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Loan to purchase a tricycle for my tilapia busines

Thanks to my very great lenders. Things are blooming and thank you all.

Contraception and reproductive health

A session on unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion

"Blessed Links" Cybercafe

My lenders you are part of my success. I cannot hold my joy to thank for your support to my business. I bought a laptop to my business which helps me much with Internet services to my customers. I can have more income to even support my family, education and repay the loan i received in time.
Be blessed.

Importation of pen drives for retail

Great thanks to my lenders and the Zidisha community at large for your great financial support given to me. I have been able to increase the capital of my business and part of the profit gotten is used to support my family's upkeep.
Once again, thank you very much and God richly bless your efforts abundantly.
Thank you.

Loan for the expansion of my shoe business

My dear lenders I greet you all this afternoon. The loan you raised for me doing many great things in my life .pair of shoes has increased .also profit margin has increased what makes me happy is that my siblings are now schooling without any difficulties. I say thanks to all my lenders and also to all members of the zidisha team.
Thank you.

Buy land to build rooms for rent

Dear Lenders, it is always a pleasure to have the opportunity to communicate to you. It's my hope that you are all keeping well with full of energy. I am doing great too, thanks for your support. My business is running well and I am also enjoying every day of my life. My family and I are happy and we wish you all the best with your families too. Thank you.

Supplying taekwondo uniforms to martial arts schools

Hallow to the Lenders
I thank you sincerely for the loan that received after my application went through. I got a total of Kenya Shillings Seventy seven thousand eight hundred and thirty on 21st April 2017 - while I was out of Nairobi for a Taekwondo competition in the coastal town of Mombasa. I came back today and I have already placed my first order for the first butch of uniforms for my trainees. I hope to be able to recycle this capital at least three times before I finish paying this loan in three months time.
Thank you once more and may God bless your lending hands.
Best regards
Ernest Olayo Madanji.

Adding machines to my computer lab

me and my kids

Stocking of my shop

April has been a good month for my shop since I have been able to repay some of the stock's I had bought on credit , pay my bills and even celebrate easter .I can't have enough words to thank my lenders Tony Liao ,Hype 1 and Mark s Yourek I'll always be indebted to you guys because just saying thank you I feel its not worth enough.I'm working hard on my shop to offset the remaining amount .God bless you guy's .Asante sana ( Thank you very much )

Building a poultry house

Thank you all my lenders for funding my loan. I will buy a bicycle at a cost of $90. The bicycle will help me save the business money I was spending on transport. I was spending about $20 on transport monthly . Now this money I will be able to save.

New motorcycle parts to drive

Thanks sum of 500,000 have been received. And my second child was born healthy and happy. Once again, thank you so much.

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Terima kasih uang sebesar 500.000 telah saya terima. Dan anak kedua saya telah lahir dengan sehat dan selamat. Sekali lagi terima kasih banyak.

Rice, bread and other staples for my provision shop

I cannot stop expressing my happiness since I joined Zidisha .I always pray for the survival of of Zidisha team and all my lenders. Profit has these days increase for me and am making it well because of this,am able to take good care of my family.Thanks once again to all my lenders.

Tambahan modal untuk membeli kulkas agar jualan saya tidak cepat basi dan menambah beberapa produk jajanan

I"m going to buy some additional products for merchandise that I sell, and in addition to buying the refrigerator so the food I sell can be in place in the refrigerator and not get stale, because I had to use container and in his place the ice cubes that these foods keep at room temperature is needed, the price range for the addition of product merchandise and refrigerator between 40 $ to 200 $, I hope investors can really help me, of the results will definitely be better than before, the money from the sale in use to pay les my children, and schools and other needs another urgent, and of course his repayments or loan installments me in a timely manner, as well as a time when enough accumulated I want to own their own home or own vehicle that can be used to shopping at the market, I hope investors can help me to realize my dream a dream, thanks to investors and my friend who had introduced me to zidisha, hopefully its many benefits for me and other audiences who really need them, thanks

