Project Updates

thank you guys. I can't believe your generosity. I just lost my construction job in July this year and I have been looking for other jobs in vain. as an old man so I told myself that I should go back to my farming activities which I used to do before Corona lockdown. I'm first of all very thankful to everyone who helped me. I'm going to repair my chickens Cages then buy a few local chickens and chickens Feeds. basically cereals. buy a few water tanks and feeding utensils. buy also a few preventive medicines. I know these chickens will support my family provision and business growth. thank you once again and God bless you all. Asante Sana

Dear lenders,

I wish to thank you for believing in this project. The funds will go toward purchasing a cow to boost my dairy farming project. I hope this project will help me achieve my goals of financial security and freedom. Again, thank you for making this possible.

Hello backers,
I am doing well and thank you for the previous project. It helped me much since it boosted my tree seedlings project. I have been selling more different seedlings since I was able to plant more indigenous trees which are commonly planted in the area. Through that project I was able to get more profit which I used to service my loan and improved my living standard.

My business is growing well thanks to your continued support. This community has been really helpful.

I appreciate all of your help during this difficult time. You’ve been a solid, kind presence throughout.
Since I joined zidisha I have been able to balance my income focus on my agribusiness and cater for my children upkeep.
Thank you. Thank you.

I used to rear chickens some years back but the project was stopped by Corona lockdown. so I lost everything. but now I am planning to start the same local chickens project again at my farmland in kitengela suburbs. thank you for supporting me

I have expanded my business to such an extent that can earn me more benefits due to your support. The loan has helped me alot in so many difference way.Thank you so much for giving me the loan.

Thanks you for your support on emergency. We managed to settle medical bill and get the wheel chair and process the discharge

Thank you so much for funding my project fully..I am forever greatful for the support I have received over the years
The funds will beneficial to my business in terms of additional stock increased sales and higher profit margins. Once again thank you...in my country we say Asante sana.

Hello everyone, as I shared before, I managed to buy the mouse and after using it for the last few days, my output has been significantly improved! Work that took me 72hrs to complete now takes me about 45-60hrs, which is a significant improvement! Thank you for supporting my vision.

Thank you so much to my funders for funding my project which will help me , my family and the community. Thank you for making my project possible.
For the reinvestment in the trade of dry pumpkin leaves and pounded ground nuts grow to higher heights and to the growth in profits which will be of great help to a healthy consumers.
And the advancement in education for both myself and my son.
For it is very important to advance in education and education is the key to success, it helps someone to grow in knowledge and later helps in offering better services and products to the wellbeing of the community.
Thank you so much for all of you for coming in to help me.
I am very grateful for being part of this Zidisha program and I am looking forward to introduce it to my friends so that they too can benefit.
It's such a great initiative to help fund businesses all around the world.

Hi, I want to take this opportunity to show my sincere gratitude for funding my project. Most appreciation. With this funds I am to purchase reem papers and ink for printing, I had an order from customer for about 100 book which I had translated to swahili and should be delivered by next week Tuesday. I am grateful and I say thank you for making this project possible

I cannot hide my joy. Thank you so much members for coming out to fund my project. I am so much grateful for your efforts. Indeed, we are a community that believes in service to humanity. I will use these funds for the intended purpose, to construct the shade net house from where I left. I will the necessary construction materials and pay for the labour costs. Once again thank you and may God bless you.

Thank you Zidisha team and the financial supporters for covering my business needs , you acted with quick response speed and and you gave me a big boost to my business for such uplifting . I purchased beauty salon wings and weaves and serviced machines and renovated the saloon uplifting the clients satisfaction. All i spent was $68 all together , this has changed my business to addition customers with a collection that have pushed my business to stand still for the pick period coming from November to December This enabled me to pay for school fees that was $20 and still hope to clear my Balances as the schooling is proceeding. i appreciate zidisha and in coming projects hope u will support me to keep my saloon moving.
Best regards

Good afternoon Julius, Edward, Anshul and Geofrey,

I am very grateful for funding my project.

The money will help me to advertise my yoga lessons and increase my following on social media (IG @wellwellwell.ke). With an increased following I will then use this to increase income through advertisements on my instagram account. I will also launch my wellness podcase and start having professional guests who are experts in different fields of wellness.

Much appreciated

Jedida

Thank you to all parties who participated in funding our project. With this fund we will maximize it to buy our school's educational equipment to make the school inventory. Hopefully with this fund our school can progress and develop.

