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Morine · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 28, 2015

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Gilbert · Nakuru Shauri Yako Estate, Kenya

Jan 28, 2015

hallow my good lenders,thank you very much for allowing me serve my customers better at the time my service was needed. it made me get more becouse isupplied the educational materials on time.at the moment my suppliers can give me materials on small credit becouse so far iv been doing well with them. ihave been able to pay for my wifes collage fee from the the same business and my familly is doing good. thanks alot

Morine · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 28, 2015

Disability Is not Inability is a story that teaches children to appreciate themselves despite their challenges.. comment image

Morine · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 28, 2015

#Team zidisha, I would like to also inform you that apart from my printing shop, I also love to do charity work. I love children and I love educating and encouraging them that despite the hardships they face in life, they can and will one day make it if they are focused and work hard. Here are the two books that I have authored: Helping Nafula's Mother educates children between 4 to 7 years about HIV/AIDs, how it is spread, how they can take care of those who are infected and those that are affected in their community.... comment image

Priscilla · Bungoma Town, Kenya

Jan 28, 2015

Today i am seeing the five donkeys which are being offered for sale.I am yet to choose one but God willing i will purchase one by the end of this week,wish me the best.It is very hot in our part of the country and people are buying grains in readiness for the rains which come after the hot season.I hope all of you are doing fine.

Emmanuel · Mombasa, Kenya

Jan 28, 2015

the business has really picled up well after the long wait for the schools to repoen. am glad am supplying more than last year. the business has grown and i know with zidisha by my side, megabyte computers is going to be a very big company. i am expanding now to supplying stationary ....full business now

Dickson · Karuri, Kenya

Jan 28, 2015

I have completed payment of the last instalment and in good time. I have almost doubled my profit with the new and bigger storage facility. Infact i am now able to sell even rabbit meat and doing even better than chicken.I thank God for the far my business has reached. I thank all who entrusted me with their money. God bless you mightly. I wish to launch another project of purchasing a motorbike for carrying my products. This will help reduce transport cost and thus raise my profit margin.

Pharis · Ngong, Kenya

Jan 28, 2015

The car is in working condition. Thank you. comment image

John · Mazeras, Kenya

Jan 27, 2015

Graduation at St Agness comment image

Emmanuel · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 27, 2015

Hi guys, The loan I took up has been really helpful to me and my business. I used it to buy a tft monitor for one of my cpu's that had a faulty monitor. This has in turn boosted the my daily and monthly revenues and in turn I feel that I can boost my business further by taking up another loan to buy 2 more computers and upgrade my internet from 1mbps to 10mbps. The future looks bright but I wouldn't have done it without you help. Thank u and God bless you abundantly. Regards Emmanuel

Morine · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 27, 2015

After getting my first loan, I bought an office stapler that I so much required and some office supplies. I am now happy that I will no longer need to hire a stapler when I have documents to bind for my clients... #thank you team zidisha! comment image

Innocent · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 27, 2015

Just to say thank you to all zidisha and all lending community/persons. After buying the CPU, I took my time to format it and when I tested, it it had indicated no malfunctions, just it works the way I expected it to work comment image

John · Naivasha, Kenya

Jan 27, 2015

hi there have been away but am ok.. have managed to build for the chikens and i have bought three fully grown up chikens.. i have 15 eggs in the incubator expecting to have 20 chikens by next month.. thi is how we grow .. my wife can now eat a kienyenji chiken and eggs .... hahahahahah .. thanks all... lets make the world a better place to be free of hunger..... God bless you.. wait for the pictures... wooooooi this computer is uploading very slowly.

Martin · Nakuru, Kenya

Jan 27, 2015

Hello everyone. I hope that all of you are in good health and doing well. My freelance journalism is going on and I have now decided to go proffessional. I will be undertaking part time lesons in journalism, photo journalism and also get into video shooting and editing. This way I hope to go into media fulltime and gradually get out of my other ventures. I will keep you posted.

