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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($245 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l now have my own cow that very soon I will milking and this help will be not to spend money in buying milk but instead l get money from sales of milk . I also have high hopes of completing my house that I had started building and once I complete it my life will definitely change.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to save money from my work of till for people their lands using my cows and ox plough to get money and spend the money to complete building my house that I had started but I could not complete due to lack of money. I am also planning to fance my compound since there is alot of insecurity in the village.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that l am now very sure of staying in a nice a spacious iron roofed house since I managed to buy ironsheets that i am planing to put up a nice iron roofed house very soon. I will no longer stay in a grass-thatched leaking house as I am currently staying in, where I am being rained on during rainy season. I am also very happy because I managed to buy my own dairy cow where I am sure of not spending money in future to buy milk as l used to do. I am also sure of being able to pay school fee for my children with ease in future.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I will have started saving money from my work and I am sure l will have managed to start working on completing the house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($235 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 is that I have a very nice descent house. I am no longer embarrassed when I host visitors. My grass thatched old fashioned was so embarrassing.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months,I expect to have my own ploughing bulls. I will not have to wait for anyone to lend me theirs. This means that I will be harvesting on time during all the planting seasons.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I used to sleep in a very bad house and were it not for GiveDirectly ,I could still be using that house.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to purchase my own ploughing bulls. I am tired of waiting for people to plough their farms so that they lend me their bulls which make me cultivate late after them.
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced is staying awake with my family the whole night when it rains and the roof leaks, because I do not have a stable source of income to put up a metal roof.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the mornings when I wake up and find out that all my family members are well healthwise.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on building a metal roof house because this grass thatched one leaks when it rains.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is having married my wife, and now I have a family.
