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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($467 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent most of my third transfer to pay school fees for my nephews who are orphan and the remaining amount, I spent to buy two sacks of maize for consumption.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
If I would not have received the transfer, I would not have managed to clear all the fee arrears I had in school and my nephews would not have got their school leaving certificate.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in sending recipients money which has brought alot of development in our community. I have not seen anything that GD did well.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($481 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
When I received my second transfer, I cleared secondary school fees arrears for my 3 children. I priority education of my 3 children since I wouldn't want to see them suffer and live in abject poverty, the life we have been living in.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Before I started receiving transfers from Give Directly, educating my children was a major challenge. I used to walk from one corner to the other soliciting for funds and organizing for fundraising that sometimes were never forthcoming but since I started receiving transfers from Give Directly, I have felt relieved!
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?
From my first transfer, I bought 3 goats at 5,500 KES and the remaining 4,200 KES, I spent to buy 2 sheep.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
Am planning to spend my second transfer to pay school fees.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I'm planning to spend my transfer on buying a land which is on higher grounds since where we stay currently is flood proned because it sits on a plain land ,I will also use part of it to pay school fees for our children in secondary school and use the rest to acquire some livestock.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I'm proudest of was when I saved money from rice farming and used it to pay dowry for my lovely wife who by then was on my neck all the time pushing me to settle the payment.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I'm facing is on payment of school fees for my children in secondary school, one is in form four and the other in form one.I fully depend on farming for my livelihood which no longer does well.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I'm ploughing using the help of my two bulls. I'm currently making my land ready for planting since the rains are almost here.
