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I bought three cows 36000 KES, school fees 3000 KES, bought solar lamp 2000 KES, dug a borehole with 5000 KES, bought furniture 2000 KES and spent the rest on food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
We now lighting with solar lump instead of paraffin, my dowry has been paid and we have we easily get water from the borehole.
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 spent 3000 KES on school fees, 3000 KES on debt settlement, 2000 KES on food and 1000 KES on my hospital bill.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I plan on buying fishing gear (boat and nets) and paying for my dowry.
Enrolled
access_time 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on building a boat so that my husband can have his own which he can use during fishing as currently we hire boats in order to do fishing, I will spend part of the transfer on paying dowry as my dowry has not been paid yet and the remaining part of the transfer I will spend it on paying shool fees for my child who is in primary school.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that I am proudest of is that we have been able to build our house as in the past we never had a house and now we have one.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that we still don't have our own boat hence my husband depends on a hired boat which at times the owner can refuse to give it to us making us not to be able make ends meet for that day.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I wake up in the morning to go to the lake so that I can assist my husband in doing fishing, this makes me happy as we are able to assist one another so that we can provide food for our family.
