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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 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?
I am currently taking a computer course to keep me occupied while I also learn more. I hope that in the next four months, I will have completed the course so that I can apply for a job as an instructor at any available computer college for an income.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
These transfers enabled me to clear the huge school fee balance that I had accumulated in my former secondary school over a long period of time due to my family's low income that made it impossible for them to keep up. My parents, my siblings and I were always worried about how we would raise the money to clear the balance so that when I completed, I would get my certificate, but this is no longer the case as the transfers made it possible. I am very happy and hopeful that I will one day join college because I now have my certificate with me.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
My biggest expectation is to be able to join college and take up a course of my choice, but that seems to be impossible at the moment because of my family's inability to raise the fees. As I wait for the right time when I will get a scholarship or a wellwisher to pay my college fees, I will look for a job to help me support my family which I hope I will have achieved in the next six months.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($232 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that I managed to pay school fees for the whole term. I am glad that the pending arrears will not be carried to next year.
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 completed paying school fees. I will just be waiting for my final exams thanks to GiveDirectly.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it would have been if I had never received the transfer in that I have managed to complete paying school fees for the whole term.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I do not have any new goals.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is how to pay school fees for my secondary school education.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when going through my books.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to spend my transfer on paying my school fees.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is that I passed well in primary school examination and I am now in high school.
