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I bought furniture (10000 KES), mattress (5000 KES ), school fees (15000 KES), bull cow (20000 KES)
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
I have a big difference of having furniture, mattress and a bull cow for ox-ploughing. I have also reduced the burden of paying school fees.
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 topped-up my token payment and paid school fee for my child (12000).
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to repair my house, buy chairs and pay school fees with my upcoming lump-sum payment.
Enrolled
access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on paying school fees as our children, we will spend part of it to invest in our farm business of selling cattle and groceries from our farm, I will spend the transfer also on buying household furniture and to buy ploughing machine for our farm that will be driven by a cow.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is that we were able to sell our own cow and managed to pay school fees for our child who is in secondary school making him learn without fear of being sent home.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our income has gone down and we are not able to get enough money that we can invest in our farm and business.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when we wake up very early in the morning to attend to our farm as a family,it makes me happy knowing that we are working together in order to get a good harvest and food.
