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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($466 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on buying a bull for ploughing. The remaining I spent on buying corn for my family consumes and given that I am a horticultural farmer, I spent some on my farm needs. Buying seeds and weeding my farm. How I wish GiveDirectly would come back and help us more.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($481 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 purchasing a sofa set to make my house a place of comfort for my family and visitors. For years have had a house without even a single seat. Besides that, I purchased a cow to begin livestock rearing as my other fellow youths do in the village.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
I have experienced a very big difference in my daily life since I work up every morning to milk my cow, sell a portion of the milk to get money while the remaining portion is used for domestic consumption.
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 first cash transfer on buying 1 sac of maize 3,200 KES, a bed 6,000 KES and bought food with 700 KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I'm planning to spend my upcoming cash transfer on buying farm inputs and pay for my children school fees.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Our plan is to spend our transfer on large scale farming of tomatoes and sugar cane since these are major cash crops in our area and lastly spend the rest in buying food for the family.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I'm proudest of is having saved money from tomatoes farming and used the cash to build my current house which is spacious as opposed to the previous one which was very small.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I'm facing currently is on paying school fees for my our children.My new house is also yet to be completed and this needs money which I do not have now.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I'm attending to my tomatoes which have been my greatest source of income since I sell them to traders at a reasonable price.
