Project Updates

Thank you, lenders, for fully funding my loan.
May God richly bless you all.

My sincere greetings to my lender, Paul Buchheit, and also big thanks to Zidisha. May our Almighty God strengthen, protect, guide, and bless you. Thank you.

Thank you for funding my loan, lenders. God bless you.

Thank you so much, my lenders, for funding my loan.
I will remain true to you and work extra hard to move even higher.
This is a new beginning to me. I will change society and help the needy in my community.
Thank you,
George Ndungu.

Hello Owusu, good luck for your business!
I`ll keep my fingers crossed that all your plans turn out just right. Take care, Yvonne

I am so grateful to the lenders and the Zidisha community. My first three children have finished school and two have gotten jobs, which has now relieved me. The last loan was used to pay my son's second-year university fee and to partly boost the egg business. It has been a blessing to my family. Thanks so much.

Just wishing my lenders a happy Sunday. My family and I are on our way to church and I sincerely pray for all my lenders and the entire Zidisha community because of the lives that you have changed positively. May God bless you and your families. Thank you.

Zidisha is a wonderful community.
I like its flexibility at any given time and lenders are wonderful people, they are kind and patient.
This makes it awesome.

The business has really picked up well and the number of students has risen in triple. They pay fees punctually so am able to increase my repayment installment amount and clear my loan comfortably.

Thank you so much, special thanks to James.

I will seriously thank my Lenders for such helps they have been extending to some of us who are not able to make advancement in Life.
My previous Loan advancement actually helped me get more stocks of my Natural Health Product which had affected my Gross Margin to more than 50%.
All things being equal, I might be able to cover a wider area whereby employing some people so as to realize my Dream.
I shall go in accordance with the payment schedule so as to be able to increase my Credit Limit .
I am trying my possible best to create wealth in order to help those also.
Thanks again to my Lenders.
THANKS.
HENRY

I thank the Zidisha community for enabling me to expand my business territory. I have gradually and steadily improved in my profits and the area of coverage. I'm now able to improve my living standard. The lives of my siblings has changed because now I pay the school fees for their education. Thank you, all lenders.

I am increasing my installment amount as the first loan enabled me to buy books for college, and I also did some investing. I recently began supplying suit materials and dressmaking materials to tailors.
Thank you so much. I wish to grow my business so that I can supply more materials to as many people as possible.

Dear Zidisha Lenders
Words are not enough to express the depth of my appreciation to you. Lenders, your generosity has given me an easily accessible loan to run my business. I am very grateful to you, and may Almighty God continue to bless you immensely.
Best regards
Sylvester Amoah.

Lovely from a warm and humble heart, may you be greatly blessed. Am most moved seeing how people really share true love with others far away on another continent. Surely, Roy, you have changed how I perceive life. All the best. Shalom.

Dear Lenders,
I can now tell you that things are really going on well. I don't know what to say to thank you and the Zidisha Team. Please, I can now pay more than what I'm currently paying. So, I have increased my repayment amount, and I promise to respect you always. Sometimes, I may need to reduce my installment amount, but I always make sure to make on-time payment. Thank you so much, and I love you all.

I am extremely grateful and excited to be a member of this wonderful community. Once my loan has been funded, I will go straight away to buy and stock my laboratory with the Rapid-Diagnostic Malaria Test Kits. This gesture from my lenders will boost my laboratory business and help me achieve my intended goal of reaching out to children under five in our malaria endemic zone. I am so grateful to my lenders for funding my loan to enable me undertake this project. May Allah/God continue to touch your hearts to keep on doing the good work you are doing. I will not disappoint you in repaying this loan. Thank you so much.

Dear Roy,
Thank you so much for your investment input, ensuring a young guy can establish a business that will impact lives and create employment to other fellow youths. This is awesome. Am so happy with all the lenders who have believed in me since 2013, since joining Zidisha. It has been a wonderful experience.Thank you all.

Thanks for the update. It's good to hear how much difference a zidisha loan is making
God bless you,
Wendy

Thank you, Zidisha!
I have received the loan and it has helped me to pay for tuition.
I'm now able to have access to the library, and the laboratory.
Am doing more research about agriculture.

Thank you, all Lenders.
I have received the loan in full and I have cleared my examination fees. Now, I will be allowed to sit for end-of-semester exams. Thank you, Zidisha, for enabling me to continue with my studies.

Doing what I love most:

My birds make me smile.

Thanks for the word of encouragement.....amen to that

Iddrisu, It is always wonderful to read such wonderful feedback....
Thank you,

I thank my dear lenders for what they have done for me this year.
This Zidisha family is a wonderful family. I have been able to save a huge amount of money from sales and I also have been able to pay my workers, and pay my siblings' school fees for this year. I have used some of my profits to buy new goods for my new and old shop for the community. The people here have showed their love for my shop, because this is the only shop we have here. I use some of the loan to buy milk, milo, sugar, toffee, soaps, and other items for my old and new shop. I really thank my dear lenders for your kindness.

Thank you very much for this support!!

Hi, dear lenders,

Once again, you have been blessed to help me in funding my business of peanut-butter, and for that I am blessed.

Thanks a lot for having faith in me.

These funds will be used to buy tins and labels for the peanut-butter, which will be around 400 tins. This will enable me to supply more, and the cost of production will greatly reduce on my side.

Thanks, dear lenders, and stay blessed always.

Lidya Awino

I'm very happy to help fund your loan for your new cart. Good luck to you!

This loan helped so much to be able to pay my brother's school fees and my cosmetics shop is moving on well with my costumers thank you lenders for you have done in my life.

Thank you very much for Zidisha. Because the loan from Zidisha I can help my parents.

