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Project Updates

The latest updates from projects made possible by our global community.

Saraphina · Choma, Zambia

Apr 9, 2017

My incubator that i bought. comment image

Harun · Nakuru Racecource, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

Hi I would wish to acknowledge the receipt of kshs 277,509 and soo greatful for your continued funding. I want to add more stock in my cosmetic, invest some of the cash in Mpesa and employ a beautician. Thanks once more

George · Muthwani, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

Hi lenders, I relocated to a new place and your money helped me pay rent for the new plot. I am trying to stabilize my peanuts business so that I can get back the money to invest in farming. Am hoping to travel to my local home area this friday as its holiday and follow up on how my crops planted are fairing. Thanks lenders and zidisha in general.

Omar · Malindi, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

i thank you for the loan. it will help me buy more chicken for my business. i will serve my customers to the fullest and therefore make more profit.

Richard · Berekum, Ghana

Apr 9, 2017

I bought One lesser jet printer, One HP scanner and 10 pen drives. The above items help me a lot by increasing my profit that enable me to do other business. My earnings increased to about 50% after the period and that earnings has been used for job which is also given about 40% a monthly profit. My first holidays was celebrated at Golden Tulip @Kumasi in the Ashante Region of Ghana. pictures will be sent later.

Audia · Nairobi, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

I will buy a 500GB hard disk that i will save songs and other dj effects that i use during my day to day business. This will increase my market and attract more shows. Thank you for giving me a loan.

Abraham · Molo, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

I will the loan to pay fees and this will help me be able to graduate this year.I will also buy a lab coat which will help me do my Laboratory practicals well as I will be having protective clothings.I expect to get a good paying job or even a scholarship to become a professional microbiologist.I thank all my lenders and May God bless them abundantly.

Daniel · Kapsoya, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

I will use my zidisha loan to buy a sprayer.This will help the crops to grow well without diseases and improve in yields.I will also buy herbicides to kill weeds which use nutrients needed by crops.I expect my profits to increase to almost $230 where now I will be able to finish paying for the hospital bills and educate my children.I thank all my lenders and May God bless them.

Martin Sikuku Manyonge · Kabuchai, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

Hello! Thank you for your assistance....I will use the money to purchase the flash disk that will be used for storage of information. I do appreciate so Much. God bless you.

Gideon · Nokerio, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

I will use this loan to buy water storage containers which I will use to store large quantities of water. By doing so I will safe the lives of many who are in danger from weather scarcity. Thank you Zidisha for the loan

Zipporah · Nairobi, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

I have received ksh 9076 from my lenders and am very grateful for the support accorded to me. This morning I intend to buy some trees for timber and firewood and will post the same once the process is complete

Hellen · Tumaini, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

I will use this loan to add a desktop to my cyber cafe. The additional of the desktop into my business will boost the amount of profit and the bundling of large number of customers. Thank you lenders for the loan

Newton · Eldoret, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

I will use my loan to buy new shoes.This will help me feel comfortable and be able to run fast.I will also buy some pair of shorts which will help me not to wear heavy clothes due to sweating.This will give me more morale and I expect my profit to increase to about $170 where now I will be able to cater for my family well and improve our living standards.I thank all my lenders and May Almighty God bless them abundantly.

Ernest · Akim Oda, Ghana

Apr 9, 2017

Hi my lenders I wish to thank you all again and also announce to you that I have procure the materials for the "batakeli" or the smock production. You all made it again and again and again. I am filled and fortified by all the unfailing support all this year's of my life in my business. Received warm greetings and blessing and that all what you do victory are yours, open doors and new protocols locate you in your enterprise. Thanks.

Nelson · Bungoma, Kenya

Apr 9, 2017

I will repair my motorbike and buy new break pads. This will make me have more customers as their safety on the road will be okay.I expect my profit to increase to almost $170 and will assist me finish paying the loan.I thank my lenders and be blessed.

George · Nyeri, Kenya

Apr 8, 2017

I will use my loan to buy herbicides so as to improve the production in my farm.I will also buy a water tank for storage of clean water.This will help my crops never to dry as the supply of water will be sufficient.I will expect my profits to increase to almost $235 and it will help me even buy best qualities of seeds and educate my children well.I thank all my lenders and May the Almighty Jehovah bless them.

Florencek · Techiman, Ghana

Apr 8, 2017

Thanks my lenders I have received your loan of 1553GHS.i will used this loan to buy more good into my shop these goods are 1 bail of woman dress, 1 bail of man jeans , 1 bail of children T shirt , 50 pears of ladies panties , and so many items , this can give me a profit of 30 percent profit Thanks my lenders MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

Francis · Techiman, Ghana

Apr 8, 2017

I will invested in this loan buy buying these items,20 bottles of clean shield cost 300 dollars , 24 bottles of 02 drops cost 200 dollars , 24 boxes of liven coffee cost 200 dollars and so many other products .this products can sell with a profit of 25 percent this can helping me paid my utility services ,water electricity ,and other home expenses , Thank my lenders for all ways supported ,may ALL MIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

