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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($245 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because I no longer spend money to buy parrafin as I used to do. I now have source of income that I am guaranteed of some cash at the end of the day, because people have to charge their phones. My children now has easy time when studying at home and their performance has really improved as compared to before.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to start keeping livestock where buy I am planning to start saving through farming where by I will sell some of my farm produce and spend the money to buy some of the livestock.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that l am now using solar to light my house which is very convenient to my family and of a great help to my children when they are studying as compared to before when they were using tin lump. Solar has also become like a source of income because I use it to charge phones for people and get money for my up keep, which was not the case before. The better part of it is that I no longer spend money to buy parrafin which was very costly.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l expect to have started livestock keeping as my future investment and I will be able to sell them incase of emergency.
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 is that I have gotten the building materials that could have taken me so long to acquire were it not for these transfers.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months,I am hopeful that my house will be up. An iron roofed house that is and maybe I will be married again after my previous wife left because I was too poor to provide for them.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My current life is different from how it would have been had I never received these transfer in that I have acquired iron sheets and other building materials.I have gotten money and it has made my work easy and I did not have to sell my farm produce.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to start a business in future. I am yet to settle on which business to do.
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship i have faced in life is lack of a steady income. This has limited me expanding my farming from subsistence farming to cash crop farming. Lack of a stable income limits me from purchasing quality seeds and equipment to expand my farming.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when am from my farm and i sit down while reflecting on the days work. This gives me motivation to get up the next day to go back to the farm knowing that when harvest time comes I will have enough to last me till the next harvest.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to spend a larger part of my transfers on improving my house. I plan to buy iron sheets for my leaking roof and I also plan to plaster my house with cement. I plan to spend the remainder of my transfers to start cash crop farming so as to ensure i have a steady income in future.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My greatest achievement has been, being able to build semi permanent house. I used to sleep in my grandmothers kitchen which i shared with sheep and goats and it was also very cold at night.
