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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
53150 KES ($461 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Currently, I do not have any new or additional goals in life since my only source of income is dairy farming. If God blesses me with money, I will then decide on how to spend it, but for now, I am fine with what I have.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly gave out financial aid in terms of cash transfer and this is what they did best and I do not see anything that they did not do well. Because of this, our lives have been uplifted in different ways. Personally, I am a proud owner of a dairy cow and experience peaceful nights unlike before since I now have a bed and a mattress that I sleep on.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have been depending on my children for the providence of my basic needs since I am old and no longer have the strength to do most of the things. In addition, they're the ones who have been helping me in buying farm inputs and the entire farming process till harvest time. I am glad that with my recent transfer, I was able to purchase a dairy cow worth KES 20000 and two goats at KES 6000 as live assets that I can lean on. I will be selling the surplus and use the money to cater to my basic needs and with this, they will also be able to concentrate on providing for their families.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
55000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt so much joy in my heart. I couldn't get over the fact that my dream of staying in an iron roofed house was no longer going to remain as just a dream and was going to be actualized. I looked at my small hut that was grass thatched and thanked God that it was going to change sooner than I had imagined.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference is in the newly built house. The house I can say is a great breakthrough for us as a family. We have moved from a very small grass thatched house to a bigger and better iron roofed house and I can't thank God enough for this. I look forward to receiving the second transfer and be in a position to buy a water tank that will enable me collect clean drinking water. Visiting the river over long distances will now be a thing of the past and it Will definitely give me peace of mind. .
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used half of it to build a new iron roofed house and the other half was used to buy a dairy cow. The house that I was living in was so small and could not provide me with the much needed comfort. I had had the disire of building a bigger and better house but the amount of income that I made was hardly enough to feed us as a family let alone build a new house. I envied my children houses since they had improved theirs and I felt left behind. The livestock that I initially owned had all been sold to pay school fees for one of my children who was lucky to join tertiary level of education. I waited upon the Lord to provide him with a decent job so that he could at least buy us the livestock but God came through GiveDirectly and we now have one dairy cow to start with.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Quite honestly, I believe God timing is awesome. When I heard that give directly were around in our village , I was so happy. This is because I was certain my dream of purchasing my own dairy cow was becoming a reality. The dairy cow I have at the moment is not mine, it is borrowed. There is no dignity in our area of borrowing a cow, furthermore, the owner can repossess at any time without even notice. This happened to me in the past, the cow had just calved and it was producing a lot of milk which I used to sell for income and the surplus for consumption. After a month the owner came for it and took it away. It really pained me a lot. I intend to buy a dairy cow worth KES 40000. I will use the rest of the money build a better house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I felt so happy when we received high rainfall in our area recently. It meant a lot of pasture for our livestock and also the crops does well like sweet potatoes which has assisted us alot. Rainfall is a blessings in so many ways.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
There are a myriad of challenges that I am facing at the moment. Food insecurity top the list. Maize crops no longer does well like before , this is because of the lethal maize necrosis disease that has been ravaging crops for sometime now. We have no choice but to buy from the nearby siongiroi market.I hardly afford this commodity.
