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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($475 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on planting sugar cane 40000KES and bought food and cloths 8000KES.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goals that i didn't have before receiving the transfer is starting small scale poultry business.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different than it would have been if i never received the transfer, is i wouldn't have manage to plant sugar cane.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($494 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 a cow 17,000 KES, ploughed my farm 12,000 KES, bought a sofa-set 7,000 KES, paid school fee 10,000 KES, one sac of maize 3,000 KES, food 500 KES .
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that my child is finally going to write his final exam in secondary school. Before I received the transfer from Givedirectly, he had been out of school for lack of school fees and this meant that without the money he would not write his final exam.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I paid 7,000 KES school fees for my three children, bought half a sack of maize at 1,050 KES then bought school uniforms for my children at 1,300 KES.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
Am planning to till some one acre land, buy a cow then pay school fee.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Am planning to use part of the money to pay school fees for my two children in secondary school, then use the remaining to start up a shop business.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is I was able to take and train my two boys in vocational training to learn welding until they graduated.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship is I have two children in high school and paying school fees for them is very difficult since I don't have a stable income and am also a widow.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when am working on my farm land.
