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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($469 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent the third transfer on paying schoolfees 9000 KES, bought chairs 15000 KES, 4 bags of cement 2920 KES, wire mesh 700 KES, transportation 400 KES, labor 2550 KES,1 bag of maize 3300 and spent the remaining balance on daily meals.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Mylie has been so different for school fees was stressing me that i ended up developing blood pressure ever since Give direct came it has changed i feel releaved.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly does a good work inn giving aid to people like us and i would wish this to be continuous.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($481 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on paying school fee for my children in high school and college so that they can continue with their studies without any limitation.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is just living without stress due to school fees as before. This has seriously improve my health. Thanks a lot to GD.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($98 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent part of my transfer to clear university fee arrears for my child to enable him sat for his examination and the other part I haven't withdraw yet but I'm planning to spent it to buy food and other household goods.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
Due to heavy school fee from my 2 children in high school and the other one in University, I'm planning to spend my upcoming transfer to clear this next year fee and the remaining cash I'll spent to do some farming so that I can harvest food to feed my family.
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access_time 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We plan to pay school fees for our children, especially the one who is joining college soon, buy one dairy cow and household items that we lack.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement we're proudest of is having educated our first born child through high school and now she's at the university studying agriculture.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I'm facing currently is constant sickness, I'm suffering from Athritis which is very expensive to treat and quite painful.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the afternoon when I'm practising hym songs to perfect my singing skills.I'm a choir member at our local church,something I enjoy doing very much.
