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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My goal is to start a business in my village. I will start a business to sell motorcycle spare parts in a nearby shopping center. I am skilled in repairing motorcycles hence I know that I will run the business successfully.
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 a source of income that obtained when I bought a dairy cow. I get about 5 liters per day. We use part of it in my household and sell the rest. In addition, my wife got into a tea leaves business. She spent the money on leasing a piece of land that contain tea bushes for a period of three years. It generates about Kes 1000 per month and a hefty bonus payment at the end of the year. This is a great leap to financial independence that helps me to meet our daily needs without having to work for others for small wages.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to have improved my life by adding an income activity to support my farming. I will be running a spare parts shop for motorcycle. I am skilled in repairing the motorcycles and this means I can easily run it. I hope to grow it and make it bigger to the extent that I get to start selling petroleum products.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since I started receiving this transfer,my daily life has changed.My income has increased.I get milk from the cow that I bought and the tea farm that I leased only after receiving transfers.I am able to save money from the motorcycle taxi business I do.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I will have invested more on tea leaves business that will enable me to receive a high yearly bonuses.This is because I the high will be submitting large volumes of leaves to the factory.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life has changed.I currently have a plan to make my life better by starting a business.I also have increased income from the activities I got engaged in using this transfers.Providing food for my family is no longer a strenuous affair.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I plan to start a motorcycle spare parts business in the next three months.
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I am facing is raising school fees for my child in Secondary school.The only source of income that feeds,clothes and pays fees is my motorcycle which sometimes I make very little money.It becomes difficult to use this to meet all the household expenses
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening.When am done with my work for the day,we sit and share a meal.Seeing my family together and happy,and knoqing that i have been able to provide for their needs for the day makes me happy.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend the transfer in buying a dairy cow.This is because the cow i keep now belongs to arelative and having my own will also generate some income through sale of milk as well as provide milk for my children
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
I used to work as a casual labourer-mostly plucking tea for my neighbours.From the little money i was paid,i started saving for some few years until I had savings of Kes 40,000.This enabled me to buy a second hand motorcycle which is our source of income now.This for me is an achievement which I am proudest of.