Mary · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 27, 2015

I managed to purchase my pump and know working on the logistics of fixing and making it operational. Happy My Greenhouse will have full supply of water, comment image

Moses · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 26, 2015

Entertaining our church members,with me are the other choir members. comment image

Alex · Mombasa, Kenya

Jan 25, 2015

Dear lenders, I have finally cleared my first loan ever with Zidisha. I wish to express my gratitude to Zidisha family for allowing me to join this amazing group. I spent the money from the loan to buy fast moving items for my electrical shop and this increased my sales significantly. I am now all set to apply for a second loan which I believe will take my business to even greater heights. comment image

Charles · Nairobi City, Kenya

Jan 25, 2015

Dear friends and lenders I am soon coming back to you.I am happy to be paying my last installment on 1st February 2015.I will be applying for the second loan immediately to increase stock.I am happy to have made so many friends including those who did fund my project.Hope to meet you then. comment image

Aan · Teluk Kuantan, Indonesia

Jan 25, 2015

Good Night At The funders; and also Team ;s Zidisha, hopefully always given health always .. This is the result of my shopping yesterday for adding accesories Mobile,,,,, comment image

Aan · Teluk Kuantan, Indonesia

Jan 25, 2015

beginilah kegiatan saya di malam hari,, bergelut dengan Tugas serta ketikan anak-anak sekolah maupun masyrakat umum... comment image

Aan · Teluk Kuantan, Indonesia

Jan 25, 2015

proses pembangunan konter saya ,,,, semoga saja cepat selesai comment image

Rachmad · Surabaya, Indonesia

Jan 25, 2015

My baby boy and wife comment image

Lance · Mombasa, Kenya

Jan 25, 2015

I thank you zidisha for the loan I took, I used it to plant grass for feeding my cattle. I am not struggling to look for feeds since the pasture has boosted the food stuff. I have enough time to look after my animals, the milk production has gone high. The achievement I have gained to the family is that I managed to take my kid to college and others did their final examinations who are yet to join studies for the next level. Also have a look of me at the farm I planted grass from the money I borrowed from you. Thank you very much comment image

Rose · Meru, Kenya

Jan 25, 2015

with claire in the bananas farm comment image

Rose · Meru, Kenya

Jan 25, 2015

still in the farm comment image

Rose · Meru, Kenya

Jan 25, 2015

in the cow shed cleaning before leaving to my store comment image

Rose · Meru, Kenya

Jan 25, 2015

i and my last born daughter claire feeding the pig comment image

Felix · Wanguru, Kenya

Jan 24, 2015

hi Katie trust you are fine. Am fine too, just to update you on the progress; the french beans are proceeding well despite an attack by bean fly which destroyed most of the crop. Its because when I was due for the first spray I did not have the finances to buy pesticide, but I thank God you rescued the situation. here is the photo of the crop. Thank you so much. comment image

Angelina · Northants, United Kingdom

Jan 24, 2015

Hello Stephen Good luck with your application - as a child I loved tomatoes and remember how we ate them as if they were apples. Last year I grew some in my little back garden for a friend who loves them - the two plants went mad and gave me so many tomatoes I was able to share with my neighbour and other friends and even freeze so many for cooking - they were absolutely delicious and this year I plan on growing more. I look forward to hearing your updates and success story. God bless Angelina

Collins · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 24, 2015

I am happy that I have received my first loan yesterday. I was invited by a friend and I am sure this what I was looking for. This first loan will enable me hire one more teacher on Monday 26/1/2015 so that I expand my market. Thanks to Zidisha. May God bless the lenders and the Zidisha team.

Josiphine · Taveta, Kenya

Jan 24, 2015

Hello lenders, Its this was a wonderful week for me, After receiving the loan i visited a cosmetic distributor and placed an order for my shop, i shared the story how Zidisha gave me the loan. The distributor was so taken that i she ended up advancing a stock worth Ksh 20,000. I ended up having a big stock of Ksh 25,000 which is Zidisha loan plus my saving and credit advancement. Truly the trust Zidisha has shown me its being extended to other who i never though they can. Thanks Zidisha community, Thanks to the founder and all Lender. Next week i will post my new look of stock full shop. God bless you all.

Gabriel · Accra, Ghana

Jan 24, 2015

I was able to redraw my funds today and just like I proposed, I increased my credit transfer stock purchase and bought higher recharge card amounts. By doing this, I didn't have to turn away customers who usually requested for the high recharge card amounts (5ghc and 10ghc). They were happy I provided a reliable service just like I promised; thanks to you, my lenders. Kind Regards.

Didink. K · Kabupaten Bantaeng, Indonesia

Jan 24, 2015

Proses produksi batu merah, pencetakan dan pengeringan sebelum di bakar menjadi batu merah comment image

Aloysius · Bekasi, Indonesia

Jan 24, 2015

To all lenders, I would like to inform you that I have finally fully repaid my loan. I made some dance props to enhance our performances visually and bought approximately 25 dancing shoes for competition last season. By having good preparations, we finally won some local and national championships, Thank you so much for your supports and appreciations, it really means a lot to my community to keep growing and becoming much better, channeling local youth a media to express themselves through positive activities in dance. To watch some of my works with numbers of local youth here, feel free to check videos that I have made with my students. Here is the link: www.dailymotion.com/user/venzfortaloys/1 Once again, thank you so much! May happiness always be with you!

