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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
53150 KES ($498 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I am a farmer and I would spend alot on preparing land for farming and having my own oxes and plough, it will be much cheaper for me to carry out farming with less struggle. I am hopeful that in the near future I will be tilting more piece of land thus improving my production.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly did well by giving us the money and more so the permission to budget for it. From my observation every beneficiary put the money in good use.
I didn't see anything which wasn't done well by those who were task to enroll and disbursed the cash.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The second transfers which I got from GiveDirectly, I spent KES 40000 on buying four young bulls at a cost of KES 10000 each. My main reason for buying four of them is to rear and train for ploughing. The remaining portion of approximately KES 12000, I spent it on purchasing foodstuffs for my family and buying clothes for my family members.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
55000 KES ($497 USD)
access_time almost 4 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
l was overwhelmed with joy when I received my transfers at around six fifty nine in the morning. I informed my wife and we were full of joy throughout that day because we had never received such an amount before.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life is addition of my stock to my shop business which would have never been possible before. My children are now well clothed and I am happy because I have adequate food and capital for my business.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent 400 USD on additional stock for my shop because I initially had 100 USD stock and it's a major source of income.15 USD on farming and farm inputs.90 USD on three sacks of maize flour, and 32 USD on furniture and the rest on clothes. 25USD on eight chicken layers and two cocks.
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access_time 4 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Building a more spacious iron roofed house at a cost of $300 as well as buying a friessian dairy cow @$350 that will earn me $1.2 daily income of from selling 3 litres of milk has always been my dream that will soon come to reality when I receive this money. I will then spend the remaining amount to add more items to my retail shop hence an assurance of meeting my daily family needs, more so food.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Being the sole bread winner of my family, waking up feeling rejuvenated every morning to go find work that will enable me to buy food at the end of the day makes morning the happiest part of my day.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have a small retail shop at the shopping center whose monthly rent is $7. The items i sell include; sugar, salt and candies.I usually spend my daily profit of $1 to buy food for my family of 3, hence it is a struggle meeting other family needs such as proper healthcare for my sickly wife who keeps on complaining of pains all over her body for 2 years now,hence I got no money to take her to hospital for diagnosis This is the biggest hardship I face
