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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My son had been sick and was admitted to the hospital for two weeks. this left me with huge hospital bills and I decided to issue my title deed and identification cards to give assurance of clearing the bills. I used my transfer to clear all the hospital bills and claimed back my documents. Had it not been for GiveDirectly, my documents would have been still with the hospital.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I am planning to take my son to college. He attained good grades in his final exams in high school and would want to give him a chance to continue with his education. His desire has been to join a medical college and I have been trying to so hard to help him achieve his ambitions, and that is my new goal.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life preceding the current transfer is renovating my house. It had damages on the roof which made it to leak during rainy days. I also plastered the floor and walls of my house. This has eased my wife the burden of periodical smearing as a way of maintaining it. Cleaning has also been made easier and quicker.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect to expand my poultry farm to be large so that It brings more income. I am planning to start buying more chicks and modern chicken feeds so that they grow and multiply faster to bring me more income. This will help me with paying fees as well as addressing most of my household's needs which are quite challenging at the moment.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 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.
I am now living a stress free life because I have managed to use the money I received to start on a project that I have always wanted, but could not due to lack of enough money.I also have hope of renovating my house which will improve our general health due to reduced dust around the house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I hope that in the next six months, I will have an extra source of income from my chicken project.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I would not have been able to build the chicken house which means that my dream of ever staring the project would still be very far from becoming a reality.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I am planning to plaster my house so that it can be decent.
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is, paying fees for my child who is in college due to lack of funds since I do not have a stable income.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I wake up and go to my farm. I work in the farm with anticipation of good future for my family.I believe I will have food to take care of my family.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer to,pay school fees for my children and improve my house by plastering it. This will make it stay longer and accommodate us for a longer period.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is,I have build a house and now my family are well sheltered as compared to the small grass thatched house that I used to stay in before.