Janet · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 23, 2015

Thanks a lot for funding my loan request at such a record speed! I really appreciate. Here is an image of the Master Copy of the album. Now I am on to the branding work and I'll let you know how it goes. comment image

Anthony · Kanja, Embu, Kenya

Jan 23, 2015

Dwayne, my son comment image

Anthony · Kanja, Embu, Kenya

Jan 23, 2015

First and foremost, thank you lenders for your contributions in my previous loan. You really made a difference. The extra one bag of fertilizer I bought at 2000 KES was necessary to increase my tea yield. The extra 2300 KES was also helpful. Before I paid my tea workers a month after they plucked tea because I had to wait to get be paid by KTDA. This was a great limitation because workers would refuse to pluck in subsequent plucking season until they receive their pay. I reversed that and I now pay them on time. comment image

Taylor Hanna · United States

Jan 23, 2015

Dear Lenders, I was fortunate to get to visit Gabriel this past week at his home in Abeka. Gabriel has been curious about electronics since he was very young, explaining, “When I see an electronic thing, I want to see the brain behind it.” And in this way, he “destroyed a lot of [his] father’s electronics.” But rather than being angry with his son’s affinity for taking things apart, Gabriel’s father was encouraging and supportive of his inquisitive nature. Now in his final year at Ghana Technology University College, Gabriel studies Telecom Engineering and works part time repairing computers to support himself. In their last year, students must complete a final project in addition to their classwork. Gabriel focused his project on a problem that he saw throughout his university career: underequipped facilities in school. University education is valued highly in Ghana, but Gabriel explains that the funding and facilities of education institutions often cannot match the demand. And students can become frustrated with overcrowded classrooms and competition for resources - Gabriel has seen many of his classmates skipping class altogether. So his project seeks to incorporate facial recognition and rfid technologies to encourage class attendance and participation. Zidisha loans have allowed him to fund his project on time without worrying about sacrificing valuable class time to work extra hours. His first loan funded a research questionnaire while the second allowed him to order parts. They hadn’t arrived by the time of my visit, but I hope to go back again to get to see the project in action! When he graduates, Gabriel hopes to be able to improve upon his final project and produce it at scale, offering it to schools across the country. In addition, he would like to start his own company installing fiber optic cables. Gabriel is very grateful for the opportunities afforded to him by Zidisha lenders and I’m very excited to see his final project and what he accomplishes after graduation! Taylor Hanna Ghana Ambassador Zidisha

Taylor Hanna · United States

Jan 23, 2015

Dear Lenders, I got to meet up with Benjamin this past week! He happened to be near where I was staying when we got in- touch, so we sat down for a bit to chat before heading over to his shop in Osu. Benjamin grew up in Takoradi, on the coast. But when his father died and mother lost their home and most of their belongings, he and his five siblings were split up and he was sent to live with his aunties in the small village of Dominase. He’s spent his life working hard, first helping his family with farm work and then working at a hotel bar to save money for school. He still supports his younger brother and takes responsibility for keeping him on the right track. Now in Accra he stays very busy: He is going to school studying medical laboratory science, he buys and sells computer accessories (when I met him, he was picking up a stock of portable batteries – a necessity in Ghana where electricity is often unreliable), and he sells tools and general goods on a street-side shop in Osu, in front of his uncle’s house. Although it hasn’t always been easy, Benjamin’s energy, assertiveness, and natural competitiveness has kept him looking forward. And he has quite a few ideas for the future. He just finished repaying his first Zidisha loan and hopes to use future loans to help grow his uncle’s shop in Osu and build up around it. (I have to say – he’s starting with a great location right off busy Oxford Street and shaded by a beautiful tree.) And he’d also like to revive the family tradition of making and selling drums, which fell dormant after the death of his father. Not one to forget his past, he is dedicated to giving back to his community and helping the village where he grew up and Komenda, where his mother is from. Many of the children in the villages are not in school, so Benjamin would like to help the young people attain an education as well as trade skills such as carpentry and sewing. Naturally generous, he is nicknamed the Godfather in his hometown due to his giving nature. It was so wonderful to get to meet Ben and see his shop this past week. We are very excited to see what he has in store for us in the future and hope I get to see him again in Accra! Taylor Ghana Ambassador Zidisha

