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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($251 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?
My new goal for the next four months is to buy goats so that in case my children are sent home to collect the school fees I will sell them.
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 preceding the current transfer is that I have bought a water tank for storing clean water for drinking. I depend on casual jobs in the village to get money to buy basic needs and school fees for my children. My spouse also does casual jobs and he has no constant source of income. I used to walk for a long distance to look for clean water for domestic use. This was so tiresome and time-consuming. My children could help me to carry water but most of the time they are in school. I could look for water in the morning and in the afternoon go to the farm. When I bought water tank I have saved enough time to work on my own farm. We drink clean water, my children are no longer exposed to waterborne diseases like before. I'm is so happy because I have enough time to work on my farm and get a good harvest .
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to have changed in that I will have saved enough and started a horticulture farming. I will be selling the produce to earn an income
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
22500 KES ($224 USD)
access_time over 6 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 daily life since I started receiving the transfer is that currently I have clean water for my household use. This has reduced my hard work I had to do looking for clean water. I am also currently able to give my family a daily meal with the GD transfer unlike before. This has made my life easier and am so happy with my current life.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect to have done cabbage farming.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it would have been if I had not received the transfers in that I have clean water, enough food for my family . I currently do less hard casual job than before hence I have a better and relaxed life.I am happier currently than before since I see more ability to do better thing in my future.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
The new goal that I have developed that I didn't have before receiving the transfer is to do more short season crop farming.
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I have faced in my life is lack of enough funds to help support the family. There are times when we have to forego a lot of things for the family which should even be basic since we cannot meet all the needs with the little amount of money that we get.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the after noon when I have enough food for my children for the whole day. Nothing makes a mother happier than to see her children happy.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend part of my transfer in paying school fees for my children. I also have plans of buying clothes and food for the family using the transfers. I will use the remaining amount to buy at least two goats that I will rear.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
In the year 2009, we decided as a family to invest in tomatoes farming after maize failed to give us profits for three consecutive years. To our surprise, we made a very huge harvest which saw us make a lot of profits. It was then that we were able to build this house we are living in and even bought a dairy cow for the family. This was a great achievement to our family which I will never forget.
