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Victor
landscapeCountry:
kenya
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
19
workCampaign
UBI
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14th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
In the next four months, I am planning to purchase goats and rear them as investments. When they mature up and they are ready for sale, they can be sold then I can use the proceeds to make greater investments like planting tea for an increased margin of revenue.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference is that I was able to comfortably pay my school fees. This had been a struggle since I come from a big family and most of my siblings are still in school. My dad is the sole bread-winner and he struggles to pay school feel because he also depends on farming and casual labor to make ends meet. Upon receiving my transfers, I have paid my school fees to ease my dad's burden.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I will have eased my dad's burden by paying my school fees. This will release him and have him worry about my other siblings. I am also certain that I will have purchased a few goats as an investment plan. This would not have happened if it weren't for GD's unconditional transfers. Before GD, I used to stay home without fees because as the elder child priority was always given to my younger siblings. But I am glad that now I can attend school consistently.
 
12th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My additional goal is to add more goats to those which I have at the moment. As goats mature faster and reproduce, within a very short time I will have a double number. This would enable me to have some for sale to support my education in the near future.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I recently completed my O level education. And due to lack of school fees I haven't been able to pursue my career as an electrician. In the last four months, I have been saving my transfers and investing in buying livestock. Now I have two goats which I have bought. Since we are living near a forest, I took this as an opportunity as there is plenty of grass and scrabs which is nutritious and good for the goats. Having this livestock is a great achievement which I wouldn't have managed to have without the support from Give Directly. My intention is to have more goats which I will then sell some to raise money for paying my school fees as I have been yearning to join college to pursue electrical installation course.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I would have bought a good number of goats and will have some which would have started reproducing. When I get the offspring, I will then sell to raise money for paying my school fees. I believe when I got skills, I would graduate and will have employment which would enable me to sustain my family.
 
8th Payment
Transfer Amount
4560 KES ($44 USD)
access_time over 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 in that I have already started investing. This is in that the goat keeping that is already established. I have been purchasing a goat with every transfer. This is because I need to invest in livestock farming in order to grow financially. I hope to be able to use them someday to start a shop business. I am a proud young man that barely a few months after school, I can be able to buy goats and even take care of my own personal needs such as clothing.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I don't have a new goal but continue in the livestock investment. I want to buy more goats to raise on my father's farm in order to establish a source of financial income. The money I would get form Selling the goats would keep me in school when I join the college.
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 in meeting my daily needs. As a young person, being able to buy clothes for myself is a big success. I don't have to do casual jobs to get them but instead, focus on getting experience and learning the skill in electrical connection to houses and other structures as this is my dream career. I am well dressed unlike before when I had not accessed the money to buy what I needed. It also feels so good that I don't burden my parent asking for money to buy clothes.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to have increased the number of goats through reproduction and through buying more whenever I get money. Owning many of these goats will enable me to pay for my training in a college to ake a diploma in electrical engineering.
 
4th Payment
Transfer Amount
4560 KES ($45 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Schooling had been very challenging for me because my family's income has been too little to pay for my school fees. I used to rely on my father to pay my school fees which often was not possible. I could stay in at home most of the time but this changed when I received the transfers for the last four months an used to pay for my self. I feel that the transfers have given me the opportunity to go through school just like my age mates. I am constantly in school which has ensured that I get a good opportunity to excel.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, My life will be different because I will still be able to pay school fees. I will also have improved my academic permanence. Additionally, I will have bought a heifer that will be growing towards milk production and increase my financial capabilities.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The last dour month's transfers have completely changed my life. My parent left me to plan on how to spend it. I paid for school fees and bought school uniforms. Most importantly I bought school shoes that have given me comfort. I am no longer subject to ridicule as I also put on full school uniform like the rest of the students. My life at school has become easy and \i hope to do well in the oncoming end of term exams.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I plan to buy a heifer. I will keep it on my father's farm so that I use it in the future to pay school fees for university or college. I have high hopes that I will do well in my secondary exams because my school attendance is now really good. I have to invest now so that I am able to pay school fees at the next level.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
 
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on paying my school fees now that I am still in Secondary School.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is the far I have studied upto this point that I am almost through with my secondary education.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Being sent home due to lack of school fees is the biggest hardship I have faced in my life.I go home at least once in a term due to lack of school fees.This has affected my studies since I take sometime to catch up with what my fellow students have learned.I sometimes spend upto a week at home as my parents look for school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening.This is because I get to socialize with my friends after being in school the whole day.