Greetings, my name is Claire Batsinduka aged 22years. I am a loving wife and proud new mum to a beautiful 4 Month baby girl. I was born in Rwanda but relocated to Kenya with my family and here in Kenya is where I was schooled and eventually started my own family.

My educational background is in Sales and Marketing where I attained a Diploma in the year 2012. After that I joined a modelling school and I have done various modelling jobs. My hobby is fasion related and I am passionate about fashion, makeup and other accessories.

Since I was blessed with a child I opted to be a stay at home mum and take time to raise my baby and takecare of my family. But I still needed to earn some money to help my family.

So I decided to combine my educational background in sales with my passion in fashion and opted to start a clothing store. I was lucky to get a shop that is near my neighbourhood and also in a very strategic position next to the road where many commuters board and alight buses.

I set up shop and started in January this year and so far I must say I am happy with the progress. Using the experience gained from working with various designers I am able to advise my clients on what outfits to combine to compliment their body. I also import my clother from Uganda and Dubai so this helps me offer unique and affordable designs to my clients. My location, unique outfits, good price and personalized service has made my business successful so far but I believe if I add more products like handbags,shoes and other accessories then I will increase my profits.

My store currently offers ladies clothing both official and casual. I tend to source from a wide supply of importers thus offering unique and better priced outfits than what my competitors offer.

I also buy second hand clothing imported from U.S.A and U.K which I take to the laundry and package thus offering almost new outfits that are not common.

Apart from the large number of walkin clients, I have a client database that I use to deliver new arrivals to them in their homes or offices. I am currently working on a facebook page that will help me make more sales online.

I started off with a stock of about USD500 but currently my stock is valued at around USD1800. Every month I ensure I add about USD100 worth of clothes to the current stock. My expenses at the shop monthly in terms of rent, salaries and utilities are USD300. My Gross Sales on average per month total about USD800-1000 so after expenses and buying new stock I can save about USD300 per month.

Dear lenders,I would like to appeal to your generocity in raising my loan amount of around $415.

Due to the cold and rainy season here in Kenya,I would like to add warm clothes such as beautiful trenchcoats, sweaters and warm boots to my stock. That way,my customers will be able to buy the usual clothes I sell and still keep warm thus lookin very smart.

I look forward to your support and thank you in advance.