Project Updates

We successfully bought the sealing machine for our products now we have two and have doubled our capacity to package our products this in turn will enable us to produce more and keep up with demand

Thank you so much backers for making my project run smoothly. I will use the loan to repair my photocopier and laptop. This are more useful in my business thus helps me produce my earnings Thanks

The fund you funded me assisted in adding more services to my business, i used the money to buy printer and a larger disk. Thank you so much backers.

Thank you so much Zidisha family, I have received my first loan. Those who supported me I want to thank you may God bless you and bless Zidisha family.

Thank you Sir for your support and care. I will manage to get my sister the meds she needs and soon she'll be well. That I believe. Once more Sir, Thank you so much.

I so celebrate because have just received the money in my account. Blessed be you all who have funded me

I was able to feed the hungry people, because there was scarcity of food,even now people are still hungry want food more, please help me to do fast

The project was a complete success we managed to complete the clients order in time thanks to everyone’s contributions and now we have registered a growth of 30% percent in sales thanks to our partnership with zidisha

The funds I procured last time round were channeled to purchasing inventory for my business- mobile phone airtime.
I was able to reinvest the proceeds within the time I had picked to pay back and consequently grew my capital base before I had to payback what was lent to my business. This grew my capital base by an extra 22%.
My children seamlessly attended school this last year and are going back for the beginning of the school year in September.
My neighborhood is cool, green and ideal for tea farming.

Thanks my supporters am humbled .God bless you
The supreme Court has upheld the Independent Election commission results ..We have now our new President ..The country is now peaceful..and we are hoping for the better future ,reduced cost of doing business in KENYA (bottom up .model) which augers well with my business objective

Thank you Alfred malonzo, fredrick Chazima and elias mwakima for your courtesy to support me. I intend to buy a toner to put into my photocopier and will help me to print out bronchures posters and this will boost my work . I thank you since your boost will make my business to proceed. Thank very much

I must take this opportunity to profoundly thank our financiers for making the funds available for progressively growing our business, enabling us to buy a deep freezer, a meat mincer, and moving our eatery to a more spacious building. All these have resulted in growing customer numbers and sales. Thank you very much indeed.

Now we are looking to buy a chiller to keep bottled water, soft drinks and fresh juices cool amid the sometimes scorching heat of the day. A cool drink amidst a hot day can be quite refreshing, and we are responding to our customers request in this regard.

The chiller we have identified for purchase is a 150 L Von VARV 15 Das Vertical Cooler, with an internal capacity of 150 litres, available from Hot Point Appliances Ltd for Kshs 53,995.

This is one more restaurant appliance that will help us quench exceedingly well the thirst of our cherished customers.

Thank you.

I will furnish my office readying the deployment of a receptionist. This will help serve customers well as they will have an office to make inquiries. Thank you for actualizing my project.

The loan helped me to buy a new mixer, thanks to Zidisha.

Wow, thank you Zidisha and all the backers! The last funds I recieved helped me and my business greatly. I was able to bounce back after the effect of the harsh economy.

Thank you Zidisha team for your continued support. I have been able to expand my business through the loans that you have given me over the years.

I bought a printer and a computer
I have increased my income .i normally get a minimum of 5$ a day on a good day imake 20$
I have added one more computer
When i started this business i had one child.Now i have two children
I havent been able to plan for a holiday but in December will be going for a vacation me with my kids
am now requesting for a loan to add more computer desks plus i want to add now 3 laptops to boost the business
am requesting for $200 to add on my savings to buy a printer machine and a laminating machine.

With the past loans, I have been able to double my stock of my food stuff business and that means increased sales. I however still need more stock since the target market is vast and the current stock in still low in terms of serving all my customers. I'll use this loan to boost my stock so that I can increase my sales, get more profit and reach a higher customer base. Pls I need a better loan of 100$ to achieve this target.

With the past loans, I have been able to double my stock of my chicken and smokies business and that means increased sales. I however still need more stock since the target market is vast and the current stock in still low in terms of serving all my customers. I'll use this loan to boost my stock so that I can increase my sales, get more profit and reach a higher customer base.

