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Project Updates

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

Thomas · Kiembeni, Kenya

Jan 13, 2016

this display showing phones am selling,courtesy of your loan. comment image

Carolyne · Nairobi ( Umoja), Kenya

Jan 12, 2016

My dear lenders ,thankyou again for all the support,trust and being patient with me for the last two years when you helped and funded my loan.It has been along journey ,educative with alot of growth.i started with a cafe with a capacity of six clients year 2013,rapayed the loan you funde my second which i cleared last year december.My second loan helped me move from food retail to online freelance,at www. jumia kenya, retailing apparels both men and women.Am kindly requesting that you fund me again that i will be able to supply the school order of text book and stationery .May God bless you as you give towards my loan.Last and not least my two children have really grown,both in good schools doing very well in their education.My daughter performed very well in her last exams last year and i took them for a holiday at mombasa for motivation,here is our picture. comment image

Nyi Raden Ramdaningsih · Bandung, Indonesia

Jan 12, 2016

Grow my online business selling products "JENIPER" or also called lime squeeze, although the volume is slightly tp msh can to supplement their income. comment image

Kissiwaa · Berekum, Ghana

Jan 9, 2016

i used the loan to purchased sowing machines and clothing to supplied to my customers and that has improve my business and increase my profit of 40%.Thank you

Evans · Mtwapa, Kenya

Jan 9, 2016

Thanks to the entire Zidisha community for first allowing me to be part of that success family. i wish to sincerely thank the many lenders who are devoted in making a change in someone`s life over the seas and beyond all social boaders am really touched.

Sammy · Romgai, Nakuru, Kenya

Jan 9, 2016

Dear Lenders,. “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

Sammy · Romgai, Nakuru, Kenya

Jan 9, 2016

Dear Lenders, “Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!”

Athanatos · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 8, 2016

Thank you for the support am in a position to make higher deposit so that the money can be used to help other borrowers too, I appreciate all your efforts and indeed zidisha is the best place to depend on during hard financial times. blessed year

Wadawe · Kintampo-brong Ahafo Rigion, Ghana

Jan 8, 2016

Thanks to Zidisha for funding me. With the help of Zidisha I have been able to pay for all the electronics in my shop. My earnings have raise to the extend that I now pay my suppliers without owning anyone. I now get money to support my siblings education. I now have new items too like the wires and meter boards and bulbs to go and start my new branch at a near by community. thank you Zidisha once again for raising me high.

Zipporah · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 8, 2016

Thank you Zidisha. Am happy the year has started well. Got my first local order yesterday and ready for delivery. Surely disability is not inability. Thank you my lenders for having trust in me

Gabriel · Goaso, Ghana

Jan 8, 2016

Thank you very much my lenders, I have received an amount of 558ghc . With this money , I will use part to repair my deep freezer and part to add more fish and chicken to my cold store. With this my interest will increase to about 30 % why before I have15%.thanks to my lenders and zidisha team.

Kyere · Kumasi, Ghana

Jan 8, 2016

Hello, lenders. l am so grateful and happy that l have received the loan that I requested from you. God richly bless you. Long life to Zidisha and its lenders!

Sandra · Böblingen, Germany

Jan 8, 2016

Hey Kenneth, have you ever thought of organic farming? Is there a market for organically grown pawpaws where you live? I often read about the great value of the use of manure, too. Is this an option for your farm? Please help me learn more about your way of farming. Best regards and good luck to you Sandra

Emmanuel · Berekum, Ghana, Ghana

Jan 8, 2016

I have received $297 or GHS1104 from Zidisha today. I am very grateful to all my lenders for the assistance to expand my shop. I will buy 15 bags of cement for GHS600, 50 pcs of blocks for GHS250, water GHS100 and workmanship GHS150 . God bless you.

Maureen · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 8, 2016

Thanks a lot zidisha for your continued support. it is because of the help that you gave me that has enabled me take care of my siblings, create employment for my sister and even live a comfortable life. it is my wish that you please continue assisting me so that i continue being a blessing in my family. my some of my siblings are also in school, and they really appreciate. my business has grown, and it is my hearts desire to that i start buying bails of clothes and open to retailers and even rent a much bigger shop, that will be supplying diapers to retail shops. zidisha is a blessing to most of us people who do not have collateral to go to the banks. God bless you and increase the zidisha team.

