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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($247 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to take a loan from one of the fanicial institution to buy building materials and put up a kitchen. Where my children can have a very comfortable place to spend their night, since I have children who are aged and I can not sleep with them under one roof.
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 staying in a iron roofed house where I am never worried during rainnny seasons compared to before when I used to be worried more so when it used to rain when I was not at home. I have earn a name in the village, I am now able to interact, socialize and share with my agemates something that I was just longing for, just because I did not have a proper house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect to have managed to have put up a kitchen and my children will have a very comfortable place to spend their night.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($235 USD)
access_time over 5 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 l am now staying in a spacious comfortable house as compared to before when l was staying in a very small uncomfortable house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l will have started my project of cattle farming.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Had l never received the transfer from GD l could not have manage to build a spacious house, l could still be staying in a very small uncomfortable house.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to start cattle farming as my future investment.
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced is sickness which came at a time when I didn't have money and this forces my children to contribute cash towards my treatment.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest moment is in the afternoon when we have done all our work and we are having meals together as a family.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Am planning to spend my transfer on starting poultry farming business since am old and I can effectively sell them and get income.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is that I have been able to pay school fees for my two children through secondary school even though I didn't have a proper source of income.
