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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($252 USD)
access_time 4 years ago
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Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal, for now, is to start a cloth busienss which will boost my income. Currently, I rely on an income from teaching job which is not giving much and at a times, we never get paid. This is why I prefer starting a business to help me get a reliable source of income.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
I had planned to plaster my house for a year after building a new one. Since I did not have a good and stable source of income, I could not manage to achieve my dreams as I wanted. I tried saving for the same but due to many family needs, I ended up using the savings on other family needs. When I received my transfers and did not have any pressing need, I decided to buy building materials which I used on plastering my house. I know without the transfers, I would not have managed to plaster the house by now.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I know I will have started the cloth business. I plan to use the transfers I have left and top up with a small amount from my savings in our table banking group so that I can start the business. |I would not want to go back to the financial struggles I used to go through before I received the transfers. GD has opened my eyes and I would want to take the challenge positively.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
726444206 KES ($7215377 USD)
access_time almost 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 Istarted receiving the money is that I have made a great step in completeing the project I had but due to a lot o responsibilities I couldn't move on with nit.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I expect to have fenced my home so that I can have my privacy and good security too.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Had I not received the money by now my house would be in a bad shape following the heavy rainfall that really washed off the walls.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
I have a new goal of owning a decent home but I thought achieving it would be impossible but now withthe money I believe I can manage it.
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access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
In 2016 june i was sick and was in the hospital for close to two months,i was oparated and this pulled me down financially. I had to use all the resources i had in order to get out of hospital. This was my biggest hardship in life.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is in the evening when am with my family,this is the time we share how our day jas been,i help the kids with their homework and we plan for the next days activities together.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I will use the first transferto improve my house,i live in a house which is still new and was recently built.i will cement it.When i get the second transfer i will use it to fence my compound.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
My proudest achievement of my life is when i moved to my own home.Ths has brought the family together.