Esther · Yala, Kenya

Apr 8, 2017

I will use this loan to employ a business assistant who will help me to perform the day to day tasks. This will help me to bundle a large number of customers who come in large numbers to he the service from me. I look forward to get more profit. Thank you lenders for the loan

Samuel · Kasoiyo, Kenya

Apr 8, 2017

I will use this loan to buy for the corrugated iron sheets that I will use to expand my business house. The house will be large enough so that it can accommodate large number of customers s at once. Thank you lenders for the loan

James · Equator, Kenya

Apr 8, 2017

Buying water pump fuel Paying workers salary Thanks a lot comment image

Ruth · Kumasi, Ghana

Apr 8, 2017

I have received an amount of GH¢587 l will use it to buy textbooks, literature books, exercise books, pay research fee, departmental dues, SRC dues and make photocopies. Thank you very much my lenders for helping me to easily get a loan to finance my education without stress.

Joseph · Ongata Rongai, Kenya

Apr 8, 2017

Hi lenders, I'm doing and the business is prospering . I wanted to inform you that money the you lended me, i invested on buying eggs to farmers and selling it to shops, supermarket and hotel in retail price. This business is one of kind because it has already pick up in the area and is of much demand. I can say am earnings sweetable income . comment image

Patience · Senase ,berekum, Ghana

Apr 8, 2017

Thank you very much my lenders.now your loan has really help me a lot.to care for my family. comment image

Richard · Nanyuki, Kenya

Apr 8, 2017

Thanks so much for your help. The previous loan has really helped increase my output. This increased output has necessitated purchase of another desktop computer to match the demand of our customers. In this regard i am applying for another loan to facilitate purchase of another desktop computer for use in my business. Thanks in advance.

Caroline · Kitale, Kenya

Apr 8, 2017

i will use my loan to hire more workers in my farm to help me i weeding the farm so that i can have good harvest that will earn me more profit.thank you my lender for four funding.

Philip · Mombasa, Kenya

Apr 7, 2017

Dear Lenders, I am greatful to take this oppprtunity to once again greet you. I am fine and progressing well. I recruited a friend whom I am training in my business. The volume of work has increased greatly at my place thus I found it better to get someone who can assist me on those tasks that do not need much skills as I also train him in operating the machine. I feel happy to have created an opportunity to someone and that my business is running well. I say thankyou to my lenders.

Rachel · Nakuru, Kenya

Apr 7, 2017

I will use the loan money for cabbage farming. The money will help me with Labour, buying fertilizer,buying pipes for irrigation. The money I get from this harvest will help me greatly in achieving financial freedom in soo many areas. Thank you lenders for trusting Me with your money. Will pay my loan on time and never dissapoint you. A special thank you to the lenders who have funded me from my first loan. My God bless you all.

Charles · Makhese, Kenya

Apr 6, 2017

This my maize field comment image

Charles · Makhese, Kenya

Apr 6, 2017

First I want to thank the zidisha team for enabling me go through the last two months it helped me stock my chemist which has increased my total income by 30%. It helped me finish my 2nd last term at school. I have finished planting maize in my one acre farm and I am now doing weeding I will be happy to get your support to finish my last term in school,

Evans · Kukuom, Ghana

Apr 5, 2017

Hello all lenders, as you always wish me all the best in my business and to go higher, I will always ask God for one thing on your behalf. That is, longer healthier life. May God grant you this. Your good thoughts of helping people like us is far more than enought to secure stable business and financial stability on your various businesses. I owe what I have now to your kindest support. My business is making a far more progress now.

Misheck · Lusaka, Zambia

Apr 5, 2017

dear lenders before going further am so delighted to give thanks for your help to me and the community at large. Photocopying machine , Binding machine and cutter. It has increased my income, i can see progress in my business it has really shaped my business. The profit has increase to $100 , i have paid school fees for my young brother and my nephew. the shop looks extremely neater the ever i have achieve that. people like swimming, playing soccer, basket ball and etc at the holidays love watching them

Comfort · Asankrangwa, Ghana

Apr 5, 2017

Thank you very much my great lenders,i bought 12 bags of rice,and each cost 120GHS,that is 30 dollars per one,and the total of all will be 1440,also as 360 dollars,again i bought,10 box of soap and one cost is,80GHS.that wii be in dollars 20.So all will be 200 dollars as in cedis as 800GHS.And the remaining amount was used for,tooht paste,brushes,candles,rush,5star sugar and transportation.Thank you very my great lenders of zidisha.

Andrew · Kisumu, Kenya

Apr 5, 2017

To the ZIDISHA lending family it was a wonderful period where i was able to pay school fee to my child in class eight for the first term and had his classes uninterrupted. I am expecting to do even well as the next loan is expected to alleviate financial challenges that I hae in my past. With the desire to acquire a motor bike for the business I expect my sales to grow ten fold. comment image

Ronald · Berekum, Ghana

Apr 5, 2017

Lenders, I think my days are almost due. This is the right time for me to prepare the seedlings so that I will meet my customers' time. After preparing the land, am at home now waiting to get money to buy the cocoa seeds especially to start the nursery. Please, help me to prepare it because,if am able to do it I will be in a better position to receive enough profit.

