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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?
I am currently living in better house which I repaired using GD transfers.Four months ago,it was about to collapse because I had abandoned it for a long period of time.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I am planning to get a better job and so that I can take care of my family needs now that my father is no more and I am the new provider.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
Our lives have greatly changed because we used GD transfers to take care of the biggest problems that we had such as housing. The money that we earn from casual jobs can now be used for household requirements and foodstuff which means that we now feed better.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
Now that I have a house,I am seriously looking for a partner who can also take care of my mother when I am away,and I hope that I will have one in the next six months.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that previously I was sleeping in my brother's house which was inconveniencing whenever he comes back home together with his family but now I have a house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect to have sharpen my mechanical skills
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from the way it would have been had I not received money from GiveDirectly in that if it wasn't for GD, I wouldn't be having a house.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I have a new goal of enrolling in a mechanical training so that I can sharpen my skills. I had started doing the course but after my dad passed on I dropped out because my mum couldn't afford to raise my fee, yet I have other siblings in secondary school.l.
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I have is lack of money to finish up college that I had started and stopped due to lack of fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I wake up, because its always by God's grace that people wake up a live . So I am always happy when I wake up a live to do my daily chores.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on building my own house.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is how I struggled through doing casual work that helped me support my mother in buying building materials to finish up building our house.
