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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($467 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I am staying with my youngest brother-in-law who is secondary school and because his parents passed on, my family had to take care of him, so when I received my third transfer I paid his school given that he is in secondary school. Sometimes he could stay out of school for one week for lack of school fees. I also bought glass windows and a steel door that I have since fixed on my door. My house looks so nice without the wooden windows it had before. The remaining I Invested in my plastic business. I added more stock. This business helps me in paying school fees payment and feeding my family.
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 20 iron sheets at 11,000 KES, roofing poles at 3,000 KES,wall poles at 5,300 KES, roofing and ordinary nails at 3,000 KES,bought water used during thatching of the walls at 1,000 KES,bought soil at 14,000 KES,paid 2,100 KES for transportation ,8,000 KES on labour charges and paid 1,300 KES on school fees.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my life is having built a new house,because my old house crumbled down during the previous rainy season.
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 spent my token payment on adding capital to my plastic business.I also paid school fees and ploughed my land.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on buiding an iron roofed house.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I would like to use part of the money to build a new house because we have not changed our house according to the tradition. Secondly l would wish to open up a business to generate income to help support my family. Finally l would like to use the rest of the money to do farming in order to increase productivity for my family.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is that to pay school fees for my children.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship in life is unreliable source of income to support my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the morning when all my children are able to go to school without being sent home for school fees.
