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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($463 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 buying cattle for 30,000 KES to pay dowry to my parents in law since this has always been like a thorn in my flesh but I had no money yet.I also spent 7, 000 KES on tilling land and on maize and bean seeds since we need to grow our own food and harvest well.The balance I spent on food for my family.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on buying building materials at 32,000 KES which I'll use to set my own compound, two sacks of maize at 9,200 KES, paid 5,000 KES hospital bills for my mother-in-law, then used the rest of the cash on little house errands.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that am now hopeful of having my own compound, something I never thought I would manage even in the next five years.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on payment of Hospital bill for my son (2,500 KES), bought or him school uniform and shoes to replace his torn ones (1,0000 KES), hired tractor services for ploughing since it is more efficient (3,000 KES) and also bought dry corn for consumption ( 3,500 KES).
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment when I received my money I felt energized because I could take care of a crisis immediately; It happens that my son had become very sick, the Public Hospital Doctors were on strike Country-wide and I had no choice but to seek services of a Private Doctor, as a result of which the bill accumulated much yet I had insufficient funds. Thank you very much for GD transfer, it saved me.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The most prominent difficulties that my household is facing with on a day to day basis, is getting money to feed ourselves since the whole season it has been very dry and we have not been able to farm.To make it worse, the casual labour that i normally partake have not also been available of late.
One of my children also got sick very recently and raising money to take her to hospital to get better treatment also proved to be very difficult and I was forced to borrow from friends
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am mostly happy at night when I go to sleep because I know that yet another difficult day has managed to pass by and that both my family and I are alive and safe.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
It means growth and prosperity for me and my family.once I get it, my wife and I have already planned that we will engage in farming in large scale so that it can be a source of income for our livelihood rather than just feeding.we have also planned to use the money to build a much better house that will be presentable even when my in laws come to visit
