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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
53150 KES ($511 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
55000 KES ($550 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness since my family now have enough food. This is because I was able to buy five sacks of maize and we now take three meals a day unlike before. This has relieved me from the burden of moving from one house to another looking for some work to do.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received the money I felt so happy because I knew I would be able to buy enough food for my family. I then started singing happily praising God for His good deeds through GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
When I received my first transfer, I used part of it to buy some building materials like iron sheets, nails, timber and in paying a mason. I used to live in a small mud house which could not accommodate all my family members comfortably and my children used to sleep at their grandmother's house. I used part of the money to pay school fees for my children. This also gave me time to look for more money since I had not cleared the balance. Buying maize flour has been my daily routine and this is always expensive. This always made my family take two meals a day and it was making me sad. This prompted me to buy five sacks of maize so that it would last us until the next harvest.
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access_time over 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Our greatest ambition in life is to see our children get proper education, enough food and good shelter. We want them to have a brigther future through acquiring good education that will assist them to have a better life in future. Now receiving this money will mean that we will be able to pay their school fees and the remaining cash transfer we buy cattle. The returns from the cattle will enable us to pay their school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Our usual day involves weeding farm produces for anyone within our village who gives the job. Our happiest of the day is in the evening when we get little food, this is the time we share a meal together.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Our biggest worry is payment of school fees for our children and also lack of food in our family. We are casual labourers within our village, the amount of money we receive from our job is around kenya shillings 200 per day or none sometimes. This amount can only assist us to buy little food for our family.
