We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I was expecting, so I spent some of my third transfer to settle the hospital bills incurred during delivery. The remaining I spent on paying school for my other children in school.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($482 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on buying building materials that I'll use on building my own descent house as current I'm staying at at my fathers in law house which is so hectic due to lack of privacy. The remaining cash I spent on cultivating paddy rice for family consumption and selling of surplus for income.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness that I currently experience due to hopes of owning a house. I've also started cultivating rice hence each and every day I'm usually engaged in the rice field.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($98 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
i invested my entire first transfer in rice farming buy hiring a plot for rice farming, buying seedlings and paying laborers who were planting the rice.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I currently do not have my own house and stay's in my brother-in-law's house so when I get my second transfer, I will use it entirely to build a house of my own and buy some livestock.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I would like to use part of the money to open up a business to generate income to support my family. Secondly l would wish to build our own house since we were sent a way from our home by our step father in law. Lastly l would like to buy household items for my house.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement is that we have struggled and bought a cow to act as security incase of any problems then we sale it.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship in life is that we were sent a way from our house by our step father in law and this has forced us to look for somewhere to build a nother house but to lack of finance we still shelter in someone's house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the evening when all my family members are back relaxing and telling stories with my family.
