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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($252 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
In the next four months, I have an additional goal to expand the already set up poultry farming. With this, I will be kick-starting it with the construction of a new chicken coop then later usher in some new birds since I am intending to increae the numbers and may be change the breed. I have been saving towards the project and soon I will be able to invest in it.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is the peaceful comfortable new home which came to be alongside many other projects. All have brought a great difference in my daily life and seeing them every day give me hope of other things i hav enever achieved yet. Among them are poultry farming project, newly conctructed house and also the availability of enough foodstuff within the household.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
Having in mind the grandchildren who are staying with me, this has been a great push to sourcing adequate resources.currently, I am working hard to ensure that in the next six months, I will have completed establishing the next phase of the poultry project which is an added source of income.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that I am currently happier that we have many new things in our household which we never had before.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to have changed a lot of things in the next six months starting from poultry and cattle keeping which will in turn ensured food security in terms of milk and eggs production which will really ease the school fee payment.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it would have been had I never received the transfer since I am currently living in a new house with cemented floor, we have a cow and even the poultry farming we have is improving.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I have a new goal to buy a new chain link in order to construct a gauge for my chicken which are around forty and also equip their water paths with vaccines to keep the healthy.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship i have faced is raising school fees.When my son joined University,it was very difficult to raise his fees and this forced my spouse and I to sell all our cows.Up to now,we do not have any cow to produce milk for my family
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening.After the day's work is done,we sit together as a family and as we talk,it makes me happy to have my entire family together
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to spend a part of the transfer in completing my new house.The remaining i will use to buy one goat and some chicken to rear
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement which I am proudest of the time i took a loan from a microfinance bank,used the money to plant potatoes.The harvest was bountful and from its sale i was able to pay school fees for my three children
