Project Updates

This valentine, I took my family to the national park. It was a day full of fun

This is how I mix the animal feed to make them healthy

Hallo my zidisha family.am so happy I was able to get my pedicure basin.I love it.my clients are happy.I expect my profits to increase more so I can save for my studies.thank you my zidisha family for believing in me.goodnight

Hallo zidisha family. it has been a good day though hectic we thank God.I hope my dear lenders you will help me buy my blowdrier because I know you will believe in my dreams. Enclosed is my picture at work.good night.

This is mrembo the cow my grandpa gave me after my primary school it is a big cow now

Hi Minata! I just wanted to wish you all the best in getting your loan funded. It sounds like sorrel leaves are an important vegetable. I wish we had them here in the U.S. so I could try them. Take good care of yourself and again, good luck with your loan!

Here is sandra and brenda that I am intending to sell soon

In my farm evry cow has a name now here is project...I called it so because it will raise money to purchase a laptop

I also have a page 'Rael by Design' it will help me market,also my old clients will find new readymade stuff!
Look at these outfits,that is my first and second daughters and yes, that's my work

At my shop

First installment has been posted to my A/C. Am really glad it works!

Shipment of Mouse now confirmed with a tracking number from Aliexpress China. Shipment has left China for Zambia.

Am happy having paid my second loan instalment. My chicks have feeds now and the chicken structure almost three quarters done. Thanks for your support lenders. God bless you all!

Hi Rael,
Thanks for keeping us informed and thanks for uploading the photos.
The fabrics look great! Is each piece enough to make one dress?
You know that now comes all the hard work of making all the dresses!
All the best
Michael

Happy valentines day to all of you Lenders and have a bless day.

I want to thank Zidisha and more so my lenders for trusting me and giving me their money to use. The money has ensured that my business runs smoothly even in this usually hard period that is the beginning of the year when I have to fulfill a number of obligations, like payment of school fees, etc. The money has enabled me to maintain my stock and use the profits to pay my side expenses. If Zidisha had not assisted me, I am sure I could have spent my working capital on personal expenses and therefore run down my business. THANK YOU so much for your assistance.

Hello all
Glad to receive the first computer I bought with the loans used as an advance. to pay for it.
Thank you again

Thank you Julia for your visit to Makassar. We are very pleased to have the opportunity visit. Hopefully other times could come again to Makassar. Thank you very much

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Terima kasih Julia atas kunjungannya ke Makassar. Kami sangat senang berkesempatan dikunjungi. Semoga dikesempatan lain bisa datang lagi ke Makassar. Terima kasih banyak

So glad this happened! I got hone and spread my new materials over the table!

I got these selections and a magazine and a chart.

Hallo my zidisha family.just want to wish you a happy valentines day today.may you enjoy it and have a great time with your loved ones.have a good day.

Products that I sell.

AT THE OFFICE

I take this opportunity to thank zidisha for making our dream come true ,we had no money to buy dewormers but we thank zidisha for giving us funds for dewormers,since then our milk production has increased greatly,each cow has increase an average of two litres of milk,this means maximum profits,I thank my wife for being with me and giving me hope no matter tha situations,I end by thanking all zidisha members for I know they have taken another step in their life,God bless zidisha,God bless you all.

Happy Valentine day everyone in Zidisha community.

These are special word which you people diserves. Thanks for the love you are spending to the world.

Thanks all Who Participated to my progress. My business is booming!

I had the opportunity to meet with Corsmas yesterday at his office near downtown Nairobi. There he spends his 9-5 or really 8-6 day job working as a manager for a transportation company. However in his off time he works on his own businesses, one where he sells bricks and the other he is the owner of his own bus service. He is very thankful for Zidisha lenders, since with the loans over the past year he has been able to repair his bus or "matatu" as it is called here. However after some time even the repairs were not enough to keep the old bus going, so he has sold it. Now he plans on buying a new bus hopefully with the help of Zidisha lenders. We went to the car yard where he showed me the bus he would like to purchase, and below are some photos.

Corsmas is one of the few borrowers I have met that was actually born and raised in Nairobi, though he still has strong ties to his parents' hometown in Kisumu County, around six hours from Nairobi. He is proud of his roots, which are of the Luo tribe, known to be great fishermen living on Lake Victoria. This is also the tribe of Barack Obama's father and Corsmas boasted that from his father's house he can walk down the road to get to Obama's grandmother's house where she still lives. This is also where his brick business operates from with the help of his partner and brother. They make the bricks manually with a recipe of soil, water and sun to dry them. Corsmas even lived in his village for a while twenty years ago, running in orphanage from his home.

