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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($463 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I used to stay in a house that was old and was almost collapsing, so when I received my third transfer, I spent on buying on buying building materials that I used to build a new house. I also bought cushions for my seats. The remaining I spent on paying school fees for my children in school.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent most of my transfer to buy iron sheets at 38,400 KES, bought nails at 2,000 KES. Spent 500 KES on iron sheets transportaion, made a down payment of 1,000 KES on timber for building my house and the remaining amount I spent to buy food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that am no longer stressed like before because I can now manage to feed my family through GD's transfers. Thank you
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on ploughing my lands and used part of the transfer to sink a pit latrine in my compound.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I received my money In the evening while at home and I felt great.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Our first plan is to use part of the transfer to start a small business of selling commodities like sugar, milk, flour, salt and others, for family income. Secondly, we intend to use another part of the transfer to build small rental rooms within our compound. Lastly, we plan to use the remaining amount to invest in growing green-grams.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement we are very proud of is, having built this our house with savings from our farming activities, because we used to live in a grass-thatched house, that would leak when it was raining.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Paying school fees for our two children in secondary school, is the biggest hardship we have faced.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evenings, when I am together with my family, listening to radio.
