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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($474 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent most of the transfer to pay school fee for my children who were sent home for school fee arrears. The remaining balance l spent to buy furniture since l did not have a proper furniture to sit on.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($483 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 pay school fees for my daughter in secondary school. I used part of the transfer to buy building materials that I am planning to use to build a new house.I also spent some of the money to buy cushions for my seats.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that my children no longer have to spend away from me and monitoring them and keeping their security in check.
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 part of the school fees for my child in secondary school. I also bought some text books for him to help him in his studies. The remaining amount was spent on buying food in the house.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My son had been sent back home for school fees and had stayed for two weeks. I was therefore very much happy the moment I received the money from GiveDirectly because then I could be able to pay his fees.
Enrolled
access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to pay school fees for my child who is in form three once I get my transfers. Secondly I plan to buy house hold items like chairs since currently the chairs I have are worn out and they don't even have cushions. With the remaining balance of my transfer I plan to expand my business of selling vegetables
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am most proud of is my vegetable business. The income I get from it is what helps to pay for my children school fees
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in life is getting pregnant while I was still in primary school class 7 this made my father to stop paying for my schooling hence making me drop out of school
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when I am with my family eating dinner
