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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($462 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on buying building materials that I used to build a more nice decent house. Some of it I spent paying school fees for my child in primary school and corn for family consumes. I pray that GiveDirectly could continue helping the less fortunate like me in other places.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 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 building materials at 40,000 KES, a sack of maize at 3,500 KES, paid 2,800 KES school fee for my child in primary school then used the rest on other home errands.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that am now very hopeful of have a decent and presentable house that will accommodate me and my visitors, my husband also managed to train as a house builder as well as mechanics hence he'll be able to land jobs which will give us incomes.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on purchase of 2 goats (6,000 KES) that I wish to rear, as well as 1 bag of dry corn for food (3,800 KES)
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment when I received my money I was thrilled since I could start off my pet Project right away -I like rearing animals and I would start with goats. Thank you.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We're planning to spend our transfer on paying for a mechanical training course for my husband, renovate the roofs of our current house since we used old iron sheets to put up the roof, lastly we intend to start a small foodstuffs business here in the village to support the family.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
Building our current house has been our proudest achievement,we used to stay in a six iron sheet roofed house which would leak alot during rainy seasons and was very small.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Making ends meet is the challenge we're facing.My husband is a casual labourer and in most cases he's not able to get the jobs making it hard for us to sustain the family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the afternoon when I'm grazing my one goat which has just given birth to one kid.
