Zidisha | Project Updates

Project Updates

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

Munga · Lungalunga, Kenya

Aug 13, 2015

Hallo lenders, I wish to thank you for the support you gave me. I have expanded my business from 300 LTS of petrol a day to 450 kts. I am ntending to start a vegetable grocery alongside my petrol business in the next 2 weeks. May God bless you so much for your support.

Benjamin · Nairobi City, Kawangware., Kenya

Aug 12, 2015

The loan I just completed paying helped me very much as I bought two bales of cloths and sold them at almost twice the price I bought which made me earn very good profit and Increased my stock and Ihave therefore been able keep Increasing the stock and profit. This has helped me pay my childrens school fees one is in the university and two are in High School and also buy food for my entire family. I appreciate Zidisha because they are real and they are helping people that could not afford loans in other lending Institutions.

Mensah · Drobo, Ghana

Aug 12, 2015

I'm happy to say that zidisha's loan has been a blessing to me. My stock has increased tremendously and I have been able to secure a power generator to stabilize my business due to erratic power supply in my country. I have been able to pay the fees of my two siblings and supported a sibling in his farming.

Thomas · Ankaful Village, Ghana

Aug 12, 2015

I use it to buy feeds and other spices of animals and medication as weel. With this feeds,i have been to feed my livestock so well that in no time my live have put on weight. The other spices i bought have also increase the number of my livestock.My earnings has increase $10 to$20. I have use my earnings to expand my livestock pen.

Silas · Nakuru, Kenya

Aug 11, 2015

hi guys its been a week since my first loan was disbursed i bought a good number of the supplies including rice,maize floor and dry beans amounting at a total of 5600 Kenya shillings.business has been booming and profits has been promising.i will keep you up to date on the proceedings.

Peter · Thika, Kenya

Aug 10, 2015

Thanks zidisha lenders so far so good this the tank i bought and installed with electric pump now water is available comment image

Stephen · Nairobi, Kenya

Aug 9, 2015

Dear lenders, The potential of my business to grow at an immense rate has been felt since you started assisting me with finances. Indeed, the two loans so far have transformed my young business into one that seem to be stable and on a sure path to expansion. As our monthly profits grow by more than 25%, we have been able to save more and also plough back some of the profits so as to stock a variety of products that we did not have at the beginning. My niece and I are delighted to be part of this great community of entrepreneurs and business leaders since it has a lot to do with our future ambitions. Thank you so much. comment image

Hadi · Ejura, Ghana

Aug 9, 2015

Hello to all my lenders and zidisha team for suporting me expand my business.Now i am realy making gains and my business too is growing at a faster rate.I want to thank you.

Alfred · Seikwa, Ghana

Aug 9, 2015

I have change my installment amount because my sales have increased and profit level too increasing. The increased is due to the fact that now I can meet the demand of my clients in more than 90%. Again I have engage the services of a helper who help me in marketing the products. This has help me tremendously.All I have to say is thank you my lenders and the entire zidisha team may the good Lord of heaven bless you all.

Charity · Mawanga Center,bahati Constituency,bahati Sub-county, Kenya

Aug 9, 2015

My business currently has a good number of customers who have ordered their new clothes fashion,thus expecting that they will come for them in the course of this new week.I am expecting for good sales and therefore willing to pay more in my loan payments.Thank you the whole team for being with me all along.

Samuel · Embakasi, Kenya

Aug 9, 2015

Dear lenders I purchased a laptop and a mobile photo studio which was on my project proposal,since then my entire business has grown in a big way,the profit earnings per day increased by 40% and this is great .Also i have achieved various things in my family,e.g ,am not struggling with the family needs as before,i pay my rent and bills on time something i was suffering before,during holidays i take my family out to refresh and enjoy,and many other things.Its through you people of zidisha that my vision and dream about to be realized.thanks so much,God bless you.

Mercy · Nairobi, Kenya

Aug 9, 2015

Dear lenders I received 18000 kes from you my lenders,i immediately went to a shop for a stock and now i have started seeing the difference. I take this opportunity to thank you my lenders,truly the step that i have moved its through you my lenders who always fund my proposal project.Thanks a lot zidisha.God bless you.

