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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($252 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?
In the next four months, I have a new goal to improve my involvement in farming. I have a plan to add the size of the land under cultivation and through this I am assured to keep the food security at bar and also produce some surplus for sale.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
On receiving the transfers from GiveDirectly, I tried hard to see that I make changes in how things were in our household. I picked on projects which came to completion later after receiving the second transfer. The biggest difference which stands out in my daily life is the presence of a cow I bought. We had been spending a lot of money buying milk from the neighborhood but it became the story of the past after receiving the transfers. My children are now enjoying the plenty milk produced from our own cow which to us is way too cheap compared to the past.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect to have started farming. It is my plan that venture first into subsistence facing and when the food we are going to produce will be enough, I can later shift my attention to some commercial farming.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($254 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 since I started receiving the transfer is that I current have a good bedding material to spent my night on unlike before when I didn't have. I find myself happy for this since it allows me to have a good rest hence always wake fresh and energetic for my daily chores.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect my life to be different in that I will have bought a cow. I will be having better income hence will be in a better a position to give my family their basic needs.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it would have been if I had not received the transfer in that I current have good bedding to rest on when am tired after my daily duties. I currently have a better a business which I supported it using the Gd transfer hence am self employed and earning something better unlike before when I could do a lot of hard casual jobs to meet my family needs.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
The new goal that I have gotten that I didn't have before receiving the transfer is to buy a cow.
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
When I was in class 8 right before I sat for my KCPE ( kenya certificate of primary education), I gave birth and life became unbearable. I didn't get support from my parents and that was the biggest hardship I've faced in life. No one was willing to assist and I had to drop out of school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Morning is the happiest part of my day. It is always refreshing to wake up feeling better and energized for day's activities.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Am planning to spend my transfer on home improvement and expansion of business. I'd wish to purchase household items and furnitures. For my business, this transfer will boost capital. I normally buy and sell cattle around this area and with GD cash, I will engage more efficient in it.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
Putting up a boutique back then in the year 2011 is an achievement am proudest of in my life. It enabled me to save enough money that saw my children get quality education. They are progressing well in life and am proud as a parent.
