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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($476 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent the whole of the transfer to buy motorcycle as my source of income, l can now put food on the table daily as compared to before when this was a very big challenge.
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 to buy building materials like iron sheets, timber and nails which I have used to build a house, I spent some amount to pay laborers who built, fetched water and renovated my house with mud. I bought food for my laborers, bought 20 tins of millet and 5 tins of maize for consumption and the remaining amount, I spent to buy food for my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I now live in my own house and no-longer struggles looking for rent like before and this makes me very happy. Thank you GD for the transfer
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 to pay school fees for my children and bought food for my family.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt very happy because my children will never be send home for school fees again.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of farm equipment. During dry seasons, it is so difficult to artificially apply water that sometimes make our crops wither and wilt resulting to great loses.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the the evening when I sell the vegetables from my farm and buy food for my family and uniform for my children.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means a lot of stress relief and improved human dignity. I would like to built my own home that will free me from monthly bills of rent and use the remaining part to buy a water pump for irrigation.
