Project Updates

Hello Esther.

We do solar cooking in the UK - we even cooked bread in the middle of winter using just sunshine and mirrors! It's much more powerful in Kenya than the UK. It's not electric, it simply concentrates heat from the sun using something reflective. A solar cooker can even be made out of aluminium foil and cardboard, but most people don't know about this.

Kenya is the country with the most solar cooking activity in Africa.

If you'd like to know more, the solar cooking wiki has a lot of info. Here's their Kenya page: solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki...

One organisation involved is:

NAREWAMA
Natural Resources and Waste Management Alliance
P. O. Box 60358-00200
Uhuru Phase IV (Jerusalem Shopping Centre)
Nairobi
Kenya

www.mueller-solartechnik.co...

My handmade clay pots lapped with fabric.

Here are some pictures of some of the hand made handbags that i make in my Art and Craft shop. Take look.

This confirms how deep my love to Zidisha is. Just making sure that my business grow, improving my economic status. I now have a brand new laminating machine, bought from the profits accrued.

Thanks to my always good lenders.

I want to register that the previous loan gave me what I have always wanted to have. From the profits, I now have a brand new laminating machine.

With Zidisha I'm sure of being the best SUCCESS STORY. Track me forwards or backwards, all you will encounter is success, success, success.

Thanks to my good lenders. I delighted!

Happy to lend to you again, Veronica. French beans are delicious.

my okra at 3 weeks

Congratulations on your business and thank you for welcoming us with your wonderful smiles every time we log into Zidisha! I am glad to see you providing propane to your customers since it is so much cleaner and healthier than wood or charcoal. I would very much appreciate any information or opinion you have on solar energy: solar cookers, solar lamps and solar panels. Can you tell me if your customers are connected to centralized electricity? I wish you great success with your business and charming family.

Thanks Mary will definitely check it up.

Hello lender's,
I have purchased a new machine that will used for my clothing production.
This will enhance growth of production and make much profit.
Thanks to you all and God blessing be unto you.

Thanks to all my lenders. For helping me take good care of my younger siblings my late father left behind. Their school fees are no more a problem as well as their shelter. My shoe business is also running very well all because of Zidisha.
Thank you.

i would like to thank all lenders for your wonderful support to me since joining zidisha.
currently business is doing very well and sales is also moving on as well.

This may be a good information resource for you Stephen, wefarm.org/what-is-wefarm/ . Take a look around this website when you have a chance. Hope your crops are doing well. Regards, Mary

Once again I have paid my second installment on time and this is one of my kids I pay school fees for, from my jobs income. Here is her school gate! Thanks Zidisha team.

Thank you for enquiring about my business. I do several kinds of printing works on paper. Normally in A4 and A3 papers. I do invitation cards such as wedding cards, birthday cards, funeral cards and several others which also includes printing of story books for children. My new shop will forcus mainly on cloth printings and banners.

I want to increase my loan repayment because profit has increased slightly. This loan is very helpful to me.

The loan was successfully received and used for Vodafone cash Mpesa. Already Mtn mobilemoney was in operation. Addition of Vodafone Cash has increased my profit asap. Am happy because my business has become attractive. My sibling are also happy as am able to support them of their need. Lenders thanks for your great support and tender kindness.

Dear lenders,
I finally started the construction of the greenhouse yesterday after procurement of all the necessary materials. Am glad the dream is now a reality thanks to your profound generosity. I pray the best to all of you in all that you engage in.

Congratulations on getting the loan, Adu!!!!

Dear Lenders,

I am humbled by your generosity and kindness towards funding my loan.

I received the total amount and over the last one week I've put it to good use by finishing final touches to the shop and buying a frying machine, display counter and freezer.

After the licensing process is done we will open doors to the snack cafe officially and right on time for school holidays.

This business will be run by my wife and elder sister and this will keep both busy at the same time bringing extra revenue to two families.

I am confident with the extra profit this new business will earn I will be able to repay my loan on time.

Once again I thank you for your contributions and and I pray you be truly blessed.

What kinds of materials do you print at your print shop?

That is great!!

Dear Lenders my previous loan assisted me to open an embroidery shop. My customers have now an access to my goods and services. I want to thank you for your support. God bless you.

Due to the increase on sales in this month i would like to increase my payment. This is because of the new and modern facilities i bought including modern cooking pots and sitting facilities which makes customer sitting comfortable and enjoy the food.
Introducing of unique food also attract new customer hence increase the sales.

