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I spent 28,000 KES to buy two bulls, paid 2,500 KES for NHIF subscriptions, bought two bags of maize for 6,000 KES, paid school fees for 5,000 KES and also bought a hand-drawn plough for 6,000 KES. The rest was spent on buying food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The plough and the bulls I bought will help to reduce my farming expenses as I do not have to hire them anymore.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the transfer on paying school fees ksh 5000, ksh 3000 1 sack of maize and the remaining part we spent on meals.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning boost my wife's business and buy 2 bulls for farming.
Enrolled
access_time 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to buy materials like cement and sand which I will use to plaster my house. I also need to buy stocks of food for my family as there are many members in my family, I will also buy two oxen and a ploughing machine, my spouse also needs to buy a dairy cow so that she can get milk which she can sell and have an income.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is having tilled my land and planted maize, cassava and groundnuts, after harvesting the produce and selling them at the market I was able to buy materials which I used to build my own house.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my children, my income is not sufficient to cater for all my children's school fees and I fear that they may drop out of school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning because the Lord has blessed with life and I can look forward to getting some work to do, which means I might be able to put food on the table for my family.
