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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($249 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I have always wanted to have a motorcycle of my own for the purpose of taxi business for where I come from this it is a jackpot to own one. So with the revenue raised from the milk, I will save some towards purchasing a new motorcycle.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I get milk every morning from my cow. I sell some to generate revenue and also use some at my home. This has really changed my living standards. The transfers I received last gave me the purchasing power. It would have really taken me ages to accumulate cash from the manual jobs that I do to buy a dairy cow. As at today, I can comfortably take care of my family from the revenue generated from selling the milk.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I am a small scale farmer. My home area is known for tea farming. So with the saving that I will have made, apart from purchasing a motorcycle I hope to have put up a tea nursery which I will later transplant to a bigger farm and venture into large scale tea farming.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($235 USD)
access_time over 5 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 life is that I am happy to live in a good house that I build after receiving this transfer.It would have taken me a long time to manage but it has made a good impact in my life.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to have changed in the next six months because I will have started a shop business and will be getting an income .
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
If I had not received this transfer,I would not have build a house.It is a big step that has allowed me to move to other targets such to save for my unborn child and even think of a business.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to build another house and buy a cow.
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access_time almost 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is relationship issues.I was in a relationship one year ago which never lasted for long.I came back one evening only to find that the woman I loved had gone and took with her some of my belonging including the cash I had.I tried following her to her parents home but she ran away and couldn't manage reaching her.I suspected that she was cheating on me and someone had tricked her to leave me.That was a very difficult for me.I currently have a wife whom we have settled for 5 months and I am still worried about relationships but I hope this one will last.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning.This is because I am glad that God has enabled me see another day.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on building a house.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is planting tea.I planted tea two years ago and I see it as a major boost when my young family will have grown.I married few months ago and I hope that when we will have our first child the tea will be ready for plucking.