Gideon · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 8, 2016

Good afternoon, Happy new year to all,am opening for the new semester early next month and this means i will need more cash as fees and other costs,i used my earlier loan to buy learning materials and also paid for biding of some papers i had,it was very helpful as i had no other source of funds at that particular time of the year,thanks and may Zidisha live..Gideon

Ruth · Nairobi,dagoretti Corner, Kenya

Jan 8, 2016

Hi Lenders, I am grateful for the loan you gave me I have stocked both my business with more photocopying papers and cartridges which have improved my income it has increased to about 70% just in the new year I have an order which will bring me an interest of 30% this is just the beginning I know the year is going to be a blessed year for me thanks to my lenders and the Zidisha family. Regards, Ruth Musela

Reuben · Mwiki Kasarani, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

this is me in the garden comment image

Martin · Kitale, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Hi Zidisha, I got the money you sent to me ($369) and I'm so grateful. I used the money to add more stock and my shop is now busy and gives me more profit. May god bless you. Thanks.

Michael · Effiduase Ashanti, Ghana

Jan 7, 2016

The loan I received enabled me to hire more farm labourers to work on my farm and that has lead to good farm sanitation. Due to lack of weed competition, the yield of the cocoa has increased by 10 percent

Ernestina Konadu · Berekum, Ghana

Jan 7, 2016

The loan disbursed to me was used to purchase flour and margarine. The loan has made an impact on the business and I am receiving 20% increase in income. Thank you, lenders, and the Zidisha team for your great support.

Solomon · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

I wholeheartedly thank the lender to my loan. i will us the funds to pay my tuition fee at university. Thank you.

Alice · Githurai45, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

I wish to thank my lenders. Christmas season has just ed ended but with my increased purchases I was able to make more sales. This led to increased profits of 40%. With this I will increase my stock and contribute to partial payment of my son's school fees. This assures me of continued business as well as family matters running smoothly. Thanks you lenders.

Kofi · Berekum, Ghana

Jan 7, 2016

Thank you lenders for finding my first loan. It was funded and delivered in time. I was able to stock my phone shop with phones and accessories. I also used some to support my child's school fees and books.

Roy · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Hi Rapela, Thank you for introducing me to Zidisha. Happy new year to you. Regards Roy

Thomas · Mathare North, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

The first loan helped us buy a water pump that we planned to use for a large horticulture irrigation.Currently we realized we needed to do piping to help us,we desire to have drip irrigation gears that will help us put our pump into use,we already have a 1000 litre water tank that will work as a reservoir. comment image

Daughty · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Dear Lenders, Happy new year to you all family. Am fine and my family too , i dont take it for granted i thank God for making it possible. I am back to work after closing for close to two weeks during the festive season. My business is doing well sake for the over load on the pastry section, where my current oven can not handle the orders. Am looking at adding an additional medium oven but the costs are prohibitive 250,000. I am looking at how best to handle this project , when am ready i will apply for my next Loan. Thank you so much for bringing my business this far. God Bless. Daughty

Benard · Magenche,o. Rongai, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Thank you Lenders funding my loan. This is an achievement of what God has for me this new year. I will be determined to work hard and move up in my life.It is indeed a new dawn to me and i will pray God to add you more good times to live to help many who need this help. I will remain true to you.To Zidisha Family Thank you very much! Best Regards, Benard Singombe

Roy · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Dear lenders, I take this opportunity to thank you again for the loan you gave me. Yesterday I received the whole amount I had requested for which was USD150. Today I bought some heat transfer paper for T-shirts and got down to business straight away. Thank you Regards. Roy R. Oddippo comment image

Benard · Kakrigu, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

once again,let me take this golden opportunity ,to thank the lenders for the support they gave me.i was very happy and appreciate the assistance greatly.i received a total of 17,920/= KES. With that funding,i was able to buy the following; 1.-2 rolls of barbed wires 480m@3500/=]7000/=KES 2.-U-nails ,4kg@200=800/=KES 3.-20 pieces of Cedar poles@260=5200/=KES 4- 2 bags of cements @750=1500/=KES 5. 2 trips of water for making the balast@120=240/=KES 6-labour charge=3000/=KES 7-Transportation of materials =180/=KES GRAND TOTAL=17920/=KES. That is how i used the money i was given,you would be able to see the erected fence that i will post its pictures immediately after completion.thanks alot for the good heart and the continued support.

