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We spent 17,000 KES to buy a bull and spent 30,000 KES to pay school fees for our three children in secondary school. The rest of the transfer was spent on daily HH expenses.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
I constructed a pit latrine with the first transfer and this has helped reduce the shame of going to the bush to answer calls of nature and we have also been relieved by paying school fees for our children.
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 built a latrine and bought food with the token payment.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
We are planning to spent the upcoming lumpsum payment on fencing our compound, paying school fees and buying cows.
Enrolled
access_time almost 9 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on building a toilet, I will also buy two bulls for ploughing my farm and one dairy cow. The remaining amount I will spend on paying school fees for my children who are in secondary school and also to buy some wire mesh so that I can fence my home.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that I am proudest of is that I was able to build a house that I currently stay in so when it rains it doesn't rain on us and the cash that built the house was got from the sale of our farm produce.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that school fees for our children is a burden and at times we go to bed hungry due to lack of food as our income is very low.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when we go to our farm in the morning to plough it and when the crops grow,we are happy that we have harvested the maize and beans for our consumption.