Hello my leaders, I take this chance to thank all zidisha for the great moments I always have in this organization .I started from bottom and am growing to the top.thanksyou for your support.with the loans I have always been given I started a cosmetics shop which grew to a salon and cosmetics shop .I also started Koko shop where I sell Koko jikos and refill bioethanol fuel which is used to fuel the Koko burner.from the profits am able to cater for my family.am humbled and happy I was also able to buy a tax with the previous loan and profits, hence more profits because I have many sources of income. Am praying God to help me grow my limit to a bigger amount and start my planed project of building a home.Thankyou.

I have received the funds and I have disbursed them to buy additional materials for making candles and other supporting equipment. Thank you to Zidisha who helped meet people who wanted to help me. I hope that in the future Zidisha can come back to help me with a bigger project. . .

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dana sudah saya terima dan saya cairkan untuk tambahan membeli bahan pembuatan lilin dan peralatan pendukung lain nya ' terima kasih untuk zidisha yang membantu mempertemukan dengan orang yang mau membantu saya . saya harap kedepan nya zidisha bisa kembali membantu saya dengan project yang lebih besar . . .

Thank you my backers.
With the last loan,I was able to buy all the equipments frmy poultry
Drinkers
Finished extending the chicken house which is now has a capacity of 3000 chickens which Im looking forward to grow in future.
For now,I'm with the number 250 to 300 ..
At least I want to push my project and growmy business.I have 1 employee but intend to increase and have 2 workers as my desire is to get in farming.so far I have a few plants of habanero chillie.
If I'm funded,I want to buy feed and medicines for my chickens.
Thank you for your consideration.

Hello guys, am taking this opportunity to thank you for funding my project as I look forward to upgrading my old CRT monitor and purchasing a TFT monitor for better editing of my work. Very appreciated as it will make me produce better quality videos and pictures.

-Pay school fee
-The funds will safe me from avoiding my child from staying at home wasting time when others are learning.
-Thanks Maureen for funding me. Promise to pay back in time

Allow me to acknowledge what Zidisha has helped me accomplish. My business is booming. I bought bigger and better machines. My job is now flowing smoothly. All I need now is to repair my faulty machines, so that I am not stuck.

This fund really supported me to buy a a goat ,this goat has helped me with manure,milk and has given birth to young ones hence increased my income.This fund if I will be given a higher limit I will Increase the number of goats and if I will be stable I will support my flow youth who are struggling due to unemployment.

Good day my funders
I'm eager to get started again and push my chicken business again.
It has been a rough road but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Currently,I have managed to order 300 chicks and will be glad if I'm helped with a loan so that I grow them and grow my business once again.my dream is to grow some vegetables and one of my area of interest is chilie.i intend to grow an acre fr a start of chilie and see where it can take me.there is market for chilie and slot of expansion will e great.
Thank you Zidisha and looking forward to making good of the business available.
Thank you very much

Hi!
I wish to express my appreciations for the support so far received from Zidisha since 2015 when I first join Zidisha. I have been able to establish a cyber business which is nor able to support my family.
Challenges have been there especially with the Covid-19, but, we thank you for understanding the situation and allowing reduction of loan instalment.
I am now having peace of mind and embarking on finishing my studies I had put on halt owing to prevailing economic situation in the country.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I am so happy to support you! Congratulations for managing to send all your children to Secondary School and even College, I know this is not an easy task in Kenya with the school fees. Wishing you much success for your business and all the best for your kids' education! Salamu kutoka Ujerumani! Jioni njema! Cordula

I am a member of zidisha for years and i wish to say that zidisha loan has really helped me to improve my life in bussiness.Due to Covid. 19 my business did not do well and now i have decided to start all over again by buying few jampers and thereafter sell hem them at a small profit. Hoping that it will work for me.

