We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on plastering my house and fixed steel windows and a door.I also paid school fees for my children and added capital to my fish business.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I moved from a mad house to cement.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I paid secondary school fees for my children with 4500 KES of my token payment, I smeared my main house with mud using 3000 KES of the transfer and I spent 1750 KES on a mattress and the remaining 750 KES on food.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
When I get my upcoming lumpsum payment, I will plaster my main house with sand and cement and fix on it steel windows and doors.
Enrolled
access_time almost 9 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on expanding my business of selling fingerlings as I was buying two basins and I would like to increase it to three basins so that I can sell,I also sell sugar in small quantities and if I get the cash I can buy a sack of sugar so that I can sell,I will also use part of the transfer on renovating my house by buying seven bags of cement that I will use in plastering my house and part of it I will spend in building a toilet as I don't have one. I will use the remaining amount in paying school fees for my child who is supposed to join college this year.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that I am proudest of is that I have managed to keep up with my business of selling fingerlings and this has supported my family and I even after the death of my husband.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that currently my business is not doing well and the money I get is very small so I am not able to pay school fees for my girl who is supposed to join college and she depends on me.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I go to sell fingerlings at our local market in the morning,I am happy when I come back in the evening and I have money that we can spend as a family for that day.
