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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($245 USD)
access_time 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 my children now has better place to spend their night. My spouse too has nice very secured place to cook in as compared to when he was cooking out side under the tree.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal is to invest in large scale farming, so that I will be able to get enough produce for my consumption and I can also sell them and spend the money to pay school fee for my children and for my family up keep.
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 managed to buy building and constructed a kitchen which is multi-serve as a cooking room and a bedroom for my children. Currently, they are sleeping at the neighborhood which is a bit far from my home and unsafe accessing at night. Since I am not under close supervision of the children throughout the night, I also fear for bad influence from the children they share the room with.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the six months I expect to have started large scale farming and hope to get enough produce.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($236 USD)
access_time 6 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 since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that, I managed to build a cow shed hence my cow stay in a safe place and I am no longer worried that my cow would be stolen anymore.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have bought a dairy cow and I believe that I will get income from selling milk hence I will be able to take care of my needs easily.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I managed to build a cow shed and my cow can not be rained on and even be stolen.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goals are;to prepare my parcel of land for the next planting season and buy a dairy cattle for milk production since I think of selling milk to get money.
Enrolled
access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship have faced in life is paying school fees for my children.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when am done with my job of boda boda ride, and am able to get money to buy food for my family .
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer to pay my children school fees.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that I am proudest of is when I Migrated from my parents home and build myself a house.
