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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($476 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent the whole of the third transfer to pay school fee arrears for my children who are in secondary, primary school and college when they were almost dropping out of school because of lack the school fee arrears.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 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 paying school fees for my children in secondary school and bought two sheep as an investment for their school fees.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is being able to pay my children school fees without taking loans, the fact that they are able to stay in school means a lot to me.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on paid cultivation fees and bought seeds for planting on my farm .I also paid school fees arrears for my child who is in high school and food for my family's consumption.
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 no money at the moment even to pay school fees arrears for my son who had been sent home for school fees.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Being widowed at a young age,with 4 kids and no steady capital to see them through their wellbeing, being a peasant farmer who resides by the lakeside, hippos invaded my farm and ate up all the crops i had planted to help feed my kids, this rendered me jobless and reduced me to working as a casual labourer on peoples farms to earn a living
What is the happiest part of your day?
Daytime
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I can easily offset my son's school fees balance who has been on and off school due to the impending fee balance at school. I haven't slept peacefully in years due to this
