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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($248 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My additional goal is to build a kitchen house. This is to replace the grass thatched one that is now too old. |This will give us ample space to stay in as well as use it for cooking and keeping utensils.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life by enabling me to own dairy cow. The cost of milk per day for my household was so huge that It amounted to a large sum that could aa dairy cow. It was so expansive such that I decided to buy a dairy cow with the transfer. I am glad to have a cow that would supply me with milk for household consumption and also for sale that would possibly bring money for use on more foodstuffs.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to have improved because I will have to build a house to use as a kitchen. Plenty of space will give us comfort at home. I will demolish the old grass-thatched house to make my home descent. I also expect to be getting an income from selling milk that will come from the cow that I am rearing.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($235 USD)
access_time over 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 my home has improved.I am happy to have a descent house to live in.I have good seats in which I sit on daily and when I have guests,I will not have a problem providing space for sleeping or sitting.I build the his house when I received my transfer.I am so glad that I have it now.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change because in the next six months ,I will have bought a cow and will have established tea seedlings that I will grow in my farm and also sell some to get money.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different because I have improved my farming capabilities.I have planting fertilizer and seeds for planting stocked at home.I have managed to prepare land on time using this transfer.Without Give Directly,I would not have build a house.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I plan to buy a cow and to expand my house.I want to build another house and make it a bed room so that this one I have is reserved for guest..I also want to establish tea seedlings for sale so that I get an income.
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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 have faced in my life was marrying a second wife,It brought me into so much conflict with my first wife.I had to focus on bringing my family together leaving out important things this led to getting broke.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening,this is when Iam resting after a day full of activities.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfers on building a semi permanent house.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that Iam proudest of is being able to plant tea leaves. I had to pull all my savings inorder to finance tea planting.It was a great Idea since it is from the proceeds from tea farming that my family needs are met.