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Saya akan membeli beberapa produk tambahan untuk dagangan yang saya jual , dan sebagai tambahan untuk membeli kulkas agar makanan yang saya jual bisa di taruh di kulkas dan tidak cepat basi ,karena selama ini saya menggunakan wadah dan di dalam nya di taruh es batu agar makanan tersebut tetap pada suhu ruang yang di butuhkan ,kisaran harga untuk penambahan produk dagangan dan kulkas antara 40$ sampai dengan 200$ , saya harap para investor benar benar dapat membantu saya ,dari hasilnya nanti pasti akan lebih baik dari sebelum nya , uang dari hasil penjualan di gunakan untuk membayar les anak saya ,dan sekolah serta kebutuhan lain lain yang mendesak , dan tentu nya membayar cicilan atau angsuran pinjaman saya dengan tepat waktu ,serta suatu saat jika sudah cukup terkumpul saya ingin memiliki rumah sendiri atau kendaraan bermotor sendiri yang bisa di gunakan untuk berbelanja ke pasar , saya harap para investor dapat membantu saya untuk mewujudkan mimpi mimpi saya , terima kasih untuk para investor dan teman saya yang telah mengenalkan saya dengan zidisha , semoga banyak manfaat nya untuk saya dan khalayak lain yang sangat membutuhkan , terima kasih

Two laptops and stock of stationery for my cybercafé

Hi lenders i sincerely appreciate your support to my business. Thanks so much for your continued support

Loan for education, the key to success

I thank zidisha for this opportunity
I was nobody if not by zidisha I would ve still be on the streets but thank God I now owns a Game Center and have completed my education and I also thank my lenders who believe in may da almighty grant u all ur wish in Jesus name.Thanks to u all

A loan to start rental business

Dear lenders, I am grateful as each day passes by with my business running very well and my family doing well. Thank you.

Meat mincer & refrigerator for my food business

Packed lunch for my clients

Growing beans, maize, onions, sweet potatoes, sorghum, and other crops

United States is very many miles away from Africa . Today I'm proud to be associated with Paul Graham as best friends through the Internet. It is as if we all live in US or Africa. Sincerely Paul I will live to remember you as a close friend throughout my life for the good heart you possess. Farming has several challenges but I can not bow out. A part from army worm inversion yesterday it rained cats and dogs heavily with hailstones and destroyed the crops but I believe that if I get another loan it will help me to do the necessary work for the crops.

Growing beans, maize, onions, sweet potatoes, sorghum, and other crops

It's with great joy to thank my lenders for the good thing they have done to me. I have nothing much to say about it but only to say a big THANK YOU for your consideration. So far I wish to thank the whole Zidisha for incorporating me to be a part of them. It was a wonderful when I was in a problem and my mentor could still search for me and inform you about the status, credit for the good work she did. I'm happy today to inform my lenders that I have worked so hard to clear the loan in time. With much love for you in my heart I once more request for your assistance when my time for applying for another loan mature next week. I planted maize and beans but there's a big challenge in maize. There's an out break of army worm in Kenya which requires high output cost in maintenance. I wish all my lenders the best in their good work plus all Zidisha team.

Money to purchase an etr machine for my taxes return

Hallo Team ZIDISHA,
Once again I'm very thankful for the Loan I did receive, I'm glad the money is going to help me out buy more stocks for my juice café this increasing my sales! Thanx to the team I'm able to achieve my goal.

Isaac

A loan to complete my new school building

Waw my dear lenders. God bless you. For you are serving the world more than pastors and prophet. I will pay all debts on my new school bus which will slow pressure and boost my population and boost my earnings. Am very glad and God bless you all. May the peace of the Lord be upon you all. AMEN

Capacity Enhancement for Tomato Production

Hello to all and to all lenders who are supporting me for capacity building of my production, and make me a referential person in my production area, your support allowed me to increase my ability, purchasing tools labor, seed and pesticides, and that I still allowed to create activities for some people who did not know how to earn their lives, and your support my allowed to pay school fees for my children in primary schools secondary, and harmony reigns in my family, and my children are happy as other children richard my neighborhood, and also other gardeners want a chance like me, but I advice to have good will, and be of good faith, for a frank cooperation with all people who will support them someday. __ Really thank you forever, and wish to have your support to reach my goal, which is to one day become my own donor to help others.

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Bonjour à tout et à toute les prêteurs qui m'on soutenir pour le renforcement de capacité de ma production, et de me faire une personne référentielle dans ma zone de production, votre appui ma permit d'augmenter ma capacité, en achetant les outils de travail, des semences et des pesticides, et ça ma permit encore de créer des activités pour certaines personnes qui ne savait pas comment faire pour gagner leur vies, et votre appui ma permit de payer les frais de scolarité de mes enfants, dans les écoles primaires comme secondaire, et une entente règne dans ma famille, et mes enfants sont heureux comme les autres enfants des richard de mon quartier, et aussi, les autres maraîchers souhaite avoir la chance comme moi, mais je les conseils d'avoir une bonne volonté, et être de bonne foie, pour une collaboration franche avec toute personnes qui va les appuyé un jour.
Vraiment je vous remercie pour toujours, et souhaite avoir vos appuis pour atteindre mon objectif, qui est de devenir un jour mon propre bailleur de fonds pour aider les autres.

