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Joash
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19
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21st Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I am planning to invest more in the poultry business. Besides the poultry, I am also planning to build a house but this has no agency.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to expand my poultry business by building an extension of the poultry house. This will enable me to increase the number of birds that I can rear. An increase in the number of birds relates to an increase in the revenue earned every month.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I am looking forward to having increased my production and the revenue margins would have also increased leading to a good turnover. I desire to see the poultry project boom. This way my income will be guaranteed.
 
18th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
I was able to start poultry farming with the recent transfer and from the income which I have earned from the poultry I have been able to purchase two goats for rearing. With time, I'll sell the young ones of the goats in order to raise money to purchase a cow. In addition, I have been using part of the transfers to purchase the poultry feeds. This has saved me from the cost of the feeds and whatever I would have spent on feeds I spend on other household needs.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I'm rearing poultry but it's a free-range system because I haven't constructed a shelter for them. This has led to a loss of most of the chicken to predators. I'm planning to use the coming transfers to construct a shelter for the poultry. This will secure them from the predators. At the same time, they won't be getting infections from neighbors chicken. This is the new goal I have for the next four months.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I now have an additional source of income. Previously, I relied on casual work but they were not reliable. I have been purchasing chicken with the previous transfers and I'm glad currently I have more than 30 chicken. Through the poultry I was able to purchase two goats and I'm hoping for a good income by December when the prices of the chicken will be high.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I'm planning to construct a spacious poultry house which meets the required standards of a poultry house. I'm hopeful that in the next six months I'll have constructed a shelter for the poultry hence I won't be rearing the poultry in a free-range system. This will save my poultry from both predators and poultry infections hence I won't be losing the poultry anymore.
 
15th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Currently, I am more independent as I have more money that I can use for my personal development. First, I saved and bought building materials and built a new house that can now accommodate my large family. I also ventured into poultry farming to help generate income for my family. This has been a big dream that I could not believe came to pass. Thanks, GiveDirectly for the transfers.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to save and buy building materials like cement and to plaster my house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I have been saving the transfers and bought building materials that I used in building my new house. I had a very small house that could hardly accommodate my large family. The one biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a better house now that is secure and can comfortably accommodate us.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I plan to plaster my house to beautify it by saving and buying cement and sand. I also plan to buy iron sheets, wire mesh, nails, poles and timber to build a chicken pen to protect my chicken from stray animals.
 
11th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am now staying in my own house where l do not need to worry of spending a night at my neighbor's house.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
In the next four months l am planning to plaster my house, because this is the best way to maintain it, because if l do not plaster it, it will be washed away with rain and it will give me hard time of building it again.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that l have managed to save the money and spent it to buy building materials and build a nice iron roofed house, since l did not have a house before , l was just sleeping at my neighbor's house which was very risky because sometimes l would go very later.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months l expect to have completed plastering my house and staying in it comfortably.
 
8th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Have poultry business ahs always been my dream. Due to low income from casual work, I have not been able to achieve this dream. After building a new house with part of the trasnefers I have receoived from Give Directly, I have been able to build shed for my chicken and to buy 10 chikcekn which has kikced off my poultry business. I rewlly don't know how to thank GD.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
Come next year, I want to ensure my children are in school always. of late they have always been sent home for school fees which has always interefred with their performance and I woant to do my best to pay school fees in time so that they may not be sent home fopr the same.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
Before I started receiving transfers from Give Directly, I used to live in a small grass thatched house which was very uncomfortable for me and my family. When I started receiving this transfer, I was able to save to buy iron sheets, nails and timber which I used in building a new iron roofed house. I feel am comfortable in it because in my life, I was not sure if I would ever have one.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I would want to buy more chicken which will help boost my business so as to improve on my income tio help support my family well.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goals currently includes buying more chickens and then later selling them to my customers. I expect to make a lot of profit from this business.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it was before because I am now able to use a comfortable mattress in my house. Secondly, I am able to plan on how to expand my business and as a result make some profit from my business.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in the next six months because I will be able to expand the size of my house to a much bigger house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now able to sleep in a comfortable mattress as opposed to how I used on a mat before.
 
Enrolled
access_time almost 7 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that i have faced is, seeing all my poultry die because i could not afford to purchase the right vaccine to treat them during the bird flu outbreak.This has led me to loss my major source of income.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is early in the morning when i wake up feeling energetic and i am able to do my work in the farm,with a lot of vigour and joy.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer in building a spacious house that can accommodate me and all my belongings under one roof.This is because the current one is too small, and i am forced to store most of my properties at my mothers house.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that i am proudest of is, starting a poultry keeping business,that has enabled me to help my mother in taking care of the many dependants that she is living with.