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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($252 USD)
access_time 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goals for the next four months is to save money to build a house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the currently is that I paid school fees for my two children in secondary. I depend on the casual jobs in the village in the village to earn to meet basic needs. The amount of money I get is so small and could not gather for all the basic needs including paying the school fees. My children were sent home to collect school fees and since I did not had money the could stay home for a longer time and this was affecting their performance. Currently I paid the school fees and my children are no longer sent home like before. There performance has improved .i have devoted my time to do my activities peaceful without any problems. I'm so happy and I expect a good performance.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to have build a house in the next six months and I would have bought a dairy cow. To cut the cost of buying milk daily.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 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.
My life is currently different since I am able to pay my children's fees. Thanks to Give Directly.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I will have build myself a house.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Before GD transfers, I had a lot of fees arrears in school. Give Directly transfers helped me reduce this burden.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My goal is to educate my children.
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that i have faced is raising school fees for my children in secondary school.With my casual jobs,I make very little money which I have to use for daily household expenses as well as school fees.This sometimes becomes very difficult to handle
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when i wake up.This is so because the day is still fresh and i have not encountered anything that would make me feel otherwise
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I have two children in secondary school.I am planning to spend part of the transfer in paying their school fees.The remaining part i will use to build a small house so that my son who usually sleeps at a neighbours house can have a place to sleep
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement am proudest of is when i bought a cow.I worked on my casual jobs for two years and kept saving money.With time these savings were enough for me to buy a cow and when I did,I was very proud