Gifty · Twedie, Ashanti Region, Ghana

Apr 5, 2017

Dear lenders I am keeping you inform that i have received the loan amount of $27 on 3rd April. I have used to pay my hospital bill for malaria. Thank you all my dear lender. God should keep you all strong and healthy .

Francis · Chipata, Zambia

Apr 5, 2017

Greetings to all my lenders! I wish to inform you that i have received the loan and i have ordered for the solar lamps to be delivered to me from Lusaka! I want you to know that together we will reach 400 more customers with solar lamps because of this loan that you loaned me. I say thank you so much and i will be updating you on my business progress once i receive the solar products. Together we will impact lives and build a better and cleaner world! Thanks so very much! comment image

Antony · Lumakanda, Kenya

Apr 5, 2017

Hello lenders am greatful for the loan I have just completed, the loan I was able to purchase the blowdrying machine and expand my business by introducing the solon after securing a spacious room.I have realized increase in profits some which I have reinvested back into my business while the rest I have used to take care of my family. There is one challenge I have undergoing that have made my business not to be that efficient. and the challenge is the regular losting of electric power in our center, in a day we can have no power for about half a day and this makes it difficult for me to run my business which solomely rely on power. It is due to this that my next loan I would want to purchase a power backup, that's a solar panel, a car battery and a DC -AC power inverter. so kindly help achieve it.

Moses · Nairobi, Kenya

Apr 4, 2017

Dear zidisha team and my leanders,hope your enjoying this lent time period of easter,we are also doing well business wise,and infact the feeding program have made our school shine and record more admissions.Thanks a lot to the zidisha.Hope to finish the current loan and take a bigger one soon. Thanks Moses.

Edem Kwasi · Accra, Ghana

Apr 4, 2017

More photos of the current completed Work by conciv engineering services comment image

Michael · Berekum, Ghana

Apr 4, 2017

i have done as said, i also want to make zidisha team and its noble lenders that i am still harvesting the second fruits in my farm, thus cocoa is harvested twice a year comment image

Margaret · Berekum, Ghana

Apr 4, 2017

i will continue to thank you Zidisha managers and your noble lenders, my loan helped me alot and now my shop is flourishing. this loan if approved will help me own myown shop space. i used the profit from the old loand to start my building and is near completion comment image

John · Nakuru, Kenya

Apr 4, 2017

Hi Lenders and the entire Zidisha community....I now present my new Motorbike! I have been taught how to ride and please accept my sincere gratitude for the loan that enabled me to purchase the motorbike. My work will now be easier and the money that I was using about $100 monthly will be used to repay the loan! John. comment image

Vincent · Nairobi, Kenya

Apr 4, 2017

hi zidisha lenders i am very thankful for the opportunity you gave me to grow using your money,i want to assure you that your money was well spent and it did not only improve my life but also the life of my family members,i used the loan to pay for my college fee i was able to move from cpa part one to part two ,i was also able to expand my kiosk into a shop by adding more stock and also doing structural expansions,by doing so i was able to increase my income frome 5000ksh to 5500ksh per month,this also gave me an amazing opportunity to help my family in a bigger way.

Peter · Berekum, Ghana

Apr 3, 2017

Zidisha is the best organization around the world.it has help many people to have access to the loan to improve their business and also assist people for their education.i have benefits so much from zidisha organization since i started join .my provision has improve and i am able to meet the need of my customers demand and able to cater for my family.i use part of my profits to pay my loan every week and i thank my leaders so much for funding my loan for me always. and i hope that they will help me my next loan to pen another branch of my provision store.Thank you comment image

Zack · Thika, Kenya

Apr 3, 2017

Graduating from school is such a big accomplishment, every student looks forward to the day of graduation at least to have a sigh of relief knowing that they have just succeeded in passing through one of the important stages in life. This is not possible without the help of YOU friends and lenders towards my education. Your support towards my Education is greatly appreciated It was so thoughtful of you to remember me on my loan application. Your generosity and thoughtfulness are greatly appreciated. Please accept my sincere thanks and God’s blessings for the lovely gift of loan. Both the thought and the gift made me very happy. One thank you for the gift,and another for the thought. comment image

Emmanuel · Kukuom, Ghana

Apr 3, 2017

Exams in progress. comment image

Emmanuel · Kukuom, Ghana

Apr 3, 2017

Students are writing their 2nd Terminal Examinations and for the first time printed our own questions therefore, there were no leakages of papers so that their performance could be well measured. Thanks be to all my lenders and zidisha team. comment image

Paul · Mombasa, Kenya

Apr 2, 2017

I am very thankful to Zidisha and the the lenders. You have made me realize my dreams and I am now living a more dignified life. I have managed to reorganize my work and the future looks very bright now. I have leveraged on Zidisha loan to build my printing work capacity and I take pride in new machines that I have acquired with these loans. Thank you so much.

Bukari · Kumasi, Ghana

Apr 2, 2017

These are some of the cocoa nurserys I have paid for, comment image

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