Lance · Mombasa, Kenya

Jan 23, 2015

I take this opportunity to thank you zidisha for the loan I took and used to plant grass for feeding my cattle. I am not struggling to look for feeds since the pasture has boosted the food stuff. I have enough time to look after my animals, the milk production has gone high. The achievement I have gained to the family is that I managed to take my kid to college and others did their final examinations who are yet to join studies for the next level. Here at the coast during the Christmas holiday people cerebrate very extraordinary, they bring discos to the village and christians organise for camp meetings for the kids, for instance I have posted the picture of pathfinder group camp where my kids participated. Also have a look of me planting grass at the farm I prepared by the money I borrowed from you. Thank you very much (Asante sana)

Caroline · Nairobi, Ngara House Number 53b, Kenya

Jan 23, 2015

First let me say thank you, second through your funding I have not only done business but its been a daily learning process. Before I applied for my first loan for rabbit farming, I did lot of research on this type of farming and I was ready to start off. I got everything I needed and all was well until I got a challenge with weather conditions and I decided to switch off to banana and vegetables farming. Am getting maximum results because the weather has been very favorable.Am now preparing for another season for the vegetables. I learn everyday and the experience I get is amazing.Thank you for making this possible.

Peter · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 23, 2015

this is one of the cages in a side view comment image

Peter · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 23, 2015

these are some of the local bread of chicken inside their cages as they feed.... comment image

Noel · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 23, 2015

I just joined Zidisha the other day and I quickly put up a proposal to buy camera lenses since my business deals in photography. It was not long to be given the loan and I can say that I bought the lenses. (See the photo attached) The quality of my photos are now high compared to the ones I used to take earlier before buying the new ones. Everything just happened very fast, immediately I bought the lenses I just got a photography job for a birthday party. I was amazed to see the quality of my pics. My clients were satisfied beyond their expectation and this has made them to refer their friend who is wedding this Saturday to me and I will be the official photographer. Thanks to Zidisha for enabling me get photography jobs. Now my clients can refer their friends to BEST PIC PHOTOGRAPHY and without doubt my business is growing.

Kipkoech · Kericho, Kenya

Jan 22, 2015

Hi to all my lenders I have finally acquired my new POS (Point of Sale terminal) The picture is attached comment image

Mercy · Nakuru, Kenya

Jan 22, 2015

thanks lenders for being with me by supporting me and made things easier for me actually this second loan has helped me so much,first l was able to bring shoes and made shoe my customer get their orders on time this has helped me because the shoes were available ,l was able to pay my bills,school fees for my child and my living standard improved from the profits l got l made good use of them lam also happy to inform you that l started rearing chicken because l wanted to diversify my business lam working smart and that's why l was able to pay my loan with ease thanks zidisha team and lenders as well for your support lam hoping for the best and looking forward for your support once again when l made my third loan

Charles · Bomet, Kenya

Jan 22, 2015

Dear Sir, I am honored to be one of the recipients of the Zidisha loan. Thanks to your generous support. I am the first in my family to venture into business. Growing up in a less privileged community has not only offered financial and academic challenges, but has also helped me realize the value of being a businessman. I hope to be able to serve in as a business mentor sometime in the future, where I might have even more of an ability to help less fortunate and under-represented social groups. My endeavors pursuits would not be possible without generous support from Zidisha loan sponsors like you. Thank you for enabling this opportunity! I promise you that I will never let you down in repayment. I will work as hard as possible. Thanks a lot. God bless you.

Dalton · Mombasa, Kenya

Jan 22, 2015

To my dear Lenders: The loan i have just completed paying was used for the intended purpose as [er the application then. After selling the wares purchased with the loan, the proceeds helped me run my business more smoothly by buying more computer accessories and selling them. I also managed to pay school fees for my daughter easily and to cap it all i pulled up resources and bought a photocopier which the photo i have uploaded. I do believe you will keep on giving me your support so that we can grow together. Thank you. comment image

Simon · Mukuyu, Murang'a, Kenya

Jan 21, 2015

Dear Lenders Thanks a lot for funding my business. For the last one year you have supported me in my business and I have seen a lot of growth. The previous loan assisted me to grow my business and enabled me to pursue my academic goals by enrolling for masters course. As I apply for another loan, am very optimistic that you will continue to fund me for with you the sky is the limit. I will be sending photos to show my progress.

John R · Ponte Vedra Beach, United States

Jan 21, 2015

Thanks for sharing the photo! comment image

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