Entrepreneur
Name
Sharon
Member since
November 2016
On-time repayments
75 installments • 56%
About Me
My name is Sharon Olang, a mother of two children.My son is 8 years Old and in class 3 and a daughter who is nine 2yrs now. I am 34 years of age I am married and live in the rural areas of Kisumu now. I am the second born in a family of 7 siblings.I also do community development work supporting local organizations to take charge of their development needs.
My Business
I work as a project officer at a local community organization known as the Kenya Community Development foundation an organization that empowers local communities to take charge of their own development agenda.It is a full time employment. I joined the organization in 2017 April to date. I also do capacity building for local communities to mobilise different kinds of resources locally to implement their development projects.
Loan Proposal
The loan will help us purchase the jewellery and sandal making tools and materials at $50 .and support 3 youths at $100 to undergo a Trainer of Trainers training on jewellery and sandal making.
The three youths will then become the trainers of the other youths who would want to be trained.The balance of $100 will be used to purchase start up material for the jewellery shop and$ 30 will be for contigencies.The products made during the trainig will be sold out at $1.50.We project that the materials bought can make upto 100 pcs of jewellery which is a profit to the organization .The materials made from materials used during the 2nd training will also be sold out.This will form the 1st capital base for the business.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$285.00
Date disbursed
Apr 20, 2017
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
4 months
Lenders
Chicago, United States
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
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United States
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Phoenix, United States
United States
Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo
San Francisco, United States
United States
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