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terimakasih kepada semua pihak yang turut serta atas pendanaan proyek kami. Dengan dana ini kami akan memaksimalkan untuk membeli peralatan pendidikan sekolah kami untuk menjadikan inventaris sekolah. Mudah mudahan dengan dana ini sekolah kami bisa maju dan berkembang.

My last project was on Watermelon production. Through the support I got from my valued backers and Zidisha fraternity, the project was a success. I harvested and sold my produce at a good margin which has enabled me hire an extra two acres for Onions farming.

From the bottom of my heart, I am grateful for the money you gave me in my Livestock value chain business through the fattening of livestock, which is goats, it has changed the economic situation I had because I was able to buy goats and successfully sell them and support various family needs that were needed. My income has increased from Tanzania Shillings 300,000/ = up to Tanzania Shillings 520,000/= and led to increasing livestock from 3 goats to 5 goats.
The family enjoys this business because it has been one of the places that help in various needs of the family such as food and clothes. The neighbors enjoy this business because they have been getting meat at a low price and getting good food.
At the moment I am asking for the amount of Tanzania Shillings 8,000,000/= equivalent to USD 3200. This loan will help me to buy a farm and five Cattle where I will keep livestock and take good care of it and my community will be following meat in that area and get education in animal husbandry for fattening so that they can rid themselves of poverty and be able to serve their families. To take care of myself and help the community around me.

I want to thank you all for the support you've given and the love you've shown, I bought a cow which soon will start producing milk.
Thank you.

Hello, last time I had borrowed money to take my son to school, he had just been admitted to secondary school and it was very impactful as I was able to settle him, he is currently in term 3 and doing well in school.

Cabbages are coming up very very healthy,thank you to my zidisha family and those who spared their cash to lend me, thank thank you.

I am incredibly grateful for Zidisha's support, which allowed me to repair my car and install a new gearbox. Thanks to your assistance, my car is now running smoothly and efficiently. Your help has made a significant difference, and I can't thank you enough for making this possible.

Thank you very much my funders.
we have grown tremendously over the years and as at now we have a poultry farm with over 1000 poultry.
we also embarked on dorper sheep breeding and we have 30dorper sheep.
we also diversified to citrus production and we have over 300citrus trees.
we also do bee keeping and we have an apiary.

Hello Zidisha family, thanks once more for your support, attached is the progress of my farm, so far so great. We should be having in end of October.

First of all, I would like thank you for your generosity to sponsor my farming project. From the funds I will be buying quality seeds, quality fertilizers and other important equipments used in farming. These resources will help me to expand the current level of crop farming so that I can produce more kales, cabbages and beans for my community market ','. In the same way, you will be supporting me to hire a local labor, this will bring employment to our region.

Your benevolence shall live a legacy through the improvement of my income and welfare of my community. Being able to farm better and get higher yields, I am able to reinvest in my farm to feed my family and the community. Without your generosity and confidence in the project, this project wouldn’t have been possible. It has been such a great honor having you as a friend who assisted me in enhancing my farming among other things in this society.

Am so grateful ,I didn't expect this but thank you so much,, this money will help me to buy more clothes, shoes and sleepers to increase my stock,by owning this,my project will grow up because I will get more profit than usual,, when profit increase then this will help to get more and more beautiful clothes as expensive clothes usually needs a better capital,,,I wanna thank both Hellen from Nairobi Kenya and jurian from Bogor, Indonesia,,, I'm happy for funding me,,was much in need of money but thanks because this amount will help me a lot ,,,,be blessed am grateful, will try my best to make sure I pay back and also add an extra money to help others in this zidisha community,,,,

Dear Backers,

I am incredibly grateful for the support you provided in my last project to import children's clothes. The funds helped me significantly in expanding our family business. Since the project was completed, we have successfully imported several shipments of children's clothing and sold them on Jumia, which has increased our sales and boosted our income.

Thanks to your backing, we have seen a positive change in our business, and I look forward to continuing this journey with your support in future projects.

Mine is to thank Brenda from Zambia for enabling my project by funding it.with the funds gotten I'll add some savings and buy a freezer for my shop.it will help me in stocking chicken and sausages which are in high demand but need a freezer for storage.thanks again Brenda.

I bought the hydraulic machine, crushed stones, cement and horese pipe for warering the blocks. The business is really doing fine because most people our community are building houses, warehouses and shops and shopping mall. The demand for blocks is indeed very high. The profits has increase 65% which I was making before to 85% and am now able to pay school fees and house rentals without struggles. Your support my backers has made a huge impact to my construction business and I wish to work extra harder to expand the business.Thank once again for supporting me.

