To plough, weed, buy seeds, manure and labor for new season
Jenifa
Central Alego, Kenya
7% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Jenifa
Member since
June 2016
On-time repayments
201 installments • 60%
About Me
I am 76 years old and i am a grandma. I have lived for a long time and I thank almighty god for my life. I am a widow having lost my husband very many years back. Since my husband's death i have never found a stable job or income generating activity worth mentioning. However, i have been selling grass which is used for roofing most houses. unfortunately, business has been bad. Most people in the neighborhood are now using iron sheets for roofing. most of them got GiveDirect funding which helped them buy iron sheets. My grass business is now down. i have now decided to look somewhere else, move into commercial farming. I want to do horticultural crops like vegetables, onions and tomatoes in addition to grains because I have a large piece of land.
My Business
My initial business, as mentioned above was selling of grass. however, this business did not do well when people got funding for iron sheets. Now I have resorted to commercial farming because the area needs food crops like vegetables , onions and tomatoes. Moreover, maize has become so expensive so i believe i would gain from selling my farm harvests. With help from Zidisha, i believe I can clear more ground for farming so that my income would increase. Thanks.
Loan Proposal
My dear lenders, you have helped me very much and I am very thankful, i also thank Zidisha too. I had planted part of my farm which requires weeding, I also need to plough another part of the farm and I need to plant seeds on another part of the same farm, i had extended it and production is encouraging, i kindly request for a loan to employ labor to help me with weeding, ploughing and planting, I also need loan for buying manure, fertilizer and seeds, all these will cost me 1180 dollars, this will enable me do this activities before the rains disappear, thank you.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$1,147.00
Date disbursed
Oct 4, 2017
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
54 months
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Lenders
United States
United States
Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo
San Francisco, United States
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