To expand my chicken business

Milly

Limuru, Kenya

64% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Milly

Member since

April 2015

On-time repayments

64 installments  •  45%

About Me

My name is Millicent Adongo. I was born and raised in Kericho county where I also attended my school. I went to college in Kisumu county forKNR. Am in a family of ten siblings. My Dad passed away leaving my mother a widow so we had to start fending for ourselves.
I started a small business by then I only had a son. But later I had three other kids two twins both girls and my last born son. So I had to work extra hard to increase my income. I went into potato and vegetable farming. They are also well paying but like for the potatoes I have to wait for four months to harvest. I started poultry farming not only to increase my income but also have it on a regular basis like weekly to monthly.
Not so many farmers are into kienyeji chicken rearing in our are because it is urbanised community.The weather is extremely cold. My children want to join in my business when they grow up.
When I have free time,I read or watch movies. I also enjoy going to the gym.

My Business

My 7 hens hatched 65 chicks Then I bought 35 more. I will rear them for a period of 4 months then separate the cocks from the hens. I shall sell the cocks & buy breeder cocks with a ratio of 1 cock to 7 hens. I keep on increasing the number of chicks on a monthly basis at 54.3 dollars in order to be able to sell later every month to carter for their feed at5.45 dollars a week.This business helps me pay school fees for my children. Since many prefer kienyeji chicken as food, they are fast moving. They are less costly to feed once grown as they are introduced to the free range method. I am requesting for a loan in order to increase their numbers since the space is available and able to hold to 1000 birds. I chose to rear kienyeji since it is not Labour intensive, they are less prone to diseases therefore more pocket friendly. I am determined to make it a success.

Loan Proposal

Dear lender's. I would wish to buy materials that I will use to expand my chicken house. These will cost 150 USD . the materials are, wire mesh, nail s , iron sheets and timber. The remaining amount I will use to buy. More chicks.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$186.00

Date disbursed

Jan 19, 2016

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

8 months

Lenders

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

B

blahblah

Nuernberg, Germany

D

Divergent

Bethesda, United States

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

Sunnyside

Stafford, United Kingdom

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

MW

Matt Willis

United States

W

Wade

United States

Lou Kaucic

Sanbornton, NH, United States

WE

Wendy Emlyn

Devon, United Kingdom

BB

Ben Bellows

United States

Aylsham Rotary

Aylsham, Norfolk, Uk, United Kingdom

JC

Justin cohan

United States

DK

Danny Kelly

United States

HPK

Switzerland, Switzerland

NM

Neil M

London, United Kingdom

EW

Eli Weiss

United States

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  • Pheobe    Mar 22, 2018

    Milly claims her business collapsed and she's not in a position to repay the loan

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  • Wendy Emlyn    Jul 8, 2016

    Thanks for your latest payment, Milly.
    God bless you,
    Wendy

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  • Wendy Emlyn    Apr 25, 2016

    Hello Milly. Please can you contact Zidisha to arrange a lower weekly installment. That is better than letting yourself get behind with your payments, which can make it harder to get another loan. You can increase your installments again when you have more money coming in. Zidisha is very helpful and wants you to succeed rather than struggle!
    God bless you,
    Wendy

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  • Milly    Feb 3, 2016

    Sales are down so I would wish to reduce my instalment.

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  • Milly    Jan 18, 2016

    Thanks to the lenders who funded my loan I wish you well and God bless you .

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  • Milly    Oct 1, 2015

    I'm unwell so I would like to reduce my payment until i get better.

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  • Moses    Sep 28, 2015

    Dear lenders i have not yet talked to Milly but once i do will inform you what she has said.

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  • Milly    Aug 6, 2015

    Thank you lenders , i will buy material for constructing abiger chicken house and i will also buy more chicks.

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  • Milly    Jul 28, 2015

    Dear lender's thanks for your first loan it realy helped me. Ateast i have made a step with my chicken business. Once again thank you.

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  • Brian    May 18, 2015

    I notice that your first few loan payments are exactly on time - a great start, Milly, well done.

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  • Milly    Apr 25, 2015

    I would like to thank the Zidisha team for funding my loan of 66usd. I have already placed an order for 40 improved kiyenyeji chicks which will be delivered in a week. I will send my picture with them on receipt.
    Thanks again for coming to my aid. It is a wonderful project and I hope you will continue funding me once I clear my payments.

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  • Pheobe    Apr 23, 2015

    Congratulation and good luck in your business. Vicky's siz

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