Buying stationery and printer deskjet

Hi lenders, thank you very much God bless you wherever you are
first of all , when you gave me first loan i purchased stationery for resale near at our small school and expand the stock then my earning started to increase from 10% to 20%. i saved some profit to buy a small fridge that i used to freeze juice and mineral water at profit my business got high income, my family and children enjoyed alot
i took my sister in - law to college and every month my family had to travell to enjoy themselves thank you zidisha community

Upgrading my retail pharmacy to a medical clinic

Already in a supermarket checking for the best quality.

Upgrading my retail pharmacy to a medical clinic

Wow!Wow! Thankyou team Zidisha. Now I will be able to buy a fridge and be able to stock refrigerator drugs. To all those who has made this happen I wonna say thank you. God bless you abundantly.

Upgrading my Airbnb apartments

Hallo lenders,just posting a few photos for my home rental.Am currently trying to furnish another room.i will use the amount am requesting to furnish one extra room.my business of home rentals is doing very well am enlisted on www.airbnb.com and www.homestay.com and www.tripadvisor.com and i cant complainregards and God bless

Upgrading my retail pharmacy to a medical clinic

Am grateful to say I was able to buy a water dispenser and an automatic blood pressure machine. Nowadays I able to moniter my hypertensive clients and advice them accordingly. This has raised patient confidence on my services and surely a big difference in number of clients is evident increasing my income. Talk of clean water and the dispenser. Nowadays almost every client asks for an extra glass of water after taking medine, ha ha ha my clients are just funny. I able to give warm water to clients who may either be asthmatic or having a cold.

Loan to buy electrical appliances

I used part of the money $50 to buy distribution boards, lamp holders, set of srew drivers, lamps, suckets, switch, screws. I used part of the money $60 to hire labours to work in the shop or help me carry out other activities at the shop. Part of the money was used to pay my electricity bill as well as other mandatory payments required by authorities in the country. I used part of the money to buy electrical cabes. Thanks so much.

Adding stock to my bags business for the festive season

I would like to appreciate the Zidisha team and my lender Paul for there timely help that has enabled me this year to even take some time out and relax during the past easter holiday. My business is doing well, loan repayment stands at 100% and currently working on a new ldea which is an easypay a new franchise on the zambian market which will allowing to sale my customers with power units (ZESCO) and also money transfer to and from all provices of Zambia.

Solar lanterns for distribution to rural households

Dear Lenders,

I cannot thank you enough for funding my project.I am really greatful for the support.I commit to repay the loan in full without delays to enable me grow with Zidisha.

Thank you very much

Loan for expansion of my computer business

Dear team, I would be done with my theology program studies coming May 20th,2017. Where would I have been during the years of the course, I wouldn't have even been able to come this far, but with Zidisha support I have almost made it out. Your assistance is always remarkable. I can't express my sincere gratitude, I appreciate you so much Zidisha and my Lender's.I Love you so so much. mmmwah

Tuition for master's in renewable energy technology

2. My cabbage farm, with sprinkler on operation on the freshly planted cabbages (lhs)

Tuition for master's in renewable energy technology

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Mobile phones & accessories, and servicing tool for mobile phones

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Mobile phones & accessories, and servicing tool for mobile phones

To The Lenders,

Warm greetings to all. First and foremost I would like to extend my gratitude to Zidisha and all the Zidisha lenders for the great deed that you are doing for many, I personally have benefited from this as it is beyond doubt that it has changed my life and my bussines.My bussines has grown as i have been able to secure another shop (work space) were I now sale phone accessories and phone repairing by the side, I have also been able to move into a much bigger house which has been a challenge for a long time my profit margins have greatly increased by about 50%.All this would not have been possible if not for Zidisha and the Lenders, I therefore take this moment to thank Zidisha ,Matt B and All the Lenders for your great support. Thank you.

Motorbike for transporting stationery

Since I joined Zidisha I have never ever regretted in my life. Zidisha offers affordable loans with flexible repayment schedules unlike other lending platforms. I offer my gratitude to, first, Julia Kunia, the founder of Zidisha, second to the lenders, third to the Zidisha team, fourth, to all volunteer mentors and last but not least to all Zidisha borrowers across the world, may the almighty God bless you all and let us all cooperate and make Zidisha and the world a better place for me and for you and the entire universe.
Thank you.

