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I bought 8 iron sheets at 5,600 KES, four lorries of clay soil at 10,000 KES, a solar lamp at 22,000 KES, 10 plastic plastic chairs at 6,500 KES and 10 cushions at 5,500 KES.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Am no longer using paraffin for lighting at night because I have a solar lamp and a torch.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I bought a cow (5000 KES) and plastic chairs (5000 KES)
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to build a house with the upcoming lumpsum transfer.
Enrolled
access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
We plan to spend the transfer to expand our house to accommodate our family. We also plan to spend the transfer to rent a parcel of agricultural land where we can grow crops. We also plan to spend the transfer to start a business to increase our income. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy oxen plough and bulls which we will use to plough our farms.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
Our proudest achievement is that we have been able to build iron roofed house. We used to stay in a leaking grass thatched house. We saved money for several months and bought iron sheets and other building materials which we used to build our house.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income to support our family. We depend on farming as our major source of income although it is not much productive being that we live in a semi arid area.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when am in the farm weeding. I feel very happy because it is a source of livelihood to my family.
