Entrepreneur
Name
Samuel
Member since
December 2014
On-time repayments
228 installments • 13%
About Me
l am called Samuel Asare .l am 44 years of age. l live in Accra Capital of Ghana with my wife and four children aged 8, 11 , 17 and 20 .They all attend school and they older one is studying nursing at university for her degree .she is in a second year. the three also attend school and they are in primary, junior and senior high school.l was born in Accra.l completed both senior and Junior high school .my late father was a farmer and l learn farming from him so l started farming when l completed senior high school.Now, farming is my business .However, to grow our family income my wife also has small shop which enables her to earn around GHC150($46) per day. This is an extra source of income for the family. she sells stock such as fish, beans, millet l am farmer and l have been a farmer for past ten years. l have a plot of land around three hectares. l grow season rice in my plot. It takes around six months for the crop to get ready to collect it and sell the crops in the market. l could get around three tons of crops per hectare to sell which is a reasonable yield for my farming.However, to grow our family income my wife also has small shop which enables her to earn around GHC150($46) per day. she sells stock such as fish, beans, millet, cassava, flour and yeast. .
my older daughter is studying nursing in university and we need money to pay her school fees we have save some
but l do not have enough money to pay for her school fees l ask for a loan in order to pay my child school fees so that she will continue her studies. My hobbies are Reading,swimming playing football , and watching movies.
My Business
l am farmer and l have been a farmer for past ten years. l have a plot of land around three hectares. l grow season rice in my plot. It takes around six months for the crop to get ready to collect it and sell the crops in the market. l could get around three tons of crops per hectare to sell which is a reasonable yield for my farming.However, to grow our family income my wife also has small shop which enables her to earn around GHC150($46) per day. she sells stock such as fish, beans, millet, cassava, flour and yeast. .
my older daughter is studying nursing in university and we need money to pay her school fees,we have save some
but l do not have enough money to pay for her school fees l ask for a loan in order to pay my child school fees so that she will continue her studies. she want to become nurse.my wife and l have agreed to repay the loan with our income.
Loan Proposal
l would like to thank Zidisha team and all the Lenders for given me second chance to use this plate form to apply for second loan.l am farmer and l have been a farmer for past ten years. l have a plot of land around three hectares. l grow season rice in my plot. It takes around six months for the crop to get ready to collect it and sell the crops in the market. l could get around three tons of crops per hectare to sell which is a reasonable yield for my farming.However, to grow our family income my wife also has small shop which enables her to earn around GHC150($46).
l will use my loan to pay school fees for my daughter who is studying nursing in the bachelor degree at university. l ask for a loan in order to pay my child school fees so that she will continue her studies. she want to become nurse so that she will care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.my wife and l have agreed to repay the loan .
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$411.00
Date disbursed
Apr 29, 2015
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
50 months
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Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo
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