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 a cow (20000) a goat (2000), a mattress (3500) and timber to build a boat (15000)
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Our grandmother passed away and we had a big debt that was causing bad blood with our debtor, the token assisted a great deal in settling this debt and now there is peace. I also had no livestock but now i have a cow and goat. I had no money to buy a mattress but GD has given the ability to achieve all these.
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 4,600KES on buying cement and sand, and on labour to cemented the floor of my house. I also bought a goat @2,500KES and paid 1,500KES for school fees.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I plant to buy a boat for fishing, and 2 oxen for ploughing my pieces of land during planting season.
Enrolled
access_time almost 9 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We have planned to buy some beddings for ourselves,we will also like to buy household furniture lastly we would expand our house since its small.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The proudest achievement is that we have educated our child who managed to finish high school something that most people of his age in our area don't do.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship was loosing our four children who have been sick and we had to sell all the things we had for them to be treated but it was not successful.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of our day is when we are resting after a long day of work.