Am so much grateful my backers for funding my project now I will be able to purchase maize for my poshomill.
This will help boost my business and hence make more profit which will contribute to my child school fees.
Thank you once again for your financial support.

God bless you all .

Thank you so much zidisha community for funding my loan. It will help me to top up the money I have to buy a morden T.B testing machine (TB LAMP) that will hasten TB diasgosis (turn around time) and also increase my earnings. This will help me even repay loan on time. Am greatful to my fellow zidisha members whom am seeing comes even from my country. It is a great sacrifice and may God bless you all.

With this loan I will be able to purchase wood for carving art in different types to help increase my income. So making my project possible thank you

I was able to add more goats in my farm which has enabled me expand my farm activities

Thank you so much Lisa from Germany for funding my loan. You have really helped my cause. I will be able to start the bip business.

I thank my backers for lending me funds.
I engaged in sale of vegetables.
I had a net profit of Kshs 3000 every week. This enabled me to successfully repay my loan and also make a saving of Ksh 500 per week.
I used my savings to do shopping for my 2 children when they reported back to school after the general elections. I am happy because I was able to supplement efforts by my husband in providing for our children.
Thanks again my backers and may Giod bless you abundantly.

My previous loan was used to acquire a video recording kit. I intended to use the kit together with my smartphone to create content for my freelance social media advertising business. Words can't express fully how grateful I am to those who funded my previous project. I'm eternally grateful for the trust.

Couple of years ago, I applied for funds to purchase the internet modem to support my online business then. The gadget made my work efficient since I had the reliable internet, hence enabling me work from home with ease. My earning increased rapidly to the point of having enough money to install more reliable internet in my house and living a more decent life.

I am going to expand business by adding stock. This will help improve my lifestyle and i will be able to help my family

Thank you very your generous contribution towards my cereal project, indeed was able to purchased additional sacks of cereal thus contributing to more customers inflow contributing to revenue increase and reduction operational cost.

Thank you so much, I want to buy a printer head for my printer that has not been working properly for months now. It'll be imported from AliExpress because its much cheaper from that side it'll save me about 50% of the local cost.
Thank you for funding my project. God bless you.

Using my previous loan, I purchased a video recording kit. I intend to use the kit along with my smartphone to create engaging promotion video content to get customers for my freelance social marketing business.

I love this platform as it bridges the cap between entrepreneurs and finances in such a capitalistic world where gaining of capital is really hectic for smes .

I would like to thank my backers in advance . May you be blessed whole heartedly

It will be use to buy rolling materials, paint color, paintbrush, containers, and printing machine. It will increase my income to support my business. Thank you

I added my new stock in my shop ,and my customers recommend me for the available new stock for the market today.
I fuel my workers van for the week ,mode of transport was enjoyable
I also managed to train my new workers with my expense.
I promoted my few workers by adding the their salary and wages

Years back i found a new and am enjoying it.i am a youth advocate championing for adolescents' comprehensive sexual reproductive health and rights .through community sensitisation and dialogues.i also do it online the target being some do consume online information much better.
i also engage in peer education and mentorship sessions to my fellow peers either one on one or during organised meeting or activities on various health issues at community level.
i aslo do contraceptives distribution in the community and do referral when need arises due to High teengage pregancies in my community.

Iam thankful to zidisha. The loan i borrowed helped me to do my business. I used it to transport my firewood from the farm to the market for selling. Iam now capable to transport them easily.

In time of need the zidisha loan saved a life. My orphaned niece was admitted in hospital on Thursday last week for removal of a lump on the breast. I paid the bill but left with no money to survive till the next salary. Zidisha came through for me.

This is highly appreciated. It will go along way in helping many kids who normally would not afford a pair of skates. I also intend to cut the charges by half as i no longer see this as a business but life changing activity for the kids it has a positive impact to the society in the long run.

Dear Christian Golo, CMB and Zimba Joseph,

Thank you very much for your backing.

We shall be able to buy raw materials to assemble vertical (cone) gardens, certified seeds and organic fertilizer for onward sale to our urban farmers.