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Terima kasih banyak untuk Zidisha. Karena dengan pinjaman dari Zidisha saya bisa membantu orang tua saya.

We use solar in our home in the UK, I imagine it would work even better in Kenya. Good luck Mourine!

Dear lenders,
I would like to thank you for making my dream come true.
I have been able to make ends meet, and my business also has enabled me to complete my college education. I am looking to a brighter future!
I continue to grow my kiosk so that it may become a big business so that I can create employment.

Hello Mary, oh my - I hope it wasn't something too serious. Hang in there and take care of yourself as that is more important.

I can repay more, because business is taking a new look, thank you lenders

Hi Good People,

This is to let you that my 3rd born son has joined high school at Almumin High School in Nakuru, Kenya. Its a boys boarding school. This would not have happened if it were not for your kind heart and generous help which made me extend my business. Thank you again may God bless you always.

Soon am going to send you a picture of him with his new uniform, he is all grown up, cannot believe it. My last born baby has also joing nursery school.

Thank you again.

Regards

Mkuu Vae

As it were, everything was perfectly executed when I got my first Loan.
I will like to extend my appreciation to the Lenders who supported me to proving such a help. I must attest to the fact that if they continue to extending a helping hand to people in such a manner, all things being equal, many issues regarding poverty would be minimized dramatically in reprieved setups of the world.
THANKS again my Lenders for such extended HELP realized.

Thanks for being in communication, James.

I hope all is well.

Keep studying!!

From
Carolyn in Canada

The tomatoes that i sale in my stall

thanks i am still preparing my projects development photos and verry soon i will be posting them on page there is much that God is doing in my life from poverty he is now rising me up and my project day and night. the project has awarded me more privilegdes in my community and within this short period of time i have extended in developing the whole village . i am now at least able to feed the street childrens with food stuffs. it is my prayer that my God may continue raising me up level by level so that i may be able to even shelter these street children of God . i now want to test God by doing good to his poor people and then see what God is going to do unto my project.

I bless zidisha group with eternal blessings
blessed are you for you know the secrets of God

The raining season has just begun and farming work has commenced. I have transported 1000 suckers of plantain to cultivate in my new farm. This I bought from farmers around my village. Everybody wanted to know my secret of that massive business growth and fast life changing behaviour of my family. Initially I wanted not to tell them but upon asking and asking, I organized all the farmers in my village and gave them about an hour lecture on zidisha organization and its mission in developing countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Burkinafaso etc. They all expressed interest and will be joining soon. I am pregnant now and I will surely name my child "Zidisha" because had it not be because of zidisha in my life, things would have been very difficult for me, my children, husband and the entire community

Jambo John, I am James from USA. I read your story and am happy to lend the money to you. Son you seem to be a very good businessman who is determined to succeed, and I believe you will succeed. I hope you don't mind me calling you son. You are doing good to help your family, and I am really proud of you. You even lent a friend some money so he could start a business and I am proud of you for that too. You have a good heart son. I have been to Kenya 3 times and have many daughters and sons and friends there. It is a beautiful place with beautiful people. I guess you have 2 baskets on your bicycle for carrying the eggs, 1 basket on the front and 1 on the back. As you are delivering the eggs is there anything else you could carry that custoners might need, like salt, pepper, or whatever? You might get more income. By the way son, it would be good for you if you had a partner in your business, but not just any partner. I am talking about the Lord, make Him your number one partner. Well son keep doing your best, and keep on keeping on. Write sometime and let me know how you are doing. Greet the family, and take care. You will always be in my thoughts and prayers. Bye for now. James

Great job repaying ahead of schedule, Ardiata!

My daughter and her son

Dear Lenders,

This is to appreciate you very much for the help and assistance you have given to me and to Kenyans at large. Zidisha has come along way in improving my business and healing my finances.
Thank you so much Zidisha Lenders

Good morning my dear lenders,

I write to you a happy person. I would like to pass my sincere and heat felt appreciation to you for your support and funding from the first loan all through to the second loan which I completed the repayment a week ago.

Looking back at my corn business, am very happy and take pride in the progress the loans you have given me has contributed and transformed my business. Am very much humbled and from the bottom of my heart appreciate all your support in a bid to get the best out of my business. Your empowerment and financial support to my business is immeasurable and am very happy about the progress I have made.

Through the loan I was able ta take my corn business a step forward and has made me better the returns harvest I had got previously. In fact, I have been able to increase my harvest by 80% from the previous harvest. This is the joy of every farmer or business person, i.e. to get maximum returns from the invested capital. Through this and my corn business, am optimistic that my dream of going back to college to advance my business skills is within reach with this trend of performance, output and growth of my business.
Since I will need a third loan to still get the best out of my business, I can only hope for the best and hope to achieve the dreams and vision I have for my business which is to be a very reliable supplier of corn and silage to the dairy farmers. In fact, in future I would like to be supplying silage to institutions around my area who rear dairy cattle in large scale. Also, I aspire to advance my business skills by joining college which is I plan to do within the next six months which will be possible and be funded by the returns am getting from my corn business. To me, Sky remains the Limit.

I appreciate the whole Zidisha team for what you are doing to transform our life's and also reviving the dreams of many youths whose dreams are valid but lack nurturing and empowerment something you are doing successfully. Thank you for this

May the God bless you all.. God bless the Zidisha family.

Kind Regards,

Eliud.

Am so happy to acquire this machine.

I finally bought my cutter yey!

Dear lenders, I want to just thank you for the support you are giving each one of us through this platform.

Dear lenders
Thanks for your support. Attached find men new stock pictures. Thanks for your support.