Now he is looking forward to retiring from his career and pursuing his businesses with the help of Zidisha. The profits of his businesses will help him have a secure retirement and help out his youngest daughter with her education. He has four children total, two of which are working in Qatar. With his guidance all of his children are doing very well and so are the Zidisha members he mentors. In his free time Corsmas likes to watch football especially his team, Manchester United, and dance. He invited me to listen to some live music downtown at the Princess Hotel. Of course I accepted!

The website edgar.co.ke/ is my own design made and hand coded in every bit.
it is fully responsive and fits all major known screen resolutions

I made a portfolio section to show case some of my works mostly those on my public repository at https:// github.com/edgar4

Them migrated and merged my blog into the site i am now self hosting for the blog

satisfaction

hi lenders,
thanks for the support

Here's me buying

Pictures of my progress

for your kindest support,in fact you have really impacted my project. I am now experiencing tremendrous growth in my business and finances. I was able to buy the mushroom grow bags, Oyster mushroom spawn and make the shelves to accomodate more compost mushroom bags. Attached to this are pictures to show my progress. Thank you very much.

Thanks ZIDISHA TEAM,

Now I will dress my clients smart.

Team,

Tahnk you, Now I know, I can grow and impact my neighborhood with freshness.

Dear lenders.it has been a great day today.work has been good BT a bit hectic since clients are many and drying their hair using a blowdrier only is such a task.but I know you will help me buy my drier so I can expand my business and the task will be easier.thank you and goodnight my zidisha family.

I am very grateful for the loan advancement. With the amount of money I received I was able to fund my websites.
I am an online entrepreneur and the money I received I used 90% of it on boosting my social media ads.
These Ads add value to my websites as they grant me more exposure. The more exposed they are, the more product/service I move. Through the adds and its only been four days, I have already seen a significant increase of organic traffic to my site and pretty soon I will start making sales.

Merci de recevoir ici, quelques images réaliser a votre attention

Dear Lenders,
Attached is the daily record for February 2015 till 13th today.
Improvement of business can be seen.So far I have banked 6119/=, quite an improvement this February.
Kindly see and advice me.

My new dairy heifer

This is how far your contribution has brought me... thanks

that's me in another angle

@sunnyB28,
hi sunny am doing good still at though i dont get too much rest as you think,this life need too much effort for someone to excell,in fact for the last two day have been moving around from my work place to town at least to fix up the business down fall for these those have been not around,the knee was quit paining but i had to bear the pain and move on ,
my daughter went to a boarding school so she will be back on half term which might be mind of next month that the time we will be seeing each other,though she will be coming only for two days then till the holdy in April which goes for three weeks.
thanks so much for your concern be blessed and have a lovely valentines.

Me at my salon after the days work.

Hallo dear lenders.I am very grateful to have this opportunity to show you my business adventures.please if you fund me I will not let you down.here is a picture of my client contented with my clothes.

my business products.

My current stock

Thank you to all zidisha and lending persons. Just bought five new plastic chairs worth $80

With the loan given to me last time , introduced products i was'nt selling before . the products i brought were phone chargers , touchs , phone chases among others and though i had few setbacks during payment am proud to say my business is doing real good THANX TO ZIDISHA

Thankyou zdisha hope you will remember me.

I had a fantastic experience visiting Samuel today at his home and small store in a neighborhood of Nairobi. I visited both Samuel and his cousin, Dauglas (they share a grandfather) who is his mentor as well. These cousins stick together. Since Dauglas is looking to move out of the neighborhood he is in, Samuel has given him a place to stay as well as storage space for his business computer.

Samuel is a warm and caring guy. He is thrilled over the dramatic difference he has seen in his livelihood thanks to the loans from Zidisha lenders that have allowed him to invest in his store which sells DVDs and music CDs that he is able to burn from the internet. He has also been able to purchase a printer so he can book events as a photographer. He printed a couple of photos for me while he was there. One of which was picture of his 7 month old baby girl, Gloria. I was fortunate enough to meet her since Samuel so graciously welcomed me into his home, upstairs from the DVD shop. I also met his lovely wife Janet who sliced some mango for us during the visit.

For his dad, Samuel was supposed to be a doctor. However with the help of his cousin Dauglas, he was able to convince him to help in getting his degree in electronic engineering. Samuel's father was such an advocate for his education that when times were really tough he sold a piece of his land, so Samuel could continue his studies in Nairobi. Samuel is the eldest of six children, and he has inspired his younger siblings who are also gifted in mathematics.

LIke Dauglas, Samuel is optimistic. WIth the help of Zidisha he has seen his profits multiply and he one day hopes to rent a bigger space for his business which will guaranttee a bright future for his baby girl. I can say after being lucky enough to play with her today, she is definitely worth it!