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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
The current difference is that, I eat well and dress well. This makes me feel good and contented.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I am planning to start a business that will help me pay schools for my son joining high school next week.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference is that I have a good place to sleep and my children also have good clothes.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I will have ventured into large-scale farming to enhance higher production and more income.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My house at least have furniture. When I hosted visitors,I had to borrow from neighbours who later talked ill of me for borrowing everytime. This is no longer the case given that at least I have furniture and someone can now ask where I bought them. I also bought a bible to help me turn to God and always give Him thanks for blessing me through GiveDirectly. This is the biggest difference in my daily life.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
There was a day I went to fetch water in my neighbors house because she had an iron roofed house. She told me the last time she checked,it rained for everyone and that she did not see the point of me fetching water in her house. I felt so bad and bitter,and that is why in the next six months,I expect my life to have changed for the better with me having an iron roofed house like the others in the villages.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different in that people have at least started showing me some respect,before people could tell me so many bitter words because I am poor.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to build an iron roofed house.
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I've faced in life is bringing up my family under meager earnings, I failed to feed, dress & educate my children properly.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is at night, after a long day out I settle down with my family for a meal and encouragement talk.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer to improve my house which is in a bad state with a leaking roof.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I'm proudest of is starting a small business whose proceeds have helped me in feeding my family.
