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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($463 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I am a horticultural farmer, but I did not have bulls for ploughing, and I was forced to hire, so when I received my second transfer, I bought two bulls, and when I received my third transfer too, I added two more. I now have the bulls for ploughing my farms without having to hire. I also bought school uniforms for my children in school.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my transfer on buying two bulls for ploughing my farms. I then used some of the transfer on a funeral arrangement of a close relative who had passed on.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that now have my own bulls that I use for ploughing my land and I do not have to pay money to hire bull form any other person when I need to till my land.
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 on ploughing services, purchase of local cow peas vegetable seeds and weeding (10,000 KES) because I grow the vegetables for sale.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment when I received my money I was thrilled because I would be able to boost my small-scale Agri-business Project and hopefully make more money.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Our first plan is to use part of the transfer to buy an ox-plough and a bull, that we plan to use, together with the one bull we already have, to plough our farms, because currently, we have to hire. Finally, we intend to use the remaining amount to start a boutique shop.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
Having bought eleven water pipes, that we use to irrigate our farm where we grow tomatoes and kales, is the achievement we are very proud of.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Due to inadequate income, paying school levies for our five children in primary school, is the biggest hardship we have faced.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the mornings, when I'm having breakfast together with my family, before I leave for the farm.
