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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($473 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer to build a kitchen which i did not have before. We also constructed a boat to act as a source of income, for our household.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on cementing my house into a semi- permanent house from a mud one and fixed a fascia board and three steel windows.I have bought timber since I ma planning to construct a boat of my own for my husband to use as a source of income since he is a fisherman. I also bought sofa seat seats and other household expenditures.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest differences in my daily life are I have managed to cement my house from a mud one into a semi-permanent house and now I no longer incur frequent expenses which I used to mostly on raining seasons as the walls of the mud house could be destroyed leaving it in unaesthetic state.My children have decent clothes as they no longer put on torn rusty clothes which lead to low esteem and exclusion while playing with their age-mates.
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 larger part of my first transfer on buying 8 pieces of iron sheets 4600 KES since I am planning to build a spacious decent houses. I bought a bag of maize 3600 KES and clothes for my family. I also paid school fees for my five children who are in primary school 1000 KES.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy since I had never received such an amount of money, freely without working for and non- refundable in my whole life.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Having to provide three meals to my family from my meagre income
What is the happiest part of your day?
At noon when my children come back for lunch and appreciate whatever have prepared for them,hence they don't go back to school in an empty stomach
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Am feeling happy for soon am going to receive a cash transfer that am going to use to plaster my house.
