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Margaret
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Small business
faceAge:
52
workCampaign
Standard Kenya
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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($468 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my children who used to be sent home each and every time because of fee arrears. The remaining part of the money I bought with sacks of maize and sorghum because it was a period of drought and I wanted my family to have something that could sustain them.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($491 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent most of my transfer to buy building materials to renovate my house from mud to plastered, I also bought food for my family and also steel door to enhance the security of my house and family
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I would walk long distance looking for clay to repair my house, but now it is plastered and now I use in doing other duties, my children can afford to have three meals a day and this makes me very happy
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
l spent my first transfer to build borehole so l bought building materials at 2500 KES, labor-charge 1000 KES, l also spent 3000 KES to pay school fees for my child in secondary school, lastly bought 1 sack of maize at 3200 KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
l am planning to plaster my house since l am staying in a very dusty house.
 
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access_time over 7 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 soon joining secondary schools. Secondly l would wish to plaster my house to avoid frequent buying of soil for smearing my house. Finally l would like to buy paint to paint my roof to protect it from rusting.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is that we struggled to educate our of our children upto high school.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income to sustain my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the is when having dinner with all my family.