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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goals for the next four months is to save money to buy a piece of land.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest in my daily life in my life is that I have to build a better house for my family. I depend on casual jobs in the village and the amount of money I could get was so small and I could not save enough to build a house. We used to live in a small mud house which could not host all my family members comfortably, the house was leaking from inside. Currently I have a decent house and my family and my family is no longer exposed to cold like before.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to have changed in that I will have started horticulture farming. I will have enough food to feed my children.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that now I have a new house which provide us with good and secure shelter.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I would expect to buy a cow with the next transfer which I will receive from Give Directly.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Currently I have better shelter which I had no plan to built anytime soon. This has brought me and my family happiness.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to have more crops in my farm so that I can get enough food for the family and surplus for sale to get income.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have not had a maize harvest for the past five years and this is the biggest hardship i have faced.This is so because my family depends on maize for food and when there was an outbreak of maize disease,it became very difficult for my family and I
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when every member of my family is home and we get to share a meal together.It makes me happy to see my children well and happy too
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to spend the transfer in building a new house.The grass thatched house my family and I live in now is old and during rainy seasons,rain water flows in
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement am proudest of is being able to provide basic needs for my family.Being a casual labourer,the money I get from casual jobs is very little hence I have to work twice as hard to be able to meet my family's need.This I have done for years and they have never slept hungry.
