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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($248 USD)
access_time almost 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 now staying in iron roofed house as compared before when I was staying in thatched leaky house where most of things where being rained.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to start cattle farming after I have harvested sugarcane, by buying dairy cow and cow bull. Once I manage to buy dairy cow I will not spend money to buy milk for my consumption.
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 am now staying in a nice iron roofed house, since l was staying in thatched leaky house where l was being rained on any time it is raining. I am also sleeping very comfortably since I spent the transfer to buy bed and mattress as compare to before when l was sleeping on mat on the floor. I no longer spent money to buying parrafin for lighting my house, since I bought wet cells which I am using to life my house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l expect to have started my project of cattle farming where by i would have bought sheep.
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.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I can now be recognized among my age mates in the villages. I have an iron roofed house unlike before when I used to stay in a leaky grass thatched house. When you have a ''bad'' house,you are automatically branded poor.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months,God willing, after I shall have purchased the water generator, I will be growing vegetables in large quantities and maybe supply to schools. I will be doing so well.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My current life is different in that I sleep in a more comfortable house. I no longer get worried when it rains and I also do not have to walk with a machete from village to village looking for grass to cover the roof.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to purchase a generator water pump for irrigating my vegetable farm given that I am a horticultural farmer.
Enrolled
access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship was when flash floods washed my vegetable farm and I encountered loses, even the school that I usually supplied had to cancel my contract with them this really caused me as it was my key source of earning.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the evening when I join my fellow peers to train for football since am a player and passionate about football.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to buy a water generator pump to expand my horticulture farming so that I may earn more cash through farming.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My greatest achievement was playing for Nguge football club and emerged the player of the tournament and I was given money token that I used to buy clothes and other personal effects.
