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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($477 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent the transfer to buy more building materials to build a larger house to accommodate my family and the rest i paid school fees for my children who had been sent home.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent the whole of my second transfer to pay school fees for my 6 children, 2 of whom are in secondary and 2 others in university because I had no other source of money to pay their fees.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I paid school fees for my children in time, thus none of them was sent home for the same, enabling me to be stress free.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on purchasing food for the family consumption, paid fees for my child who is in high school to reduce the balance and used most of the amount on purchasing two sheep that I would resell incase of any emergency.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received the transfer I felt very happy. It was in the evening while I was resting at home and upon reading the message and confirmed that GiveDirectly had sent the transfer, the first person that I told was my wife who laughed with joy knowing that we had the money at hand.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to use this transfer to first fence my homestead.It is in an open place and everyone passes here.I also want to repair my house.The doors and windows are old and would like to cement the floor.
If part of the remaining money remain,I will construct a kitchen to have a separate place for cooking.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My biggest achievement I'm proud of is having my own homestead and struggling to educate my children and most of them are now in upper classes.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I currently have is not getting enough income to be able to meet most of the important needs of the family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the morning.Waking up is a great value that makes me happy for facing another new day.
