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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($465 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on building a decent spacious house that accommodated eight members of my family comfortably since before the transfer my family and I were staying in a small squeezed house due to several obligation of paying school fees for my three children who are high school that made it impossible for me to save for this project as my income was also too little.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent most of the second transfer to pay school fee for my children who are in secondary school. The remaining balance l spent to buy building materials as l am planing to build a spacious comfortable house, since l am staying in a very small house which is not comfortable.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is a bout pay school fee for my three children who are in secondary school, because it was not an easy task pay their fee, since l do not have a stable source of income.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the first transfer on buying 3 goats that I can easily sell incase I an emergency, I also bought 2 bags of maize for my family and spent what remain on buying daily food.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy together with my children because we didn't have even money to buy food on that day.
Enrolled
access_time almost 8 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Getting school fees is my biggest challenge right now.With no good income,I face a challenge getting their school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I rarely have happiness within me because of the challenges I face daily.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I felt happy having been told that I'm part of those going to receive the transfer.
I knew I'm going to move some step of development.
