I am called Catherine Njeri Nderitu. I live in Naivasha town. I was born in Nakuru county in 1985. I went to flamingo secondary school and finished in the year 2005. After high school I went to Tracom college and did a certificate course in business management. From college I got married. We have one baby girl. In the year 2012, I participated in the Value women program and learned about the chicken enterprise. With the knowledge that I got from Value women program, I did a little research and realised that Naivasha traders were buying poultry products such as eggs from neighbouring towns . This is when I came to know that there was money in this venture.I then constructed a house and bought 150 day-old layer chicks costing Sh 100 each. I used local materials, wire mesh and iron sheets. Today I am happy as I have been able to sell my eggs and support my family.

I keep egg-laying chicken and sell eggs. I decided to do this business 2 years ago when I discovered how eggs were important and how scarce they were. I saw that gap and decided to fill it and doing it in Naivasha town gives me satisfaction because eggs are on high demand. I sell to hotels in and outside of Naivasha town as well as local customers. My biggest challenge was finding clients. Now that I have loyal customers, I do not like to disappoint them. I intend to grow this business and get many contacts whom I can sell my eggs to. I collect close to 4 trays of eggs every day and can sell between 5 and 7 crates weekly with a crate selling at Sh330. After subtracting all the expenses, I am able to bank close Sh10,000 per month.Today I am so grateful to Zidisha for the help that they have given me. Through Zidisha loan, I construct a better chicken house with my first loan and bought more than 40 chicks with my second loan. I now expect more chicken out of the young chicks. This will boost my egg production once they start laying eggs. Right now, my biggest challenge is luck of proper feeds for the chicken and the chicks. I wish to buy high quality feeds for both the chicken and the chicks.The feeds are well balanced and will provide healthy diet for both the chicks and the older chicken. I therefore appeal to lenders to loan me money that will help me buy chick mash for the young chicks and layers mash for the chicken. Your help will be highly appreciated.

I first thank all my lenders for the support that they have given me. With my second loan, I bought more that 40 young chicks. In a few months time, the chickens will be grown up to start laying eggs. This will increase my egg production. I am now requesting a loan to help me buy chicken feeds that are well balanced for both the chicks and older chicken.In the past, I have not been able to afford these feeds because they are very costly. I have been feeding my chicken on locally available feeds such as dry maize and left over foods which has not been providing a well balanced diet for the chicken. I would like to buy both chick mash and layer mash. The chick mash will be fed to the chicks until they are eight weeks. These feeds will enable the chicks to have a healthy growth and high immunity to face possible stresses like diseases, climate, variations and handling. The layer mash feeds will be fed to the older chicken. This will ensure that the chicken are healthy and that they yield high quality eggs. I would like to buy 20 kg of chick mash at a cost of $190 and 30kg of chicken layer mash at a cost of $280. With goods feeds, my chicken will produce more eggs of better quality that will enable me to fetch good money that will help me to support my family and also pay back my loan.