To buy materials for making watering cans

Francis

Gakoromone, Kenya

100% repaid

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Entrepreneur

Name

Francis

Member since

April 2013

On-time repayments

293 installments • 65%

About Me

l am the first born in my family among four children,we have been brought up by a single mother due to the divorce which occured when l was young when l did not know anything just am being told what happened,l live at gakoromone in meru with one wife whom l married year 2010 and we have been blessed with one duaghter,l am a business man having a passion of prospering in life,as far as my education is concerned l am a form four leaver who sat for k.c.e.s exam year 2005,in the year 2006 l was employed as a sales man in a certain jua kali in meru up to last year a month of six[june],after one month l started my own business in order to cater for my needs together with my family,l purchase more stock with some earnings which l get from my business inorder to keep my business alive.

My Business

as l have indicated above,l started my business last year 2012 in month of seven[july] since l had gained alot of experience from where l was employed,l deal with making and selling of jua kali product such as jikos,ngatas,sufurias,metal buckets etc,they are highly demanded since most them are household goods which one cannot do without,my customers prefer my goods because they are of good quality and that whenever any customer visit me l handle him or her with due respect as l can,my business is profitable because whenever customer visit me at first time he or she feels to come later and when he or she will becoming later there will be an introduction a new customer, secondly l manage properly the profit which l get from the business,my business face a risk of competition,my typcal monthly costs is 17,000kenya shillings while monthly sales is 35,000kenya shillings and lastly my monthly profit is 18,000kenya shillings.NB among this profit the basic needs have not been deducted.

Loan Proposal

I will use this amount of 306.6 USD to buy metal sheet materials which will asist me to make more watering cans.It will benefit my customers such a way that they will be able to water there plant since in our area it time of dry season.In turn my business will have an additional profit of 120USD.THANK YOU HAS YOU PREPARE TO FUND ME

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Margaret Sep 12, 2017

Francis paid off his loan in a timely manner. I would gladly lend to him again and encourage others to do the same.

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