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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($462 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on completion of construction for a 4 room house since our previous house was small and poorly structured. I also bought a bag of dry corn for family consumption . I then also restocked my sardines business with 3,000 KES . I had started my business using 6,000 KES from my second transfer, to enable me lighten the burden from off my husband's shoulders. Actually my husband appreciated GD very much for the support and if you call him he will confirm the same. I have grown my working capital to 12,000 KES to date in spite of not doing active business for the past 2 weeks due to political uncertainty as I used to send my products to Nairobi. I hope to resume the business soon.Thank you very much.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($483 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent a bigger portion of my second transfer on buying building materials (40 pieces of iron sheets and 50 pieces of round poles). I bought a bag of maize and opened a fish business with 10000 KES.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is having a source of income from the business I opened thus I'm now independent and I can easily meet my needs.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy one sack of maize for my family consumption. I also bought cushions for my seats. I am happy they are now comfortable to sit on. I also bought two plastic chairs.The remaining I spent on food for my family.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
At the time I received the money,I did not have food for the next day.So the moment I received it,I was so happy. I was guaranteed food for the next day.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Getting enough money to feed my family has just been a burden mostly because of the current drought being experienced in the region.we are forced to buy everything from water to food yet previously we could farm our own food and get water freely from our streams.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I love evening hours since it is the only time when I get to have time with my family to just enjoy each others company after all the daily activities have been exhausted.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
It means the start of a brighter future for my family since now we can build a better house and more importantly we can buy a motorbike that my husband can be riding to earn income for our household instead of him working as a slasher at the university in Bondo.
