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Electric bed-saw machine for making bedroom furniture

Finished seat

Improvement of cybercafe service business

Hi there dear lenders. I hope this finds you well as I happily report to you after having received my full loan of KES. 50,779. A big thank you to you, dear lenders. I am very very greatful and quite happy, intending to begin my projects as soon as I return to the city. I came to visit my grandmother in my village home in Busia Kenya, as renovations of the premises for the photocopy business are already underway.

I pray that God bless you for your utter generosity.
Below is a photo of my son enjoying a game of soccer in the village.

I will be sure to update you on my purchases and work, as we move forward to bettering our own and other's lives. Be blessed and thank you once more.

Electric bed-saw machine for making bedroom furniture

At my workshop

Electric bed-saw machine for making bedroom furniture

New tables

Electric bed-saw machine for making bedroom furniture

New design on sell

School fees

Hi zidisha team, I hp you are all well. Just to update you on my fencing project. As I had briefed you about how part of the loan was spent on Samuel's graduation, The remaining part is currently being utilized on the fencing materials which i must say is going on well though still way behind due to the limited cash I remained with . As I still continue paying for the Loan, I will also continue with the project as I can.Thank you very much for being with me on this.

Regards
Benard

Purchasing an embroidery machine

Thank you Lenders for the loan you gave me. I appreciate a lot. The business is picking gradually. I have attached a few photos of some of the items i bought.

Comprehensive insurance coverage & heavy, reflective jackets

Thank you once again, you sustained me in my business by lending me enough to buy my tax an insurance cover, motorcycle tyres and some few repairs and this made me happy working without worry. OH YES, I WAS able to sort my many family financial problems due to being able to work hard. Thank you, i invested the fully repaid loan the whole amount in my two businesses, that is why i was able to pay my loan peacefully without being exhausted. Even now, am posting a new loan and i fully plan to invest it whole in my business and expect more through hard work and prayers, i will be glad if you consider my profile worth your funding, may God bless you for being available, amen.

P

Tuition for diploma in Nursing

I Patrick Owusu have successfully received your loan of GH¢ 55 and am much grateful.
I will buy some books to school as we are about to reopen school. I had no help but now you have solve part of my problems for me .
So I thank you very much for helping me and I promise to pay on time.

Loan for hairdryers and hair toner for my beauty shop

Thanks very much Zidisha family and the lenders all over the world, when I get the cash I ll get two hair dryers to bust up my saloon and the same money ll take me to school

New stock of clothes for my clothing shop

First of all I want to thank all the members and the. Staffs of. Zidisha. For the loan, I ll buy two bills of salaula clothes to boost my business and it well help my family to go to school

N

School fees, and plumbing materials for plumbing jobs

Am doing well over hear and i want to thank you all for the support and encouragement a times its not easy but with God and hard work am moving on and better than i used to be. God bless you and your family.

Loan to improve my pastry shop

Congratulations on raising your loan Henry. Super work so far, looking forward to receiving your reports on your business.
Well done.

Building toilets for our kids

To all my Lenders.
Warm and kind greetings from Kenya. Thanks so much for standing with us always. Thanks for funds that you've entrusted to us for the purposes of purchasing a Water Tank.this Funds will directly go into purchasing our water tank immediately the Deficit is gotten. Thanks again. God bless us all.

Buy new photocopier, colour printer & three computers

I am so excited having completed my loan payment. Special thanks goes to Zidisha team for given such a privilege to raise a loan to support my business and not forgetting the wonderful Lenders on the Zidisha platform. I am blessed having you to support me in time of need; I do appreciate your assistance very well. God bless you abundantly. By God’s grace I was able to use the loan wisely and have resulted to an improvement in my business. Also, I was able to use some of my profits to cater for my family, continue with the building of my house which is yet to be completed. I am always happy to be part of this noble organization.

Raising poultry

I have transplanted already. I will post more photos for you later in the week as thy catch up in the new field.

M

Raising poultry

Hi Benjamin,
You did an excellent job of paying off your Zidisha loan. Please keep me posted on the progress of your cabbage farming. It was a pleasure to work with you! Regards, Margaret

Sewing machine for new employee in my tailoring business

I'm grateful to my lender for funding my loan successfully, I will buy a new sewing machine and a sewing equipments like scissors, measuring tape, thread and many more. It will help me as I have decided to employ new workers to help me at work. This would enable my work to be easier and faster. I acknowledge the help of my lenders and the entire Zidisha team. I say "gracias", "danke", "merci", "obrigado" Thank you all !!!

