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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($476 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I paid school fees 14000 KES, bought water container for 3200 KES, build a kitchen with 25600 KES, a goat 3000 KES, bought food 1200 KES, song book 600 KES.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I have a goal of buying a dairy cow,
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have repaired my house permanently, built a kitchen and cleared school fees. This is a big difference in my life.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($496 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
l spend the transfer to plaster my house and build a latrine, so l bought 8 bags of cements at 6200 kshs, poles 2000 kshs, nails 600 kshs, wire-mesh at 600 kshs, 3 iron-sheets at 1800 kshs, windows at 4800 kshs, l spend 5250 kshs to dig latrine, l also spend 7000 kshs to pay labor and 17800 kshs l use to pay school fees for my daughter in form three.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
My daughter was send away from school but GD really supported me and now she is in school with full payment of fees balance.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
We spent my Token payment on school fee and sand in preparation for floor plastering.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
We are planning to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on secondary school fee and plastering our floor.
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access_time 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We have planned to plaster our floor with the first transfer,the second one we will build a toilet and pay part of school fees for our children
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The proudest achievement is that we have been able to take our child to high school,since we know by educating her we are preparing her for better things.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship was loosing my grandparents whom I had always depended on.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when am making my ropes.