Catherine · Mombasa City - Likon I Village, Kenya

Aug 8, 2015

Dear Lenders, I seriously appreciate for the way you have stood by me. My salon business has flourished because of you, this previous loan was really helpful in enabling my business run smoothly despite the rainy season which somehow threatened to slow down my business but i cant complain. My dear Lenders, I am now requesting for another loan of which I want to buy new equipments for my barber shop section i.e. shaving kits & massage kit. With these equipments I will be able to serve more customers both male & female! Zidisha group has been a blessing to me and I wish you to continue doing so. Thanking you for what you are doing to uplift our lives. With best Regards, CATHERINE

Getrude · Nakuru,kenlands Estate, Kenya

Aug 8, 2015

Hi lenders, Just passingby and say i am cool and my business growth has increased by 60% since I joined zidisha and I am very thankful for you all, thanks again

Dorcas · Nakuru, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

I have been taking loans from zidisha since my boy was unborn. honestly, nobody even imagines that am a single mum. I have managed to provide everything a son would ever want. I am very excited to speak to people about zidisha. thank you very much lenders for never doubting my ability to pay.

Gladys · Nakuru, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

Hello lenders, my previous loans have been quite successful. My beauty shop ushered me into my current online business and with your help I have been able to achieve much within a short period. With my last loan, I was able to buy a few computers, which allowed expedite my work. Therefore, I am very grateful for your constant support.

Agnes · Sunyani, Ghana

Aug 7, 2015

Thanks for the support. I will buy more of the smoked fish to sell. I believe with this help, my contact with clients like educational institutions will be more strengthen, not forgetting the numerous catering services. This will help me improve my home. Thanks a million to all Zidisha lenders for your support. To all the 28 my warmest gratitude.

Mary · Nairobi, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

Thank you lenders for financing my loan. i have received $ 179.00 dollars equivalent to Kshs 17,814.00. I am going to use the funds to purchase a Knapsack sprayer pump that i will use to administer chemicals in my farm. This will improve my yields and eventually my profits. Thanks to all lenders for your support.

Lucy · Maweni, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

Thank you so much for funding my loan so quickly. Am so happy that i will be able to serve my new clients now. with this loan i will buy the motorcycle. this will add more value to my business. thank you so much and God bless you all.

Grace Wakarindi · Kivumbini Estate,nakuru East Constituency,nakuru County, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

My worthy lenders,Yesterday on the 06/08/2015, I received your loan and I am happy as you have done good to my small business..i am in my final paperwork with the landlord,where I will be relocating soon at the permanent building.I am also going to add more fast moving goods so that I can increase more customers volume.Thank you so much for your kind and generous support in my business.

Joyce · Kayole Estate,nairobi City,nairobi County, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

What a great day ?Today I have made today several recommendation to my clients as per their doctors prescriptions and the dosage ,whom they had to sought for a help from my chemist shop.I thank the Zidisha team which they came to my rescue as i stocked the oral drugs in large quantities and mostly the one you couldn't get from within.Now most of the clients can come for the medicines and at an affordable prices too.Long live Zidisha and the lending panel.Thank you all for all you have done to my store.

Norris · Nairobi, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

I acknowledge receiving Usd 641 or Kshs 63,792.00 today. I will use the money to by office equipments for my firm. Thank you lenders for your support and wish you well in all your endeavors. God bless you.

Boniface · Lironi-limuru Town, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

I want to sincerely thank you all the lenders who made my loan contributions and later disbursed to me.I want to assure you all the the loan will be in good use in my farming project and i will expand more with you.I have already bought the said seeds and i will be planting them by tomorrow evening,since it is raining.Thank you all for your positive response and be blessed.

Fidèle · Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Aug 7, 2015

I would especially like all those who gave their money to you grant me the loan. From the heart, I told them thank you to contribute to education and the university education of my daughter.

