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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($252 USD)
access_time 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal for the next four months is to save money to start an horticulture farming. This will be another source of income because I will be selling the produce at the market.
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 that I have started a business. I used to do casual jobs in the village and the amount of money that I could get was small. Sometime when there were no jobs I had nowhere to get the money to buy the basic needs of the family. Currently, I have a source of income from the business that I started selling cereals at the center. My children have all the basic needs and I no longer do casual jobs like before. I have devoted much of my time to my own farm during the morning and in the afternoon I open my business. I have also started saving culture .i have a plan of buying a piece of land in the near future.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought a dairy cow. I will cut the cost of buying milk.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 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.
The greatest difference in my life is that I have a business which has enable me to get money to save and provide for my child. I was able to start a grocery with the money which I got from GD.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I would expect to have bought a heifer and expand my business buy introducing quick foods like potato chips and snacks.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Currently I depend on my business which as given me a reliable source of income. Before I would go seeking casual jobs which was hard sometimes to find and in case you get one it might take days before completion. Currently running my grocery has enable me get quick profit with less straining.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to start saving the money which I get from my business so that I can buy my own piece of land.
Enrolled
access_time almost 6 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on improving my business and also to buy a dairy cow.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning because God has enable me to see the next day healthy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship i have faced in life, sometimes it has hard to get money to buy seed to used in my farm.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that i have achieved and proud of in my life is after successfuly producing good harvest for my farming this has assisted me in pay school school fees
