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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($468 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer to buy 2 bulls for my dowry and plant tomatoes in my piece of land as my investment.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different I have a business to provide for my family and I'm now official reorganized by people as a married women after the bride price.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GD brought a lot of change to the poor in this our village.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($491 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent second transfer to investing on growing tomatoes after which I'll sell the produce and get double profit that will enable me to pay for my children school fee and start a cereal business.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in daily life is that hopefully I'll be able to start a business that will enable me carter for my daily upkeep.
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?
I spent the first transfer on buying matress worth 2000 KES, cleared school fee debt of 4000 KES and used the rest of the money on buying food and clothes for my family.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I'm planning to spend my upcoming transfer on building my compound because I'm still staying in my in-laws compound. I'm also planning to invest part of the money on tomatoes farming.
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access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We're planning to spend our transfer on tomatoes farming since it is grows very well in our soil and demand is also high ,secondly we intend to build a new bigger house since the current one is small and the family is big.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement we're proudest of is having been able to build our current house after growing tomatoes which we sold and got profit that enabled us to build.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship we are facing currently is on making ends meet and on paying school fees for our children, the motorcycle my husband uses for the taxi business is not his and most of the profits goes to the owner leaving him with little to bring home.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when we sit as a family to take on our meal,this gives me joy since the children do not sleep hungry.
