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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($252 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I majorly rely on farming to sustain my family's needs. In the next four months, the new goal I have for my life is to invest more in farming. I am planning to extend the lease in the current farm I am cultivating for another one year. I believe more farm products will, in turn, give us enough food and surpluses for sale to meet other family needs and investing in other income-generating activities.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I majorly depend on farming to earn a living to support my family. I used to invest the little I earned from casual jobs and borrowing from my relatives in farming which made my returns small after paying back the debts. This demoralized me a lot but I couldn't do anything to due to scarce resources. In the last four months, the biggest difference in my life is the best harvest I have ever recorded that I recently got after investing my transfer in farming. I took some amount to lease a piece of land and to buy farm inputs that recently gave 32 bags of 92kgs each. I am so happy to have this yield preparing to sell them to have money to improve my family and some for my children's education. In addition, I have been able to provide my family with enough food for the next harvesting season. I earn an extra income that has enabled me to meet my daily household needs with ease.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life in the next six months to have greatly changed. I expect to have invested more in farming thus will engage more in my piece of land than on hard and low paying casual jobs I currently do. I expect good crops on the farm thus will be hopeful of having a better harvest which translates to enough food in our family and surpluses to sell to meet other needs.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that these transfers have enabled me to buy a dairy cow and I have bought my kids what they could not access before.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to have opened my own salon and stock it because I already have salon-some materials.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different because these transfers have enabled me to access things I did not have before.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I am planning to open up my salon and also to increase the piece of land I am cultivating farming.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardhip that i have face in my life is that I have always wanted to start a saloon business. I have not been able to find capital and this has been a constant source of stress in my life. I thank Givedirectly because they will give me a source of capital for my business.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happiest in the morning. This is because it is the time I look forward to attending to my customers. It is also a time when I plan for the activities of the day.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
When I receive my transfers, I will use part of the money to rent a vacant shop in Ndanai town which will cost me approximately 3000 shillings. The rest of the money will be used in buying stock given that I want to start a saloon business.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
I am currently plaiting hair for people in my neighborhood. This has been a constant source of income for me. I consider this as my greatest achievement.
