Project Updates

Dear Lenders,

I had the opportunity to visit Dokas with Volunteer Mentor George Bonsu this past Saturday. Dokas runs a salon next door to her mother’s water sachet business in the central market of Obuasi, a town about an hour away from Kumasi.

Dokas struggled to pay last year when she and her mother both fell ill. But I am happy to report that they are both better now and Dokas is excited about investing time and money into her business. We rescheduled her loan so that she is back on track. And afterwards, I got a tour of the salon. With her loans, Dokas was able to buy more products and supplies to offer customers – especially quality hair extensions. She also showed me her new hair dryers and a sink that was installed just recently.

Dokas is thankful for the support she has received from Zidisha lenders and her success is evident – a number of her salon’s neighbors have applied for loans as well since witnessing Dokas’s gains. And she looks forward to being able to continue expanding and sharing her passion with the community of Obuasi. We wish her the best!

Taylor
Ghana Country Ambassador
Zidisha

those are the little photos which are bit clear,more when i visit her in school.
thanks to all my lenders your graet support through my business is the reason my daughter is in school now.
thanks all

there she is posing on a mono disgn....lol

now free to go to class

she is through with clearance now set to be recieved by her gurdian mother one of the old student in the same school.
a form two student .

now admitted confirming the items the school needed them to buy

this was before she got admitted in the new school so she is in her former school uniform

How are you Zidisha members? Since I got the loan from Zidisha and bought new lenses for my camera I have been able to get photography jobs through referrals. This is all because of my high quality photos. Last weekend I was the official photographer for a function at Kindu Bay, South Nyanza and I managed to cover the whole event. Thank you Zidisha Team for enabling my business to step up.

Thank alot Zidisha Inc. I was able to purchase a display for my food retail business worth $30 and this has made my work easy especially when my customers are selecting the food or snacks of their choice.They are able to do this easily from the glass display I purchased. This Display has saved me alot of time taken when serving each customer leading to increase in sales. The sales that I get from my business has enabled me pay part of my monthly bills and also purchase books for my child who just started primary school.Thanks alot Zidisha you are my hero!

What a beautiful fountain. Thank you for keeping us posted. I hope to see much more of your progress in the future. Congratulations. Thep

This is my new stall where I now sell my fish unlike previously i used to operate under an umbrella.

my new stock.thanks to my lenders

I have been able to introduce cosmetics in my shop. I appreciate my lenders for their Good job. May God bless you.

thank you for your trust in me. I've bought eggs and rice I want. now my customers grow because they do not have to go too far to buy rice and eggs.

At last the the portable food warmer has arrived. I am a happy man as I post this comment. It took a while for me to get the right food warmer that I wanted and now it was delivered yesterday. I believe it will help me to achieve the dreams and even expand more. I am sure that I am capable of supplying to more clients in a day. I will not through away the other food boxes that I have been using but utilize them to carry more food. Thanks a lot to all my lenders who helped me to achieve this dream. I will try best to repay the loan so that I can set other goals for expansion.

Edward, I just saw the pictures of your garden. Your work looks very neat. The field looks very good and the cabbage looks as good or better than I have seen anywhere, tell me about the irrigation of the plants, how do they get enough water to be looking so healthy? Keep up the great work.....Pete.

Thankyou theboseugn for starting me off. Hoping to expand my collection

Happy new year(i know its a bit too late for that)but the last time we talked was 2014,so i had to say that.....,anyway how are you doing? on my side am OK of course abit lonely(the schools have re-opened) because the house is so so quite, but al get over after a fortnight,we traveled to our rural home for New year celebration which is about 450km from where we are staying,came back at around 15th of Jan,then started preparing the kids to go back to school. that explains why i have been offline,Business wise am doing well,i managed to make a lot of profit by taking advantage of the high season demand,and geuse what i was the only one with charcoal,because i manage d to stock my store to its required capacity of 100bags with the loan that zidisha gave me plus a little savings that i had in my account,as a result i would even sell a total of 10 to 15 bags in a day with my profit margin going up by 20% compared to the usual limit of 2 dollars per bag!and for the first Robert and Zoey got everything that they had written on their shopping list!(usually they write then i shortlist in term of priority because of budget constrains) and for that zidisha get three cheers, hep hep......hurray ,hep hep hurray, hep hep hurray!... looking forward to doing both wonderful and big things this year of 2015.
cheers!

