My name is Hellen Munyuchi, a Zambian with a green national registration card.

Born on 16th May, 1995. My family and I live in Makeni Villa in Lusaka province the capital city of the republic of Zambia. Married with 3 children, 2 girls and I boy.

I went to Jacaranda Basic School and completed my grade 12 or secondary school. I hold advanced Diploma in Purchasing Supply.

I started working as Stores Officer for Amanita Premium Limited . I worked there for 5 years until my employment contract came to an end.

Therefore, when I was paid my gratuity I thought of starting up a business.

I started a small business of selling in a shop groceries and assorted clothing sales. However, during my free times I love swimming and watching football and basket ball and also interacting with my friends.

Our culture in our country is so unique because it has 72 tribes with different cultural norms and rich in natural resources especially the mining industry which attract foreign investments and also the tourism industry.

I wish my children to have good education which will accelerate them to higher jobs in future. My son wants to become a teacher and my daughter medical doctors.

I'm involved in a retail for groceries and assorted clothing sales, business and I operate in a shop were I sell these goods in the central business of town.

I sell all kinds of grocery goods ranging from sugar, salt, cooking, rice, butter, bread, bathing soap, watching soap, drinks, dressed chickens, sausages, eggs and meat products.

As for the clothing sales, I sell assorted goods such as suit cases, shoes, slippers for men and ladies and the children, shirts, dresses, and trousers for men.

To ran this business my typical cost of buying or restocking these goods ranges from ZMW 10,000.00 to ZMW 15,000.00 .

The groceries are mostly essential goods for home consumption and the demand is very high for the people in our community to access the goods and also to buy the clothing of their choice to wear and also dress their children good fashionable clothing.

The only challenge I face in running this business is lack of enough capital to stock up the shop and grow the business.

My turn over per week is approximately between ZMW 2,500 to ZMW 3000 of which I have to restock more goods in the shop, pay shop rentals , school fees for my children and home improvement- this is to ensure that we have three meals per day as a family. Once the business has enough capital it will grow big and change the lives of our people in the community by accessing grocery goods and nice latest clothing for them to buy.

With the funds am raising in this project, I really want to rent a bigger shop because the am operating in is too small .Hence the funds will help me to move into a bigger which will be able to expand my business and stock more home supplies or assorted Goods for sale to meet all my customers needs. From the profits made, my family will benefit a lot by living a good life especially paying school fees and home improvement and helping the community to buy these goods in the shop at an affordable pricea.