Stephen · Oyugis, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

Thanks a lot friends for your generosity. I already purchased the battery and the inverter. My work output is greatly boosted. I can now stay online for longer hours even when the mainstream electricity has a black out. Thanks a lot. comment image

Isaac · Nakuru, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

To start with I used my loan to finance a school business.I produced the posters to invite the students from low income background for evening tuitions. The first day, I received 13 learners. I taught them myself.The following day I received 17 students.After a week I had about 34 high school students and 5 primary school kids. By this time, I had started to charge them kes 20 per day for facilation.I also hired 4 teachers to help me. From the above amount of money, I am able to save for the loan repayment. I would like to pay early so that I reborrow to increase my working capital. If things go like this, I will open my own private school come next year. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ZIDISHA and FOR THE PERSON WHO GAVE ME THIS LOAN,MAY GOD BLESS AND REWARD YOU WITH LONG AND PROSPEROUS LIFE SO THAT YOU REMAIN A BLESSING TO THERS THE WAY YOU ARE TO ME.

Bota · Nairobi, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

i now have what i had really wanted to purchase and its selling so nice thank you zidisha for being there always for us.

Abigael · Kawangware, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

Many many thanks for you my Lenders. I can now breath a sigh of releave. I love you I feel like crying the tears of joy. Immediately I receive this money, I will buy the things I mentioned earlier in my proposal to start creating the children playing ground in my restaurant. 1. I will buy the carpets 2. I will also buy the big toys for children to play there and also employ an attendant. This attendant will be looking after the children as they play while waiting for their parents in the restaurant.Kind regards and thank you so very much for your kind support once again.

Dewi · Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Aug 7, 2015

Good afternoon, I would like to thank the donors who have entrusted lend to me to develop my business, my money has been received and will soon be used to buy stock in kids clothes and I will sell to the exhibition which is held every Saturday and Sunday , I will continue the development effort I tell the funder that the funding is so great that help has been given to me ...

Abigail · Rongai, Kenya

Aug 7, 2015

Let me first appreciate your loan and I will make sure that I have used it wisely. As earlier indicated I would like to add one dairy cow as I already have one, thus with your loan I will add to my profits which I had gotten from my tomato farm. I guarantee you that in 5months time I would be a different person altogether. I wish you God's blessings as you strive to see that somebody like me lives a better life than before. Cheers!

Murdock · Berekum, Ghana

Aug 7, 2015

Delivering health talk in my local church about hepatitis B.. it's causes, symptoms and the medical remedy as well as the essence of taking the vaccination and the periods of administering the vaccines. And next week my lab workers and I will vaccinate all old men and women in their 60s and above and the impoverished persons for free. Indeed Dr. Martin Luther king jnr profoundly said " Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?".. thanks to my lenders and zidisha team my business has now grown to a point to also offer benevolent assistance to needy individuals. God bless you. comment image

Jonathan Ely · Aldershot, United Kingdom

Aug 6, 2015

Well done on the first repayment; keep up the good work and I hope your first project is a success!

Durowaa · Berekum, Ghana

Aug 6, 2015

Am here to testify about my progress in my business, in fact business is running good, customers are really patronizing my goods to the extend that some people from the other villages comes to buy good in stocks and sell them to their customers over there which has helped me increase my profit margin to about 65 % .of which i don't want to benefit aloan but will share with the needy. Therefore i will dontate some of the goods i sell to the children's home and if possibly clinic around. Thnk you

Iddrisu · Berekum, Ghana

Aug 6, 2015

The loan has helped me benefits from my business. I have used the loan to renovate my shop by increasing the amount of goods in my shop.i used the loan this time to buy a lot of beverages, milk,eggs,milks and other items.i have also save some of the profits from my business in my account.i will share zidisha with my family and friends.thank you for your support.

Vincent · Nairobi, Kenya

Aug 6, 2015

I want to thank all my zidisha lenders for being part of my dream,dream of building a highlighted and transformed society through education,thank you for your generosity,God bless you for keeping me in school.

Rose · Weru, Kenya

Aug 6, 2015

Dear lenders thanking you for funding my loan 100%, with the loan am going to by stock of maize and beans then stock some until month of Jan when prices are high

Patrick Odhiambo · Kitale, Kenya

Aug 6, 2015

I wish to thank the zidisha organisation for this wonderful product. I am so grateful for Isaac Juma who invited me to zidisha, i am now able to borrow and see my dream of owning a computer training center come true. After many years of struggle to set up one i now see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you in advance my funding groups

Elam · Nakuru, Kenya

Aug 6, 2015

dear lenders, Thank you for loaning me. I received a total sum of ksh. 19,113 which I used to buy a fridge to store perishable goods in my shop as I had planned and I hope your loan will enable me continue with my business well with minimum losses that could have come up due to goods such as milk, vegetables, and fruits getting damaged.

