I would gladly loan to her again and encourage others to do the same.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$41.00

Date disbursed

Apr 4, 2017

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

40 months

Lenders

Tanya

Nelson, New Zealand

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

M

Margaret

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

CN

Craig Newmark

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

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