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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($467 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I dint have a house before I used to live in a small house which I cannot consider as a house we just used it to sleep so I used my last transfer to build a house and the rest I used to buy things in the house including mattress, bed and seats,I bought this thing for the obvious reason that I had never acquired any of this things before.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($487 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent the second transfer on building a new iron roof house to replaced my old house, I also paid school fee to my son in secondary school to avoid missing the end term exam what remain I spent on buying daily food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest different in my life is that I have a bigger iron roof house that is not leaking during rainy season unlike the previous house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($98 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I paid for iron sheets with my first transfer and bought my children's clothes and shoes.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am to planning to spend my upcoming transfer on building a bigger house, sinking a pit latrine and paying school fees for my children.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I have planned to build a bigger house for my family since the one I am in is very small.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is that I now have my own house unlike before when I used to move from home to home in search of where to sleep.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship was losing my husband and being sent away from my marital home because of some misunderstanding,which kept me away for a very long time and in the process I lost a lot of things in my house which am yet to recover.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when am able to burn my charcoal and sell them so that I can buy a few things for my house.