Loan to buy shirts, shoes, boxer shorts etc for my shop.

Thanks to my lenders who have made me see a great change in my life. My shop welcomes new customers everyday. I have bought different and original shoes for sale.

Loan for expansion of my mobile-phone business

I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH UN OPPORTUNITY IN MY LIFE MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS ZIDISHA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THESE LOAN THEY OFFER THANK S.

Help pay tuition fees

Thank you very much for your kindness.
God bless you and grant you long life so that you can help the poor always.
I am very grateful.

Cement and iron sheets to complete a home for my family

Dear lenders, I paid the contactor to make walls for the house. How does it look?

Supplies to complete the construction of my house

First and foremost i would like to thank leaders for leading me. In that loan i manage to buy high quality materials like fertilizer, seeds ,tools for working in the farm and also increase land and expand storages. All these materials made the work very efficiency and easy to implement. ongoing business my earnings increased double and i used the earning to pay loan, fees,and purchase the daily basis needs in my family. The greater achievement with this loan i mange to transfer my child to a better school and manage to pay fees in time and also purchase my laptop for keeping my records. on December we enjoy our holiday on traveling to greet our parents.

A motorbike to supply goods to my customers

My business is doing great. I am thankful to God. I managed the first quarter of the year with a smile just because of you lenders. Thank you very much be blessed this easter season.

"Mama Vinnie's Shop" needs more stock

Hello lenders, I would like to thank zidisha lender for the support they have to me and many other borrower, with your loan am now to strive in the hard time of economy without closing my shop. My child is about to complete college studies and it has be easy due to your support.Thank you zidisha community.

Adding M-Pesa business to my cybercafé

Celebrating Easter holiday with family.

Loan for education

Good evening Lenders,
Am really grateful for your effort and consideration on funding my loan application request, I was busy with end of semester exams the whole of this week, your efforts proves that Zidisha is reliable organisation.
Profound regards,
Gideon.

Supplying taekwondo uniforms to martial arts schools

Hallow to you all that are undertaking this noble task of lending a hand to us to those of us that who really need it to make the next step in our lives. I am thrilled to benefit from this loan that I applied - I am going to buy a stock of Taekwondo uniforms that I will re sale to my trainees most of whom are kids, I hope to circle the capital at least once before my repayment time is up.
Thank you so much, rest assured that your lending hand is not in vain, you sure are your brothers keepers.
God Bless

Stock of foodstuff for my grocery shop

dear lenders and the management, warm greetings to you. I would like to thank you all for your support and for lending me.
the loan has make Abigail progress on my shop profit has increased customer have increased and am happy for you and thank you so much .I don't know how I can thank you .
yours
Benjamin asavah

Equipment for my barbershop

Apart from these realities, I felt close to nature during my trail to "Dakurpe". I could hear cows and their siblings which I wish to keep in my memory for years. Very sweet and audible were the tweets of birds. Variety of sweet sounds made me spellbound. I spotted the yellow headed sparrows on a tree and many tiny bird species. Also the livestock which includes hens, goats and sheep where sited in course of journey. Rain showers accompanied me, while I was enjoying the pleasure of bird-watching & listening. I also want to mention the green hills which made my trip unforgettable one. I always had a love for hills and hilltops. Green mountains are a treat to watch in rainy season. They gift your eyes with beautiful pictures and scenery that nature-lovers die to see. However the village dam is not filled to its normal level during this time of the year. One can see the vast bed of the dam due to lack of water. Interestingly, nature- lovers walk down into vast plains developed due to the shrunken dam-course and have great fun with their friends.

Its 5kilometres journey from "Seidupe" bypass to "Dakurpe". On the way, I had a chance to have little dialogues with the villagers. Just felt that these people lead a simple and straight forward life.

After reaching my destination, I entered the mosque and observed prayers. I wish all my wishes are showered onto me, my family & friends. I prayed for the wellness of my family and let God's grace always stay with us.

On the way back to "Techiman", I was just feeling elated and happy that I am been gifted by God in many ways.
A Memorable Journey to My Village

Purchasing a cooker

The first order done by the new cooker.

Am so excited than before.

Purchasing a cooker

Dear my blessed lenders,
I would like to inform you that today i just brought home a cooker of my dream through your help. I received ksh 41, 727 and added ksh 13,272 to purchase the bigger cooker that i thought would be a solution to my baking business. The cooker costed ksh 54,999 .

My new cooker uses gas and it's bigger than my current one.

Finally electricity blackout will not hinder my baking as it's been the case.

May God bless you abundantly