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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I built a house with 47000 KES and spent 3000 to buy food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
I was homeless but now have a house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the entire transfer on constructing a iron roofed structure that I use as a grocery shop.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I plan to buy building materials: ironsheet, timber and nails, and repair my iron roofed house.
Enrolled
access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my first transfer on buying chairs, a mattress, utensils and containers that I can use to store water like a tank. The second transfer I will spend on building my own house by buying building materials like timber and cement and the remaining amount I will spend on bringing back my wife or marrying a different one if I am not lucky to have her back.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that I am proudest of is that I was able to go to school and completed my high school education through struggle.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that being a man I find it difficult in doing households chores without a wife and at the same time I am expected to go to my daily casual work. So this makes me at times not to perform well in my duties due to having a lot of things to do in mind like ploughing people's farms before I can be paid for the day.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is during rainy seasons as I go out in the morning to do some ploughing and wedding in other people's farms which in the end I get paid for.