Hello,that ma tomato farm and spinach, i am spraying to prevent insectsides

Thanks once again lenders,am posting this message to share with you the positive change I have witnessed in my life and the life of others depending on me directly and indirectly. My income and profits has increased and as I am posting this message I am now able to meet the upkeep expenses of my 5 years old child left by one of my relatives after succumbing to illness and thereafter her death making her child to be an orphan at a tender age.and am happy I can now provide with his basic needs including accommodation and eventually I will school him in a near future.
Thank you Zidisha,you hold a bright future to many!
Mutai Ezekiel.

Hi guys hope you are all doing well, My son and I are ok, business is a bit low at the moment but hoping to catch up as the days goes by. Thanks guys and be blessed

Thanks Simon, I have to work extra hard to ensure I have paid, no laziness, the camera really served me so well in December, I got so many customers, even now am taking passports, it has really helped me. Atleast my business is doing fine. I really thank the Zidisha family, you are great people
Thanks

Hello,I am very greatful for the support u give me,i managed to expand my cow shed and also increase the feeds for my cows and i thank God because now my cows increased their daily production,now i wqnt to increase the daily cows for more revenue, Thankyou and may God bless u

preparation for the same garden

some of my crops (cabbage) just about to be mature

this is my shop where i have the plans to invest on

There was a significant increase in item enquiries & sales went up about 20%. Its the begining of the year therefore business is quite low. The loan I had taken was used to purchase part of the material needed to make sample sets of duvets & curtain sets. I succeeded in making a superb sample which I've been using to market my idea thanks to Zidisha loan.
Towards mid year, business will pick up & I target to increase my inventory by at least 40%. This will cater for walk-in clients who want to buy without necessarily waiting to order. I also intend to create a business portfolio that will enhance my speciality in matching duvet covers with curtains. I will embark on online advertising as a means of targeting the youth who are social media savvy. My plan is to have a double digit growth by the end of this year. With Zidisha's loans I know and plan to succeed in business.

Thank you so much to Zidisha and the lending community/person with your support. Am now filling happy for with your support have bought a mosquito net for my baby.

This are the photos

Thank you to Zidisha and this are some of photos in my work place

I am Tettey Elijah and i want to use this platform to express my sincere gratitude to Zidisha lenders for the enormous help the lending community has rendered me for the past year. Zidisha lent me a loan which i started a business with. After completing my first loan payment i was granted a second loan which i used to import some mobile phones, tablets, power banks, flash drives and other computer related accessories which i have sold to also make some profit.
Currently i own and manage my mini-importation business. With the help of Zidisha, i now import several goods ranging from phones and accessories to mechanical watches and jewelries set. I can now also sell my goods through online and its working perfectly well.
I really want to thank Zidisha for the help it has given me. It is my hope that sooner, I shall also become part of the lending team so i can make a positive change on the life of others just has Zidisha has impacted positively on my life.

During the loan funds, will buy farm inputs for this will allow me plant my farm inputs on time, and will increase my earnings at 90%, also my dependents will appreciate for repayment amount is affordable. My neighbors will be visiting my projects to confirm the assistance granted to enable them joint the system, attached here under are my photos taken in my small piece of vegetables plot.

I still im in the process of developing the project. Currently iv bought the Phtocopier and the Printer which has costed me a total of Ksh 100,000. The shop which is to be vacated hasnt been yet, but in few weeks time it will be ready fro use.As i said earlier, i have already paid fr the shop, thus i just must get to it. This is a project that il be investing much in it. AS im looking forward to working in this, ill always ensure that i keep up to my promise of paying the loan granted to me on time. Thanking you in advance Zidisha.