Veronicah · Nairobi, Kenya

Aug 6, 2015

Thanks to the Zidisha Team for the generous help. For years I wanted to start a business and was not able because of money. The Zidish Team has made me a recognized business lady. I will buy a Bale of Bed Sheets and a Bales of young boys Trousers which will cost about US$ 292.00. I will also pay deposit for the Tablet of about US$35.00. Praise be to God for the Zidisha Team.

Godfrey · Mlolongo, Kenya

Aug 6, 2015

Zidisha thank so much giving me loan for my business, I bought power generator . comment image

Djibril · Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Aug 5, 2015

Thank you very much to all and all my lenders who lent me money for the second time and that the same are still allowed me to invest in my business and my business is better now since i buy new cloths add and so what did it works better for me now and me and my family we feed ourselves well, since I much profit on my sales before. And it is thanks to this that i do my fifth refund on my second loan. Thank you again to you my lenders and god bless you and long screws to you. comment image

Geoffrey · Nairobi, Kenya

Aug 5, 2015

i want to thank u so so much because the loan you extended to me my really made my bussiness to change in apositive way i have increased my daily sales and i confirm to u that my profits have greatly increased comment image

Asieduaa · Berekum, Ghana

Aug 4, 2015

Am doing a great job in Berekum because of your helping hand you gave me. Now I have more customers then before because of new materials I added to my shop, all of this is through zidisha and my lenders I thank you all and God bless you all.

Faustina · Zenu, Ghana

Aug 4, 2015

hi lenders i thank u very much for how far my business has come,at first i make at least 30 percent profit at the end of every week but for now i do make two times the percentage at the end of the every week. i made such profit because of the increments of products in my shop that attracts my customers.many customers get attraction for products that find in your shop.thanks to zidisha family and lenders for how far you brought my business.

Richard · Berekum, Ghana

Aug 4, 2015

I used the money which is the loan to buy items for my shop and because of the loan my shop is almost full . People from near and far do get a lot of electrical items to buy from my shop all because of zidisha loan. My profit margin has increased a lot and am even thinking of opening another shop. I use the increased earning to expand my business and also some for the family. I want to open another shop and also employ more people to work there so that they can also earn something for themselves.

Elijah · Nakuru, Kenya

Aug 4, 2015

Thaks lenders for your first loan i was able to increase my profits upto 80% which enabled me to complete my loan in goodtime andthe rest i channelled to the business.Thanks so much for your support.

Thomas · Berekum-biadan, Ghana

Aug 4, 2015

Benevolent lenders out there,I really appreciate for the loan you gave me . I was able to purchased the electrical materials such as round pipe,square pipes,quarter rods among others and making great sales because most most of the people are purchasing my products which has motivated me very much.It has increase my earning. My neighbors has developed interest in my work and made up their minds to learn the work.

Jasper · Uhanya Beach Bondo, Kenya

Aug 4, 2015

I am very much grateful for my good and able lenders for they have expressed their confidence in me.I promise to put in good use this loan to enable me achieve my target.i have intended to add some stock to my retail shop and buy doing so, it will enable me raise the standard of living of my siblings as well as my family.

Grace Dansoa · Adjei-kojo, Tema-west, Ghana

Aug 3, 2015

Wonderful lenders out there, I wish to express my gratitude for the just-completed loan I received. I was able to buy the white fabrics I needed and had great sales because most Muslim women picked them for their after-Ramadan celebrations.

Muchamat · Jambi, Indonesia

Aug 3, 2015

A change has happened to me ..... to my finances , which at the moment after I join in Zidisha , I no longer run into financial difficulties in trying , albeit still on a small level , but I already feel lucky , I also educated for discipline and this is a very penting.Terima Love Zidisha . comment image

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