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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($474 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on buying a bull for ploughing and also paid school fees for my children in secondary school. I had three children in school and paying school fees was so quite hectic given my menial jobs.
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 on purchasing food to sustain the family,a table,paid workers to prepare my parcel of land and spent most f the money on purchasing water pipes for irrigation purposes.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is the ease that I have experience in terms of farm work because I don't struggle digging like before but monitor workers that help in the farm work.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first cash transfer on paying for my daughter school fees 4,000 KES, bought cooking pans 2,000 KES, 1 sac of maize 2,800 KES and spent the remaining 1,100 KES on other house expenses.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I'm planning to spend my upcoming cash transfer on buying a dairy cow, pay school fees and buy furniture.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We're planning to spend our transfer on payment of school fees for our two children in secondary school and acquiring two bulls to help with ploughing of our farm.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement we're proudest of is being able to educate our first three children through secondary school even though we could not educate them any further due to lack of money.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship facing us is on making ends meet and on paying school fees for our children. The income from farming is not much hence we barely survive.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I'm in my farm cultivating.Farming has been my greatest hope through which I have educated my children up to secondary level of education.