Hello Zidisha
The financial support you've been giving me is making me strong even though we are facing a very long draught in Kenya. The lands are very dry, water sources dried up. But I have hope the rain will drop very soon and my project will go on well though the demand for vegetables is very high but the the farm is not giving the good quality due to the current climate status. I am now preparing one side of the land ready for the rainy season
Thank you

Very grateful to all lenders on the Zidisha platform and also thankful to team Zidisha for this wonderful opportunity. I'm able to add one more car to what I have, and have also employed additional driver

Hello my dear friends. It has been a great pleasure for me since we met in Zidisha. This is also Zidisha. Thank you for everything.

Hello team. The loan that I got has been a blessing to me. The clientele base has broadened a little bit thus making business a delight to do. The spares were bought and the printer was also put in place. The purchasing n repairing ofthe said items have helped greatly to improve the profits that are being recovered from the daily sales. This has hence helped to finance part of the school fees for my young sister and have continued to help out with the little that I am still gaining from the business. In summary, I would love to thank you once more for your timely empowerment.

Good afternoon my lenders, i do hope you are all fine just like myself, i just wanted to let you know that my business is growing we are moving from one level to another it is amazing, i just want to remind you that had it not been for you things would not have been the way they are today, thanks and thanks once more, the restaurant is doing great, our services at the restaurant has improved a great deal i am just happy, i cant just keep calm i love my job ha ha ha its truly amazing i cant just thank God and you people enough you have done great thongs to me and my business.

Thanks zidisha for the initiative it has helped me alot . my business is doing great I now have 3 employees helping me in the business. Am almost through in repaying the current loan hope to get another loan to add to my business. The next thing to do is to purchase sewing machine for sewing the bags that cost $500. Thanks again

Chickens ready

As we say here "onwards and upwards!"
Well done Prosper.

I Really thank my lenders who care and concern about the well being and growth of other people . God bless you

This is good news Stanley. I am happy things have been getting better for you! Regards, Mary

Hi Fernard, Please let your lenders know how your wholesale business goes. It will be interesting to see if this becomes your main business or if the retail portion of your sales is improved and remains the best portion of your business. Regards, Mary

Thank to my lenders. I am buying fruits juice machines to start procesing juice production. Which I believed it bear good frofits, by which will boost my life and my family. Thanks a gain

Thanks to all my lenders and also bravo. Zidisha is my back bone in life. They have giving me the loan that helps me take good care of my siblings that my late father Mr. Yaw Nketia left behind. They have also helped me increase my pair of shoes from 350pairs to about 460pairs.which has also increased my profit margin from 40 to 55ghana cedes.
Thank you.

more pics

Hi I know i have been unusually quite, last year was a very tough year for me. Thanks God thing are bright this year. I have already had 5 outdoor adventure camps for youth this year.
The campsite i have used most is located next to a river which gives the kids such a wonderful experience. We go upstream and sit on old car tubes and drift along the river. it takes us about 4 hrs to get back to the campsite.
the campsite also has a high rope course and great camping grounds.
The toilet are modern but built in a thatched house which give it a campsite outlook

1. Getting ready to take the kids fro river tubing.
2. Me trying out the traverse line before the kids can go on it
3. field activity

Finished Interior

My shop and office

Thank You!!

Dear Lender,
i would like to say thank you so much for your support. My retail shop and office building is now complete and ready for operation. It been a long journey which i would have really struggles if Zidisha and you lenders were not there to support financially.
Thank you

I used the loan to purchase clothing's for my shop. The clothing's business has increased my capital and profit respectively. My earnings has increased to Ghc2000.00. I used the increased earnings to buy more clothing's into my shop. I am able to pay my children school fees and rent. Thank you my lenders God bless you all.

Hello my sweet and supporting lenders, I greet you all.
sales have really gone very high, made 20% profit last week and
as a fact, things have really change in my life for the positive.
Thank you my lenders.

Hi
Lenders, my life has changed since I joined Zidisha my business is growing gradually day by day and my income is also increasing at a faster rate, this has helped me run my day to day life, paying school fees and many others. I knw and belive am going far with Zidisha. Thank you my lenders,

Happy new week my lenders. Am very much thankful for your generous support which has helped me to expand even selling mitumba cloths outside my shop.
I will prosper with your continual support and God bless you.

Wonderful to see! Glad to assist in enabling this :)

I have purchased drinks and biscuit for stocking my shop. And now I can serve the demand of my customers. Hence my profit have doubled. My family is happy because they can get whatever they need. Am so thankful for your support.