Steve Odongo

This business has received the loan money worth $500 with alot of joy and excitement. This means that they have lounched in a very big deal in their business.

The money has already been put in the business. More items that the community has been demanding from them will now be in the stock ready to meet all the demand.

I want to personally salute all the good and kind friends who have put their money into this business in form of loan that is given to the poorest of the poor by Kiva.

The lives of this business owners will not be the same again.

More stories and update about this business will be in the Journal soon.

Thanks alot for your financial support.

Yours Moses Onyango.

Steve Odongo has been in butchery business for quite some time now. He goes to deep in the villages, buys animals (cows) brings them in town, slaughters them, takes to his butcher which is with in town to sell in kilogram’s.

He has been buying 3 animals each time he goes to the villages to buy animals. The price for animals differs depending on the size, ranging from 180,000 – 280,000.

A kilo of meat is_________________2,600

1 cow has roughly________________250 – 300 kgs

From 1 cow he earns______________650,000- 780,000

Therefore when he deducts the revenue, license, market dues and transportation, he roughly receives from each animal a profit of 350,000- 400,000.

When he got loan money from Kiva fund Uganda in January this year, he increased the number of animals he buys and also he has opened many butchers. His services to people are spreading widely. He now buys five animals unlike before when he used to buy only 3 animals.

He is grateful to all his funders who enabled him to reach at a level he has reached now which he never imagined he would reach.

Thank you for making a difference in his life and in the lives of many, may God bless you mightily.

Yours truly,

Stedia,

Reporter.

Sincere greetings to you all our funders who have generously made it possible in life to receive a life changing through a loan from Kiva.

Steve has continued buying more animals from rural markets in the lower prices from the poor farmer who bring their animals to sell in the lower prices so that they can meet the family needs.

With that now his butchery has meant 12 hrs that is from morning to last in the evening. Now he has many customers, in his butchery he can sell more than two (2) cows a day, which has made him get some body who is now helpful to him. His butchery business, now he get more profit than ever before, he is happy and do not regret as to why he went for that business, he can now meet his family needs like school fees for the children, clothing, and he has started but up a building for his self. He said, “long live to Kiva fund�.

Thanks for supporting this business.

Thanks,

Moses Onyango

Reporter.

 

Butchery

By: Steve Odongo

Report  from business owner

 

I wish to extend my sincere greetings and gratitudes to all Kiva funders, friends and well wishers for all what you are doing to the lives of  many people. He’s thankful for the change you’ve made to his entire life since he got the loan money.

 

The business is doing very well. he is stocking more animals currently through buying from the local traders, and afterwards, slaughters them at his butchery business. He further, get enough profit which enables him pay back the loan to meet the family needs. And too to continue with the business without any distortion.

 

His so happy with what Kiva is doing, so much with the help given to him because he has reached the level he never thought off.

 

More updates will come soon.

Thanks,

AlfredReporter.

 

 

 

Butchery

By Steve Odongo

Report from the business owner.

 

I’m a staff of Kiva office Africa, I visited Steve Odongo to assess his business of butchery, I found out that it was quite fair. He had purchased three bulls for slaughtering.

He told me that the meat is not being bought this month either because of the new food staff and greens which people have resorted since the prices of meat have hiked. He gets few customers who can’t finish meat. And his profits are not good.

 

He sales one bull for two days and since he doesn’t have a refrigerator, he normally ends up with a lot of loss.  This has made his capital to drop and his profits as well.

He tries to sale smocked meat but it doesn’t pay back well, it just becomes  a loss.

 

He’s of the view of getting a refrigerator for improving on his business in case of such a problem meat remaining not getting  purchased all.  Also he wants to deal with  both slaughter and selling bulls to other business who also slaughter, to avoid much loss.

 

Odong’s family is doing well much as he has that challenge in his business. He meets all the needs of his family.  He has promised to pay monthly loan money within a stipulated period given.

 

Regards to all the donors and supporter of kiva for the work they render to the poor of the poorest.

 

Thanks

 

Stella Reporter.  

 

Butchery

By: Steve Odong

Sincere greetings form Hellen Kiva staff. I bring you a report of butchery business of Steve Odongo, I visited in August, 2006. His business is doing well and having many customers buying his meat. I found when customers where crowed all over he could not even I identify me so easily. I was so happy to see that so I decided first to let him serve his customers so that I can talk to him.

When I talked to him, he told me that the business is good this season and he buys many goats from the local markets at fairly a cheap rate then he brings them to slaughter to make some good profit.

His family is happy and they are doing well. The community around that area is also happy of the services Steve is offering to them.

He sends greetings and thanks to all the donors and supporters of kiva fund for the grate work they have done to the poor of Africa.

Thanks,

Hellen

Reporter.