Laptop, screens, and screen-separation machines

More stock i have added to my workshop after getting big sales.thanks be to zidisha loans that helped me equip my second shop.

Second-hand shoe sales

My new stock.

Adding stock

This loan that I will receive will be of great help to me and my family. I will purchase materials and cater for production of books. I am intending to increase my production to over 2000books in a month. This will give me extra revenue to expand the business and support my family.

Extending my brick structure to accomodate more bricks

success

To help pay for forklift training & transportion to school

Hello dear lenders, I humbly want to let you know that I have successfully place order for my product.
Thanks and God bless you all for the help and support.
Stay safe
Joseph.......

Expand business of sewing Kente-cloth (traditional-cloth) dresses

Hi Micheal,
Apologies for my silence so far at Zidisha. I have always been loyal to this communtiy and especially my lenders. I was a victim to the famous June 3 flood that took place in Accra Last Year. On that faithful day, I way returning from the Ashanti region where I normally go for my goods, unfortunately I came into contact with this disaster which took the lives of hundreds of people. Fortunately , my life was spared, however, I lost all that goods I had on me to the flood. I have been strangled with this trauma psychologically and it has been about a year now.
I am now fully recovered and I promised to pay anything I owe my lenders since I just had a new job last month.
May I reiterate that I am very sorry .

Do renovation and buy computers & a motorbike, etc.

My daughter has also grown because she receives most of her needs from our business which you have helped grow! i thank you and I hank God for you too!

Buy 3 additional computers to teach my pupils (ICT)

I am pleased you were fully funded. I had bookmarked your page to return to when I had repayments to lend to you, but when I returned I found you are already funded. Best wishes to you and your school. Regards, Matt in England.

To buy three grade cows for dairy farming

Hi Samuel,
That is not a problem.
I hope your daughter had wonderful birthday.
Regards
Michael

Building toilets for our kids

Dear Lenders.
Kind greetings from us. My wife and I do take this opportunity to sincerely thank all of you for your continued support and lending you made to enable us purchase a Photocopy machine that is now being used in School. You've greatly helped us to improve our Efficiency in Exam preparation and administrative of the same. It has also helped boost morale among our teachers. We are even able to save Data and print it out at No Cost. We do also have a stand by generator that helps in times of emergency when electricity is not available. Thanks for your Support and standing with us as we Endeavor to Educate the Deaf and Vulnerable children in our Society. May God Bless you all. Wesley

Loan for clothing business expansion

Hi Zidisha Team and lenders,

I am very happy today 8/8/2016 to let you know that my loan has been 100% funded. This took less time than I had anticipated and I am extremely grateful.

I will add my stock for clothings immediately so that my customers will have a variety to choose from. This will make my clothing store a large business than previous was and in turn my profits will go up.

The additional money from the project will be used to repay my Zidisha loan and the rest for expansion.

God will surely reward all of you that took the courage to trust in my project and I promise you that I will in turn honour to repay on time.

Kind regards,

Joseph.

To put toward books, hostel (dormitory) fees, etc.

Hello my dear lenders am so grateful onto you for funding my loan and may God richly bless you . Would use the money for the purpose for which the loan was given thank you

F

Organic fertilizer for farming French beans

To all lenders who participated to financing my farming business ,Thank you so much for your kind support .

Buy a high-yielding dairy cow and calf

Dear my Great lenders and Zidisha community? Am actually glad to be in this organisation. Its of great benefits to me. I wish to repay my loan earlier so that I can borrow again money that I will use to buy PVC Pipes, A water tank, A knap sack sprayer and more seedlings. my kale is going on well but I have started experiencing shortage of rain and that's why I wish to buy pipes for irrigation.

Making food from local maize and beans

thanks my lenders for helping me get closer to my dreams. i look forward to your further assistance and advice. God bless

First-semester university tuition & fees

Thanks to everyone

Expansion of my farm

I'm really appreciative of all the financial support you have given me. You have helped me pay for my tuition fees and buy some books. Because of your help things are going on well with my family and myself. Thanks very much.

M

Loan for baking flour and oil

I want to appreciate all zidisha lenders who contributed in funding my loan. At least I can breath because now I know my project will be completed as I had already stated on my loan proposal. Am extremely happy especially when I woke up today morning and discovered that my Loan was fully funded! God bless you zidisha!

