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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($468 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer n buying livestock, I bought a mature heifer which I will be keeping for milk and 5 sheep which I am rearing and ones my flock grows I will be selling for a profit.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different than it would have been because the transfers have enabled me amass a big herd of cattle including sheep and goats which I would not have acquired had I not received any transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, I like the organization dealt directly with us and did not use middlemen like the local government who are a corrupt lot. The only thing that I think should be looked into is the hotline which is not easily accessible, you can call for sometime yet the calls go unanswered or they do not go through at all.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second cash transfer to buy a cow 28000KES,sheep 8000KES,kept 10000KES as savings to take my wife to college,shoping and food 4000KES.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to buy cows and save money for my wife to go to college.
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 bought 3 sheep for keeping with the the entire transfer.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I plan to pay for a piece of land that I hope to build my home on.
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access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Am planning to use part of the money to take back my wife in college to finish her course in community development and social work. Then use the remaining to boost my current shop business.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The greatest achievement am proud of is bring able to build my current iron sheets house, I used to live in a small grass thatched house that was leaking but out of my hard work I built a better house for my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship am facing is I don't have land am just squatting in my mother's compound. I need to buy my own piece of land.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when am working on my farm land.
