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 spent the entire transfer on buiyng ironsheet, timber and nails, paid labour and built an iron roofed house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
I now live in a good spacious iron roofed house, as opposed to the small room that I lived in.
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 plastered my main house with cement and sand using 8000 KES of my token payment then I spent the remaining 2000 KES on a goat.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to expand or extend my main house then invest the remaining amount of my upcoming lumpsum payment in commercial vegetable farming.
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access_time almost 9 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to spend the transfer to expand my house and plaster the floor. I also plan to spend the transfer to build a toilet. I also plan to spend the transfer to buy furniture. I also plan to spend the transfer to rent a parcel of land that I will use to grow crops to increase harvest.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is that I have been able to build my own house.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I have been sickling and sometimes I don't go to work because of illness. My right hand has also been paralysed. I should be going for a thorough medical check up but I don't have money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the morning when am busy weeding in my farm.