Garbage collection service

I do love my business. Thank you zidisha

Purchase of two brand new 4x4 tyres for one of the vehicles

Hi Lenders,
I trust that you are all well. I am well also.
Just wanted to post some pics of what I normally do come across in the bundu's while on my travels working. Hope you do find the interesting.
Andrew

More stock for the business

I thank Zidisha Lending Community for the financial support through simple and flexible loans online.
Now I can serve my customers with a new Printer machine (Epson L220). I bought this Epson from the money I received from your lending community .
Thankyou

Secondhand clothes sales

Doing business is fun.

African Clothing

Thanks to my lenders. Atleast I've managed yo make my dedplay stands and cabinets as uou can see below

Supplying food to children's football team

When someone is as appreciative as yourself Miss Caroline, you deserve to be abundantly blessed :-)

Thank you for the lovely reply. We're here if you need anything :-) Sending good thoughts from Australia, Emma.

Equipment for my barbershop

Back from my sweet home (village). Thanks for the warming and consoling words dear Laurie. When U Walked Into My Life
I Never Know U Would Become
An Integral Part Of It.
Thanks For Being There And
Sorting Out All Of My Problems.

Improve internet with enhanced 5g technology in my cyber

Am very grateful for the loan given to me,to purchase a laptop which is now used by my entire family for all computer general services and have helped me on my online freelance business.Thanks Zidisha ..God bless you for the support you are offering to us .

Y

Loan to rent store for my boutique business

Dear lenders, I am very grateful for the first loan. The loan granted me has changed my life in a positive way. I used the loan to purchase lots of second hand and brand new cloths into my mini boutique. This therefore has increased my customer base. The loan therefore helped increase my profit margin by 65 to 75%. It has also increased my start-up capital by $88. It also helped me take good care my kids.

Renovations for my clothing shop

Hi lenders,this is a photo of my first shop. Thanks again for your consideration.

S

Loan to repair computers for online freelancing business

I am really grateful for the support you have given me by lending me the loan I requested. I am going to repair my computers and buy writing accounts and then embark on my freelancing job as i work towards opening my own landscape maintenance company as it is in my plan. Thank you very much Zidisha team.

Mobile Phones & Accessories

Hello Lenders,i finally rolled out my business with the loan i got.
I first of all added My Mpesa float at a cost of $75.00.
I bought assorted smart phones accessories flip covers/clips and and screen protectors at a cost of $20.00 and $15.00 respectively.
I also bought various smart phones Batteries and body covers at a cost of $10.00 and $20.00 respectively.
Also on the list was power banks and Bluetooth wireless speakers at a cost of $20.00 and $15.00 respectively.
I also bought USB cables/cell phones/chargers and Memory cards at a cost of $30.00 and 25.00 respectively.
I am about to hit my earliar projection of a profit margin of USD60.00 per day.
I was able to get more money and helped my wife to open her dream business of making clothes.She’s now professional dress maker of various designs as well as fashion.This has opened our income to us and help her get busy at work instead of staying at home.
I am proudly responsible father by taking a lead in providing for my family.
My business has grown to a level of a supplying raising more profit with a boosted business.
I am embarking on helping my parents back home and other needy people in the society.
I am very much motivated by all this help you give to me lenders, i also thank Zidisha for this lending platform of meeting esteemed lenders.Thank you.

Loan to buy cattle feed, meds, pesticides & jerry cans

Hi lenders, I am good and doing my business well.
After receiving the loan I immediately started to improve the comfort of my livestock by building a new modern Cow shed which was the main project. I bought 18 iron sheets all at a cost of $115.00.
I also bought 10Kg of nails of various inches at a cost of $18.00.
In addition also i bought 3 bags of cement at $15.00, ballast coat $12.00 & sand at $5.00 respectively.
I also bought different sizes and inches of wood at a cost of $30.00
This changed even on the outcome of the products hygiene. The new cow shed has reduce d infection brought by dirty condition where cows sleep and do the milking.
This has reduced the chances of contaminating the milk and the cows will be eating clean food and sleep comfortably.
Efficiency is also an opportunity coming with the advantage of my next loan; my worker no longer move cattle to different cleaner location for milking therefore saving time.
I expected the income of my business to increase any time from now to hit 350.00 per month as projected.
This will be a great and amazing achievement.
Thank you.

Mobile-phone payment-service center

Business is getting better and we selling more stock, people have known we now have the products. Word of mouth marketing and customer recommendation has really helped us grow the customer Base. Hence the reason we have increases the installment we paying back every week.
Thank you Zidisha for the so much needed loan, it's changing life's and the community we living in
Regards
Shamasamu (ESG)