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Jackson
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Casual labour
faceAge:
30
workCampaign
UBI
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18th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 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 in that I am almost achieving my goal of building a decent house for my family. I have been able to buy some building materials and the only thing remaining is to buy some nails and actualize my dream. Seeing the building materials at home always makes my heart be at peace.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My additional goal in life is life is to buy a heifer. My spouse and I will use our transfers cumulatively to achieve this. Buying a heifer will help me reduce our daily expenditure when it reproduces.
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 I have been able to buy some timber and iron sheets to use in building a spacious house for my family. The house we currently live in is small and not decent. Initially, this was just a wish and I am glad because I am soon going to actualize it.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect that my life will have changed in that I will have bought a heifer. Being the owner of a heifer will give me hope that I will stop buying milk daily soon. In addition to this, I will have completed building a house for my family. The cleaning process will have been made easy for my wife since I am planning to cement floor.
 
15th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
I see my life currently different from how it was four months ago because I now have a goal in mind to fulfil having already started over by buying the construction materials. This has made my entire family happier. as the dream of living in a more decent house is coming true
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal for the next four months is that I am planning to purchase a dairy cow. this will really boost milk production both for my family consumption as well as for sale. I even plan to name it "Give directly" as a remembrance of GD transfers.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
My life is currently different from how it was four months in that I am now happier because I have already bought some house construction materials. I am planning to construct a more decent timber house because the one I currently live in a grass-thatched mud-house. I couldn't afford to do that before because I didn't have a constant source of income
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change to be better in the next six months because I will have accomplished my goals. I will have a decent home. I will also be having a dairy cow. The money that I would have used to buy milk with will be used in other ways as well as I will, in turn, get some additional income from the sale of milk. This will make my entire family live good and healthy. We will no longer strain so hard doing strenuous jobs to earn a living
 
12th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Initially, I used to do a lot of casual jobs for food. I had a dream of building a new house but my source of income was not enough. This could only provide food for my family. Currently, I am half way in fulfilling my dream by using the transfers I get from GiveDirectly.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal in the next four months is to build a house. I will facilitate this goal using the savings I have in table banking.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that am able to purchase building materials unlike before. I used to do casual jobs. This could cater for me food only. Thanks to GiveDirectly. I managed to use the transfers to purchase buildings materials and save the rest in the table banking.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect to have purchased a dairy cow. I will facilitate this by combining our transfers together with my wife for 3 months then use it to buy a dairy cow.
 
6th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time 6 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 in that I currently I make a monthly saving unlike before when I used to spend all of my income in my family basic needs. In the near future, I see my life different in that I will also own some asset like cow, sheep and I will also have built a new family house.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
The new goal that I have developed in my life in the next four months is to buy a cow.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I able to save money through merry go round. With this, I have a hope of good things to do in my life for my family.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect my life to be better in that I will have bought a cow and build a house. I also expect to have started tea farming.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to build a house with transfer and buy a cow. Since I joint merry go round when I got the transfer from GD, I am planning to spent the money to built a house and buy a cow. These two items I have been longing for sometime.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
If it was not not Give Directly I would not been in a position to joint Merry Go Round. With the help from GD I got to join the group where we raise my for individual members to fund their projects or an meaningful idea they have according to the personal needs.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect would have built a new house and will have moved in and live happy with my family. Our current is not specious enough for my growing family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The great difference is happiness in my life since I got the transfer. Personally I have never had money from anywhere and am seeing that these money will bring change in my life and that has brought joy and happiness .
 
Enrolled
access_time almost 7 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship i have ever faced in my life is when my child was sick and was hospitalised for a week then i was charged a huge medical bill which i could raise it on my own.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when waking up in the morning strong and healthy. I feel privileged to have a chance to wake up since not all people wake up alive.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfers on building a new house and buy a milking cow
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that i am proud of is having my own children who i really love them