George · Salgaa, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Dear Lenders, "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

George · Salgaa, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Dear Lenders ,I'm"wishing you all a fantastic New Year. May all your dreams and wishes come true .

George · Salgaa, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

“May Light always surround you; Dear Lenders, May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires. Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire.

Aungo · Kisii, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

I take this chance to thank all the Zidisha lenders who funded my loan,i appreciate all the efforts which you made towards the funding of the loan, it helped me to purchase one more computer and stationery's for my cyber cafe business this loan as helped me much to increase my service which i offer to my customers.my monthly turnover now as increased from ksh 9800 to ksh 11200. Thanks once more for all the support you offered to me.Through zidisha am seeing my business moving to the next level.

Grace · Nakuru, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

i would like to thank the investors who believed in my project and helped me improve my financial status. i was able to add stock to my business and also pay my sons school fees. being a single mother my financial status have improved and all thanks to zidisha.

Igwe · Accra, Ghana

Jan 7, 2016

happy new year to the entire Zidisha team and my lender and is my prayer that the good lord strengthens ,guide and prosper you as you continue to directly or indirectly affect lives and put smiles on the faces of less privilege and is my prayer that every of your hearts desires will be achieved . congratulation .

Noel · Majengo, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

I want to wish all you Guy's a happy New 2016. I hope you are all ok. May God give you the desire of your hearts. May all your prayers be answered through the will of God. Am also happy to have been amongst the favoured to see 2016. I pray for a healthy and prosperous year for all of us.

Derick Louis · Lusaka, Zambia

Jan 7, 2016

Happy New year to the Zidisha Community and ALL my Lenders,... God bless you All..

Esther Wairimu · Miharati Township,ol-kalou Location-nyandarua County-kenya, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Happy New Year Wendy Emlyn.May our great God Grant you and your family with good health,better finances and of course the good heart all year long to help small scale business people to grow into another level.God bless you. Regards, Esther.

Treesforpeople · Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Jan 7, 2016

Good luck with your project, Griffin. We've been cooking with the sun here in the UK (using mirrors), so I know how powerful it is. I imagine it has much more potential in Kenya!

Collins · Bonwire Ashanti, Ghana

Jan 7, 2016

l used the loan to purchase different yarns for the current cloth l am working on now in the attachment below. it is helping me to make profit at my own pace with confidence and gives me more pricing option since the cloth is for me, thereby increasing my income. comment image

Baba · Berekum, Ghana

Jan 7, 2016

Its awesome coming to a successful finishing of my loan.I would therefore use this opportunity to thank the whole team of Zidisha and the lenders at large.all my success ,my moving forward ,my fruitful business, is by the kind courtesy Zidisha. May God bless us all.... Thanks

Ruth · Nairobi-kenya, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Part of job done !! comment image

Brian · Nakuru,kenlands Estate, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Here are some of the T shirts!!! comment image

Wilson · Muguga, Kikuyu, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Greetings from kenya, am happy to report that I received the loan of ksh.5005 from my generous lenders. The money went directly to the farming project where I have planted tomatoes. This time they are flowering in preparation for fruit production. Thanks alot for making an impact in my life and family. Regards, wilson. comment image

Jerry John · Accra, Ghana

Jan 7, 2016

Hello my dear Lenders, I want to acknowledge the receipt of my loan in the sum of $149. The total amount received has been used to purchase herbal and alternative medicines which will go a long way to in boosting my business. I'm very grateful for your support and i promise to fulfill my part of the deal. Have a great year 2016! comment image

Bonface · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 7, 2016

Thank you for disbursing the loan of amount 15000 Kenyan Shillings. This will help me clear my school fee and realize my dreams. God bless.

Bitinari · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 6, 2016

Hi Zidisha Lenders take my heartfelt warmly greetings this morning hoping & trusting you are fine & started a good new year. The season is not bad for the business due to children are going back to school & the profit as been increased by 55%. Good day.

Gideon · Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 6, 2016

Good morning team zidisha, Happy new year to you all,its great and pleasure to begin this new year together with zidisha as my trusted financial organization,one of my objective this January is to finish up serving my loan in time and borrow more ready to take off for the first semester,i believe with Zidisha the road to my Degree attainment is smooth,thanks zidisha for assisting young entrepreneurs to shape their life,Gideon.

Miranti · Garut, Indonesia

Jan 6, 2016

2600000 Thank you very much my loan, I have received two days ago, and I used to buy equipment Menicure pedicure set of 2 comment image

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