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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($465 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
When I received my third transfer, I had a big short in terms of shelter. I was in a very old house which I constructed 26 years ago. The house had become so weak, ugly and very risky to human life. We feared a lot staying in the house during rainy seasons and had therefore to shift to a nearby primary school for hostage, something that left everybody with a laughter i the entire village. I am more happier today that I possess one of the most spacious and beautiful house in the entire village.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($485 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I never had means of plowing my farms and facilitating other farm operations till I received my second transfer that enabled me buy 2 bulls that facilitates my farm operations and I anticipate to be more food secure.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that currently, I own my bulls that earn me income and food both at the same time and therefore we can't go minus food anymore which is an indication of an improved living standard.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on buying two goats to help me start a livestock farming, bought fertilizer and seeds which am planning to use on my farm during this rainy season.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt so excited when I received the money because have never handle such amount of money before.
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access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We're planning to spend our transfer on paying school fees for our two children in secondary school and use the rest to renovate our house and buy one cow to raise.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement we're proudest of is having been able to educate our children through primary school and are now in secondary school which makes us very proud.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship we face now is on paying school fees for our two children in secondary school and on making ends meet since farming is not very much productive this days and nothing extra is left that we can sale to get money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when together with my family we sit for our breakfast.