This are my children.

"Before I joined Zidisha my business was moving at a slow pace. l cannot pay my children school fees but now my business is moving fast and l am able to pay my children school fees for this term.Customers are willing to buy my food because of the way l cook my food. Thanks to my supporters.

Hello, Barosky Kyeremeh!
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I am sending best wishes for your success. You mentioned in your profile that you don't love your job, but that now you are good at it. I know what it is like to work in a job you are good at but don't like (I think everyone has that experience in life, sometimes for a short time, sometimes for a very long time). So, for your days to be brighter, I hope you eventually will love farming, and maybe even eventually would love it so much as to consider wanting to farm for most of your life, because first and foremost, the world needs good farmers!
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In my opinion, there truly isn't any job more important. You provide nourishment and health to others. What could be more important? Without nourishment and health, not much else is possible or at least enjoyable. And farming is a much more healthful way of working than being inside for most of the day and working at a computer keyboard! Also, it is a more important job than many of the jobs people with advanced university degrees do. And some of those people actually leave those other kinds of jobs precisely to do the kind of work you are doing, because it is better for them (and the world) in many important ways.
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Try not to mind too much getting dirty when farming; there is nothing wrong with getting dirty, especially when doing such important work. I love the feel of the soil and the plants when I grow tomatoes and vegetables, and getting dirty is a small price to pay for fresh food from the garden.
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On the other hand, though, I understand very well that you cannot force yourself to like something you don't like, or to not like something you do like, so if even after giving it a fair chance, you find you still don't love farming, then it is my wish for you that this endeavor will provide you with the means later on to do whatever other good thing you can do in this world that WOULD make your heart sing.) I am sending my very best wishes to both you and your grandfather!
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This is the wonderful product i retail called Trevo

I traveled to meet my family for a family meeting. And when i told them about how Zidisha is helping, they were glad. My father is a purchasing clerk for Akuafo Adamfo cocoa Marketing company. He just won the best farmer award for the UTZ in the Bekwai District. If Zidisha continues to support me like this, i will be where i want to be in the next 5 (five) years.
I have been speaking to many trustworthy potential friends who can also benefit.
Thank You all.
T.D.Wise.

hi my lenders...i appreciate you support.i am happy to let you know i bought my products and the business going on well

my shop

That is my potatoes farm

The producer of the cane items is very happy. Though i don't buy much from him, my support to prefinance his production have helped him have more material to produce for the market. He pays me 4% of every items he sells till the agreed date.
Even that i can focus on my "HOUSE BOY" service too. He now produce variety of items.

Hello it my greatful to all the leaders who helped me achieve my goal for agribusiness, may God bless u

Hello to all lenders,
I have been working on my small shop in order to get a permanent office for my business.
Since i learnt how to lay tiles and the painting, i did the work my self to reduce expenditure.i have also finish with the linghting system waiting for the electric power.

Hello im so greatful for the support u give to me,i managed to purchase the heifer and also prepare the cow shed for the heifer i purchased.thankyou and may God bless u all

Recently, I managed to do a two day job that really paid well. The job entailed carrying out a research for an ngo which deals with pregnant women's health. Since I saved what I needed, I cobsidered repaying the loan so that I may cover the loan quick. I am really thankful for the opportunity to be a zidisha member.

Thank you all lenders and Zidisha team
Can I buy the ingredients Staples to stock merchandise are depleted,. all of loans at zidisha

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Hello Jerop!

I am new to Zidisha but am excited about using it. I just funded your $100 loan. I hope this helps you expand your chicken business and in turn improve your quality of life. I have a friend who raises chickens and it seems like an interesting line of work. I wish you the best of luck!

Thanks,

Franklin

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