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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($474 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent the whole of the transfer to buy building materials and build my own home since l was still stay at my parent's home where l was not comfortable to do my developments and also was stopping my other siblings from putting up their homes since l am the eldest.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on buying 2 cows 30000 KES, a steel door and 3 widow 10000 KES. Paid school fee for my daughter 2000 KES and use 8000 KES for my upkeep.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in your daily life is that i now have cows.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I used my token to buy 15 iron sheets KES 8250, 15kg maize KES 1275 and food KES 400.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to buy 2 cows, fix steel door and window on my house and buy food.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We plan to use part of the money to open a carpentry workshop since my husband trained in carpentry but we lack capital to start,then buy twenty iron sheets for building a house in my own compound then use the remaining to buy 2 diary cows.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement am proudest of is, I bought utensils and furnitures for my house.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship we are facing is we don't have any source of income and it's hard for us to sustain our family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when am able to get casual work to do for the day since am sure of getting some little money to buy food for my family.
