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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($477 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on building a decent spacious house and now I am happy with a peaceful mind since before the transfer I was staying in a small five iron sheet house with seven of my family members and when I had visitors they were forced to sit outside due to lack of space.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($491 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
We spent the transfers to buy 25 iron sheets, nails, timber and other construction materials to construct a new house that is bigger and better looking. The remaining amount was spent on buying food in the house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my life is that we have achieved great respect in the community since we managed to construct a new house that looks much better than the previous small and old one.
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 500 KES from the first transfer to buy school uniform for my children, spent 200 KES on buying school shoes for my child, used 5,000 KES to buy timber for building, Bought one sack of maize at 1,500 KES, paid school fees worth 1,500 KES and the remaining 1,300, I spent on food for my family
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to use the second transfer to buy iron sheets and timber for roofing. I also plan to buy livestock and some of the transfer to invest on farming
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We're planning to spend our transfer on building a new bigger house since the current one is very small, secondly we intend to construct a toilet since we don't have one,lastly we will use the remaining amount to pay school fees and buying uniforms for our children.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement we're proudest of is having been able to build our current house, we used to stay in a thatched house but the current one is tin roofed even though it is small.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship we face currently is on making ends meet, the charcoal burning we do is not very promising given our area has no much trees plus it is not environmental friendly but we have no choice.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is during the lunch hour when I cook for my family. This means children from school are able to go back having ate.
