We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I do not have any additional goals at the moment but to keep paying my school fees and buying my school needs so that my parents won't have to struggle.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
Receiving these transfers have enabled me to pay my fees on time without having to be sent away from school for delayed fee payments which was very frequent before. My parents are small income earners who had a tough time raising my fees before I started receiving these transfers which is why I had a huge debt in school that I have been using most of my transfers to clear.So far, I have cleared the fee balances I had and has more time to focus on my studies now that I have no worries of being sent home.
I have also managed to buy critical school items such as revision materials and other textbooks that I am required to have courtesy of the transfers. Buying the books could have been tough considering my parents' low income,therefore,I am very grateful for the financial support.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I will be in my final year of high school next year where I will be sitting for the National examination. I need to be consistent with my attendance in school during that final year so that I can be able to focus on my studies and register a good performance to gain me an admission into the University. For this to be possible, I need to pay my fees on time which I hope will be possible through the transfers.
4th Payment
Transfer Amount
4560 KES ($45 USD)
access_time almost 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 no longer depend on my parents for personal things that i can take care of. I am also able to pay my school fees on time without depending on my parents, as compared to before when I had to waiting for them to pay the fee which sometime takes long until I am sent home.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the six months I will continue pay my school fee and I am very sure I will continue being I school without being sent home.
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 four months ago because l am now able to pay school fee on time. I am no longer being sent home for school fee arrears I used to before.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
Unfortunately I do not have any new since l wants to continue pay for my fee bring that I have long way to go.
Enrolled
access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Lack of school fees. Every term I am sent home to come and get school fees
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the morning when I am sure that I am going to school
