We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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I bought building materials at 44,000 KES and paid 5,000 KES school fees for my son.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my life is that my son is currently learning uninterrupted after I settled his school fees arrears.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the entire token on paying school fees for my child.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I plan to buy a cow to provide us with milk. I also hope to buy ironsheety, timber and nails and build an iron roofed house.
Enrolled
access_time almost 9 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on paying secondary school fees for my two kids, I will part of the transfer on buying food that we can eat,I will spend part of the transfer on buying a motorcycle that we can use to generate more income in the transport business that can sustain us even after GiveDirectly is gone and the remaining amount we will use to buy two dairy cows that we can keep for milk.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is that we planted tomatoes some two years ago and we were able to sell the harvest which gave us cash that we used to buy two dairy cows that we now keep for milk.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is in terms of getting school fees for our children. We don't have a stable source of income and our kids have been sent home for school fees on several occasion.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I wake up in the morning and start my business of phone charging which I usually do by use of solar panel at home,when I get a lot of clients then I am happy as when they pay for the services of phone charging then I am able to buy food for my family.
