We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I paid school fees for my two children who are in secondary school with the last transfer that I received then I bought a diary cow to help me with milk and maybe later sell when need arises and two sheep as part of my livestock.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($483 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I speed my second transfer on ploughing vegetables for sale. I also bought 2 sheep and paid school fees.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have an income to meet daily needs.
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 to buy 2 sheep and bought food for my family.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt very happy,I believe in future I'll be able to own a home.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
My first plan is to use part this money to pay school fees for my five children. Two of them are in form one, one in class seven, another in class six and the last in class three. Secondly, I intend to use another part to buy water pipes to enable me to irrigate my farm. Lastly, I intend to use the remaining amount to start a small business of selling fish.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement am proudest of is that when my husband passed away, I was living in a grass-thatched house, and my first born was in class five. Now, now I am living in a metal-roofed house and I have managed to take two children to secondary school through the small farming that I am doing.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced is getting money to pay fees for my two children in secondary school since what I am getting from the small scale farming is not sufficient to cater for our daily basic needs and the school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when we are having supper together with my children when each of them tells me what happened to them during the day.
