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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($462 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on house finishing for 35,000 KES including plastering the floor and fixing windows, which we had stayed without for about 2 years due to Secondary school fee burden, and In fact I used to cover the window holes with pieces of carton. Before GD grants we often got sick as a result of mosquito bites.This is why completion of the house was an urgent matter. I also paid Secondary school fee for our child for 10,000 KES, , bought a bag of dry corn for family consumption for 3,000 KES since corn harvest during the previous season and we did not have enough to eat.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($482 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 finishing building my house which I had started the foundation with 30000 Kes, paid school fees of 10000 Kes and spent the rest on food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to finish my house and got free from dust. Living in a dusty house had a number of challenges: breeding ground for pests, infections such as flu were the order of the day, but thanks to GD, I no longer have to do the frequent repair of the house using local materials and we are free from infections.
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 the whole of the first transfer to pay school fee arrears to my child who is in secondary school.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment l received the money l was very happy because l knew my child will go back to school without any difficulties.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Providing for my nuclear family from my small business as well as taking care of my siblings and my own mother who is a widow and has no job.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the evening when taking super with my entire family. That's the only time of the day we get to sit together.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I won't stress anymore over school fees for my sister who is in her 3rd year of secondary education. The money I get from my business is never enough to sustain us as well as educate her.
