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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($465 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I added some rooms to my house with the last transfer,and bought a steel door and a steel window, I also spent this money to get a bull to help me in ploughing.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($485 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
When I received my second transfer, I built a semi-permanent house of 30 iron sheets. I decided to construct the house since my former house was very pathetic-its roof was dented all over and we could always seek for refuge at the neighbor's home whenever it could rain due to its leaking nature.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that currently, I have earned more respect in my village. As a widow, my husband died and left me in that pathetic house and therefore people jeered me a lot before I constructed a new one.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the token transfer paying school fee to my school son in secondary, what remain I spent on buying daily food.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy because the day I received the cash it was also a market day.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer to start a fish mongering business.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is taking care of my children even after the death of their father more than three years ago.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I am facing in my life is lack of enough food for my large family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when I am resting after a hard day's work in the farm.
