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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($483 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer paying school fees for my two children one in college taking a course in teaching, another in a technical training college and the other in secondary school.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer to renovate my house and pay school fees for my children.I also start cereal business to earn a living.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest to difference in daily life is that I'm no longer a housewife.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent a large part of my first transfer to partly pay school fees for three of my children in secondary school. The remaining amount was spent on buying food in the house.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy when I received the transfers since my children had been sent home for school fees and they needed to go back.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Our plan is to invest the transfer on poultry farming and use the remaining amount to pay school fees for our children both in secondary school and college.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I'm proudest of is having been able to educate my children through university,this includes some two orphans under my care.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I'm facing currently is on paying school fees for my children both in secondary school and in college, my small business of posho Mill does not give much to offset all the fees arrears I have.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I'm at my business attending to the customers since this gives me some income to sustain my family.
