Table banking: 3 succesverhalen
Table banking
3 succesvolle verhalen over het 6T project
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LOICE WAITHIRA A BENEFICARY OF TANK NO.HN 705
SUCCESSFUL STORY
Loice Waithira is a member of Ndiririra w/g in Gilgil rcc. She is a beneficiary of rotary 6Ts project. She is married to one husband and blessed with 4 children whom are currently in primary school. In year 2008 they formed a group of 15 members and started a merry- go- round project for buying household goods. While they were in one of their meetings a friend joined them from Arimi Women group and informed them about the Rotary tanks project from which she had already benefited. Members received the information positively, and they would later joined Rotary Club of Nakuru in 2010 with an aim of also benefiting from the Rain Water Harvesting Project. So far, the group has constructed 8 tanks with hers having been constructed back in the year 2011.The tank has relieved her from the struggles of spending long hours each day in search of water for her family of six. She now uses that time to go about some other more productive family chores.
Loise is also a beneficiary of table banking, with her first advanced loan of Kshs. 600 she was able to acquire 3 chickens from which she could fetch 3 eggs daily and sell at Kshs. 10 enabling her to build up on her flock. Through trainings she prepared small kitchen garden and planted vegetables for home consumption and some she sells to her neighbors. Her monthly income improved to 800sh per month this increased her borrowing power. She borrowed 2,000 second time and bought new clothes for selling as a door to door business. In the year 2012, she borrowed some Kshs.12000.and bought an embroidery machine. She now makes table clothes and sells them to individuals and even institutions. From the returns she is able to pay part of her children’s school fees, monthly loan repayment, and regular savings. Her poultry project has increase to 30 and she receives at least 25 eggs per day and sells at 15@.Generally, this has improved her life style. In conclusion she is looking forward to buy a better multitask machine and enlarge her business. She is so grateful to Rotary for good facilitation and her life is transformed.
Nakuru, February 2014
EUNICE WAMBUI THUITA A BENEFICARY OF TANK NO.HN 1412
SUCCESSFUL STORY
Eunice is 35 years old married and blessed with 6 children 3 girls and 3 boys and all are in primary school. Eunice is a member of forward Ever women group in Pipeline RCC. In year 2011 they formed a group of 18 members and invited Rotary facilitators to train them on the 6Ts.
All members were very positive and set a goal of constructing rainwater harvesting tank. She benefited with a tank in the year 2012. She became very proud since the tiresome work of fetching water over 3 kilometers per day had been relieved and now she can spend her time on other projects.
Eunice is a beneficiary of table banking, she borrowed first advance loan of 2000sh and leased a small house for a salon business and bought plaiting braids. Her business profit per day was 200shs. Later she realized she had an allergy of hair chemicals and in year 2013 she closed her business.
She borrowed her second loan of 5,000 and bought 15 poultry for eggs. She receives at least 13 eggs per day and sells at 15shs each. This project has increased to 50 poultry and through the profit she has started selling second hand clothes, her next plan is to start a milk goat project. Therefore she intends to sell 40 poultry’s and buy the goat since milk goat might be more profitable than eggs.
Eunice says she makes a regular monthly savings of a minimum 200shs which has increased her borrowing power. She pass her gratitude to rotary club since she supports her husband to satisfy their basic needs i.e. clothing, food, part of school fees etc. She says transformation is a process which can be achieved even with small projects if well managed.
Nakuru, February 2014
SUCCESSFUL STORIES OF MONICAH WAIRIMU
Monicah Wairimu is 50 years married and blessed with 3 children and 3 grand children. She is a farmer of horticulture i.e. Tomatoes, cabbages, beans and more a poultry and a dairy farmer.
Monicah is a member of Ngumo women group in Gilgil RCC. They formed a group of 15 members in 2010 with an objective of constructing rainwater harvesting tank. They had an information from a neighbors who was member of wome women group and a beneficiary of a tank about rotary club and became interested. The joined other group in gilgil rcc and started the project. To date the group have benefited with 5 tanks.
Monicah has not benefited with a tank but she is expecting that in the next tank allocation she will be among the beneficiaries. Now, Monica can get clean drinking water from the beneficiary of her group but for her other activities like washing dishes, clothes, poultry feeding she still walk for long distance to search for water.
Monicah is a beneficiary of other 6ts, she has planted 100 trees, good toilet, table banking, training projects.
Before monicah joined rotary she was a horticulture farmer and through training she was introduced on monthly savings and borrowing power. She borrowed her first loan of 500shs and bought 5 chicken. After 2 months they started laying eggs. This became a positive project to monicah and she borrowed 3,000 and bought 10 laying chicken. Monicah gave an extra time on this project and made a local breeder and started selling 1week chick at 30shs. She sells 2 trays of eggs i.e 60 eggs@10 per week. From the returns she gets from this project she bought a young cow which is now expecting to give birth. In year 2013 she borrowed 13,000 and boosted her husband on his constructing project of a new house. She repays her loan from returns of her well managed projects.
Monicah is very confident that transformation is through a positive altitude towards any given projects.
Nakuru, February 2014