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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($475 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent the third transfer on buying cement, sand and paid for labour to cement the floor and walls of my house. I also extended my house to make it more spacious. I bought 2 goats and paid school fees.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My goal is to educate my 2 children who are sitting for their final primary school exams, and engage in more farming so that I may produce enough food for the family.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The biggest difference in my life is different that even if you visit be you will be able to see. I am widowed and my husband left me in a bad house when he died, but now i live in a good house after so many years. i also have a solar lamp and my children can do their homework comfortably.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I bought 25 iron sheets at 15,000 KES, wall and roofing poles at 10,000 KES, nails at 5,000 KES, paid 4,500 KES labour charge then bought a sofaset at 15,000 KES.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Am now in a decent house that doesn't leak and my children are using clean energy for night studies without buying paraffin.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I bought mattress 3500 KES, blanket 800 KES, iron sheets 1800 KES, a sack of maize 2500 KES and paid school fees 1500 KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to spend the upcoming lumpsum payment on school fees, repair my house and buy a cow.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on buying ten iron sheets so that I can replace the current ones on my roof as they are leaking, I will also spend part of the transfer on buying a solar lamp that will assist my children at night when they are revising so that I replace the kerosene lamp, I will spend the second transfer on paying school fees for my two children who will be joining secondary school next year and part of it I will spend on buying two bulls that I will use in ploughing my farm and the final transfer I will spend on buying three dairy cows and the remaining amount I will spend on buying a mattress and school uniform for my children.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that I am proudest of is that God has given me energy which has always enabled me to plough my farm hence making me capable of getting a good harvest that I use in feeding my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that ever since my husband died I have nobody to look up to and whenever I have difficulties I just face them alone and this at times is not easy on my side with the little income I get from working on other people's farms.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I go out in the morning to look for work on other people's farm and they pay me in the evening. This makes me happy as I am able to take care of my family's basic needs which includes food, school fees and clothes for them to wear.