I used the fund to purchase women accessories like earrings, bracelets and chains and some of hair braids.
Those materials helps me to get other source of income apart from hairdressing now customers get different services and accessories.
For the help of Zidisha and its community now my business is growing and help to provide my family basic needs

Thank you so much zidisha for helping me to another level of standard,I am now a changed person unlike before,my business has changed positively, I was able to buy goods which earns me immediately and allows m to buy more goods.Thank you.

As i write this am full of gratitude to having made it possible. I was I the verge of giving up but truly am so grateful to all who have contributed and have supported my project. You have really made the dream of my son true of reporting to school tomorrow.
The money you've just given me will be used to pay his school fee.
I was just about to use my capital for my business but with this funding you also have saved my business.
Thanks all

The project has improved, before I can only aford to buy twenty empty paint rubbers, cleaned nd reselled them in two days, now I am able to add ten more making it thirty

Thank you zidisha team you are changing lives one at a time

The last tyme fund helped me to boost my business. Im in that business untill now. That business cater for my children food.,schoolfee and cloths

Thanks very much to the members who funded my project God bless you all. The funds I will use to buy an incubator for hatching eggs and this will help me to increase the number of my birds and also help other farmers to hatch their Bird's eggs at a fee that will help me to make more profits and will enable me to take good care of my family by providing comfortable for them. Thank you once again for making my project possible thank to zidisha and the entire family

We are grateful to God, to our fantastic team that keeps growing (we are now a small business of 7 employees including my wife and I.

We started as a small transport business, grew to a vegetable farm and we have now divested into poultry farming.

Hello friends,

In our last project, we bought 150kg fertilizer for our vegetable farm. We applied this on the cabbage and onion crop and the results as expected were great. Two weeks ago we harvested both the cabbages and the onions. We have since sold the cabbages and we have stored the onions while we wait (and pray) for the prices to get better.

Thanks for my backers I completed my coop especially the leaking roof which I managed to repair and the spaces that I managed to seal this helps in the safety of my birds from animals . The project made me to have more birds thats making more profit which made me to pay the school fees for my kids thanks once more and God bless you all

Dear backers my business is really doing very fine. Hollow blocks are selling like hot cakes. I purchased the block making machine and it has made a huge difference because I use to make 500 blocks per day and today am making 1500 block which a plus. These blocks do not take more than 3 days to finish, hence am generating good income for the business. From 25000 to 50,0000 plus per week now. Which is a huge difference your support and effort has done for me.
Am planning to go for summer time holiday in September and the family and will post the photos for you my lenders to see.
Thank you for supporting me and to make my dreams come true..

My backers , I really appreciate your support
The monies I received from you, I invested on 50kg of Rice, Am happy I have atleast a stock that I can sell and too give credit to trustworthy customers on which they can feed theirs families on which they do pay back on time, Their last words are as " Wherever the help comes from may it be a blessing" , Blessings are on you Zidisha platform and the backers

This is where I am soo far and i can be able to provide the basic requirements for my childrenthough if i get to add value to my products and sell to end users i can even make more.

Hello members,I am being greatful with the loan since am seeing alot of changes in my business.The cabbages I planted are in good moods and growing faster.The funds are assisting me to buy pesticides and top dressing for maintenance which makes them grow faster.Great thanks

Through this project I've been able to get some sets of computer systems and my printing materials is always available, I don't struggle as before again. Big thanks to zidisha.

The last project I completed was for medical reasons. The funds helped me a lot to get good treatment and medicine. I really thank and appreciate the funders for helping me through.thanks

I have been supporting the less privileged pupils in my school in terms of stationery, uniform and some few basics.The kids have been much appreciative and still continue with their education.Thanks so much for the assistance and may God bless zidisha community

In my community there are a lot of wastes especially the organic waste.I am making a compost to generate organic manure to sell it and make some profit.I have been doing this in the past.

Thank you so much members for the funds you gave me,I used them to buy more difference types of goods.The funds have made my business different unlike before,my earnings increased and so I will use the earnings plus the amount I requested to top up my business.I now see my business growing faster hence allows me to earn more profits and able to raise my family.Regards.

We are now at week 3 , and doing very well, some are at week 2, we are spraying pesticides and fungicides to have a healthy plant. Weeding and watering going on well hoping harvest healthy and heavy plants come October / November

Hello Backers,
I am very grateful for your support towards my business. The loan that you gave me it really helped me to open more butcheries and in places where I reached many people. It changed my lifestyle since I was able to build houses for rentals which am getting profits from it helps me service my loan easily. I also created job opportunity to some youths whom are very grateful. Thanks for the project.