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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($254 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My goal is to start a small business. I will be selling maize grains in my village. This way I hope to find an activity that I will engage in and make money to meet the needs of my household.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is the daily income from milk. Since I bought started milking, I reduced the amount of laborious work that I would do to get food on the table. I used to work long hours on other people's farms. It was frustrating and tiresome while the wages were too low, barely enough to feed the household. I therefor feel so relieved to have a daily income because I can sell milk and buy foodstuffs.,
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to have expanded my sources of income from a small
grains business and a dairy cow. I intend to start a maize business in my village in the coming month. I am already waiting for the cow to calve in the next two months. I know that I will have more sources of income in the next six months.
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.
Before GiveDirectly's transfer, I had a dairy cow belonging to a friend. After receiving the transfer I requested him to sell to me. This as made my life different since I rear knowing its mine.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect to have started shop.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Before GD transfer, I had no livestock. Right now I have ten poultry birds and a cow, which I bought using GD transfers.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to start a business (selling fruits, vegetables).
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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 is having to tolerate a drunkard husband.This has brought conflict within the family forcing me to seperate with him on two occasions,the longest one being being 5 years.During that time I was away from my children since my husband remained with them.This was really difficult for me.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening.This because I get to be with my children and also communicate with my husband through the phone especially when he is away at work.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a dairy cow from which I will be able to sell milk and also feed my family.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of in my life is being able to educate my daughter up to secondary school.I am proud of her because I see education as an investment and I know she will be able to help me in the near future.
