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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($246 USD)
access_time over 4 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 I am eating well as compared to before when I would have two meals in a day. I also now have my own cow that I get milk from everyday for my consumption and also selling it to the community and getting money for my up keep.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to start business of selling donuts as away of boosting my source of income because it is a very good business that can do well in the village.
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 now have a stable reliable source of Income, fortunately dairy cow has started producing milk. Which I am selling to the community and getting money for my up keep and some for my family consumption. Since the milk has started getting me some income, my family has never gone to bed hungry. We are able to at least meet our daily needs. This was different then as we could go to bed hungry most of the times if we did not raise enough money to buy the food.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the six months I expect to have started the business and I am very sure it will have boost some of my income like motorcycle taxi. I will able to get enough profit to improve the living standard of my family.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time over 5 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 I have been able to buy five goats as a source of my assests of which they will assist me on helding financial emergency cases in future .
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect to shall have invest my money on enlarging my livestock rearing activities in the next six months .
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Currently my life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I have been able to buy five goats as a source of my assests of which I am certain they will assist me on helding financial emergency cases in future .
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to invest my money on enlarging my livestock rearing activities as it has always been my passion and due to lack of money I was unable to purse it .
Enrolled
access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I am facing in life is unreliable source of income after my income generating projects collapsed due to domestic misunderstanding. I am unable to cater for my basic needs.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening, this is when I sit down and reflect on my daily achievements, failures, hindrances and plan on how to better my life.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on buying farm inputs to improve my subsistence farming, this will earn me more money thus improve my daily earnings.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement was when I got a good harvest from our local farming group facilitated by our area member of Parliament. It provided me with surplus which I sold and bought three cows and five pigs. I can now save some money which I used to spend on buying fertilizer and milk.
