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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($468 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I never knew that I could one day live in a dust-free house, a healthier life. I never knew that one day I would own a cow and finally I never knew that my children would go to school. I have achieved all these courtesy of Give Directly. If it were not the transfers, these would still be a dream in my life.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly promised us money and we received it and therefore what it does well is honesty. However, I feel that it never engaged us enough as the community members and this is why most of us failed to participate in the program.
What did you spend your third transfer on?
When I received my third transfer, I spent it on a cow worth 16000 KES and used the rest of the money for the plastering of my main house. I never wanted to lose this money since I would like to see Give Directly's legacy for the rest of my life for what they have done to us
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
From my second transfer, I spent 2,500 KES to pay school fees for my siblings, I bought 10 bags of cement at 7,500 KES, bought fascia board at 1,400 KES, bought 3 windows at 15,000 KES, bought sand at 900 KES, bought bricks at 800 KES, spent 5,000 KES to pay laborers renovating my house, spent 550 KES to buy water used in renovating my house, bought a table at 3,000 KES, bought a cupboard at 9,000 KES, bought 1 sack of maize of maize at 2,800 KES and the remaining 1,400 KES, I spent to buy food for my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
My life is different is that, I paid school fees for my siblings, have household utensils, and also my house is beautiful like any other in the village
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I bought mattrees 4500 KES, utensils 3500 KES, paid school fees of 1500 KES and bought maize for 500 KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I will repair my house with the upcoming lumpsum and buy households items which I am lacking.
Enrolled
access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer to buy a brand new mortobike that my spouse will use to transport people from the village to the nearby centre.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is having and raising two beautiful girls by working very hard.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship is how to acquire a piece of land that I can cultivate inorder to get food.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my is whenever I can get money to buy food for my children.
