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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($246 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 l now have anulternative source of income which gives me additional coin to support my family and enable me to improve my life as compared to before when it was only one source of income with a lot of responsibilities.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to save from my business of hiring plastic chairs and other business to spend the money to buy building materials and extend my house since it is too small that can not comfortably accommodate me with my family.
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 now have anulternative source of income to substitute my vegetable business now l am sure of additional coin every week for my family up keep, as compared to before when I had only one source of income which is selling vegetables that sometime does not do well. I am very happy because I managed to start livestock farming, something that I have been dreaming of all along. Through keeping sheep I will be able to have my own cow.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect to have saved enough money and expanded my house hence l will be staying in a nice spacious comfortable house once I completed extending my house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($235 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Right now I have a big and presentable house which can serve my family and visitors well. I don't have to send my children and visitors to my neighjbour's house to spend. I have enough space for all of them.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I would want to start up a business.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have an investment for my children in the sheep which I bought, I have a big house which makes me happy and gives me peace.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
Apart from my earlier set goals, I would want start up a business.
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that i face at the moment is getting school fees for my 2 children one in secondary and one is yet to join college.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when i am meeting fellow merry go round group members and discussing the groups welfare.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my money on buying dairy cattle, with time they will increase in number and provide milk for my family.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am most proud of is when i started a vegetable business and used the money to pay school fees for my children and buy household items.
