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I and my spouse spent my first Transfer on purchase of house construction materials for 50,000 KES.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in our lives is that we shall soon be able to build a better house with the materials we bought, and shift from our small and old house, thank you GD.
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 bought a new bed at 3,000 KES, I paid 1,000 KES school fees for my daughter, I also bought utensils worth 2,000 KES besides that, I bought 1 bag of maize at 2,000 KES and spent 1,500 KES on food.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I'm planning to build a new house.
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access_time 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We plan to spend the transfer to buy bulls which we will use to plough our farms. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy clothes for my children. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy utensils. We also plan to spend the transfer to pay school fees.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
Our proudest achievement is that we have been able to build a house for our family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have enough food to support our family. Our income is low therefore we don't have enough food in store to support our family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when am having dinner with my family.