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Karolin
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Casual labour
faceAge:
33
workCampaign
UBI
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19th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Currently, my life is different from how it was in that, I am an ambitious and goal-oriented person. I had been saving a large portion of my transfer which I will combine with my husband's who is also a beneficiary in order to buy land. The joy of having some extra money to keep makes me happy and financial discipline person.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My additional goal in the next four months it to buy land. My husband and I have been saving part of our transfer for this goal and hopefully, we will accomplish our dream.
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 the determination that I have had for saving money. I had a plan with my husband who is also a beneficiary to save a large portion of our transfer in order to purchase land. Currently, we take care of someones how and live there as well. We only have a small piece of land back at home where our tiny house sits. We are planning to buy land and build our home their where we can also practice agriculture because currently, we have to lease land for agricultural reasons.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
My expectation in the next six months is to have bought land and built a house. Currently, my husband workers as a caretaker and we live there as well. We only have a small piece of land back at home where our tiny house sits. Having our own land will mean a lot to us because we will also practice agriculture without having to lease land at a cost.
 
15th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because, l am eating a well balanced diet as compared to before when I was eating one type of food like vegetable. I am also able to pay for my child school fee comfortably without to much stress as before.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My additional goal is continue saving the money and achieve my target of buy a steel door that I had started saving for.
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 managed to buy dairy cow since I have been longing to start dairy farming, being that l like taking milk but I could afford to buy dairy cow . I am very happy I now have my own dairy cow where I be getting milk for my consumption and I will also sell it to my neighbors to get money for my up keep.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect my dairy cow to have given birth and producing milk for my consumption and get money from it for my daily up keep. I am also expecting to have fix a steel door for the security purposes to stop worrying of my things being stolen.
 
12th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was in that, I am able to focus on my goals and start working on them. With the monthly payments which I nowadays get from GiveDirectly, I have the freedom of buying whatever I need like recently, I was able to buy two more iron sheets in readiness for the construction of a decent house. Previously, because of financial constraints, I could not manage to think of such a huge project because the little amount that I could get which was not even enough to even cater for a well-balanced diet.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I do not have any new goal at the moment because I want to focus on the dream of building a decent house and so, in the next four months I will still be purchasing building materials for the project.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I feel happy and proud of myself because I managed to buy eight pieces of iron sheets. This means a lot to me because I am now seeing my dream of building a decent house getting closer. Currently, I stay in a grass thatched house which leaks during rainy seasons. This is normally the worst moments because I have to cover myself with polythene papers until the rains stop which normally disrupts my sleep. I am now hopeful of moving into the new house soon.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have bought all the building materials which are needed to construct my new house and when this happens, my dream of building a decent house will now be closer to a reality.
 
8th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was four months go because l am able save some little money on building materials and the rest spend on food.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to start small scale business of selling domestic goods as my source of income.
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 now have hope of staying in iron roofed house like other people being that l am now very sure of building iron roofed house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l expect to have finishing building my house and to have started business.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to build a decent house since the current one is grass thatched which I have to rethatch everytime and this has been hectic.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it would have been had I never received the transfer in that , I could not have managed to purchase hybrid seed and fertelizer that I have tried in my farm for the first time.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have managed to purchase building materials like iron sheets in readiness for constructing a decent house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments is that, I managed to pay for hybrid seed and fertilizer which I have tried for the first time; I am certain of getiing more produce this time round hence having enough food in my house.
 
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access_time over 6 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is looking for work to do. At times finding even the casual jobs proves so difficult and since I don't have an education I sometimes have to borrow money from others in the village just to feed my children
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I get to wake up and it's peaceful since at that time no one has annoyed you, yet.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfers on building my own home since currently I stay in a house that belongs to my boss. It would make me happy to also own my own home
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am most proud of is my family. Without them I don't think I would be where I am today. I have a husband who works extra hard to take care of us and that makes me happy