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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?
When I received my third transfer, I finished the construction of my main house-it was an expensive bungalow than the roofing a lone cost me 300000 KES, amount I couldn't be able to raise if it were not the intervention from Give Directly.
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 if I never received the transfer in that, I have acquired a better house where we live more comfortably without relying on financial institutions for loans. I live a debt-free kind of life and I can equate this to peaceful state of mind I have acquired since then.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, what Give Directly does well is that it sends us money in time but where it misses it is sending us less than we would need. Since we are anticipating bigger projects, I would ask next time it tries to increase this amount a little bit higher, above 1000 Us dollar.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($491 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent most of my transfer to do electric wiring in my house in order for electricity to installed in my compound and also bought bigger windows for my house
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have electricity in my house and no longer have to spend money in buying kerosene but spends that money in doing something else.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the last transfer 10000KES to pay school fees for my child who is in university for the last year of compleletion
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I plan to buy 70 iron - sheet to complete roofing since i had already finished putting up the walls .I also want to finish paying school fees for my child who is going to graduate in December this year school
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access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I would like to use part of the money to pay school fees for my children who are in the Universities . Finally l would like to expand my business to generate more income to sustain my family.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is that l have struggled to educate my children upto the university.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship in life is lack of enough money to educate my children.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the afternoon after working in my farm and relaxing in my house.
