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Mary
landscapeCountry:
kenya
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Other
faceAge:
18
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UBI
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16th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 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 in the next four months is to save and start a business of an hotel where I will be selling consumable food to the community and get enough income that will enable me afford my College fees thereby relieving my parents from the burden of having to pay school fees for my other siblings and my college fees.
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 l can proudly say that because of give directly I was able to pay my school fee with ease, since my mother doesn't have stable source of income. I am glad because I have managed to complete my secondary school without school fee arrears. I am also very sure of passing my examination well because I had enough time in school, I was not being sent home frequently for school fee.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect to have joined college and continuing with my education with out being worried about how to pay my college school fees. My business will also have picked up and I will be able to pay my college fees without any struggle.
 
12th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($22 USD)
access_time over 4 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
My life is different from how it would have been four months ago in that I have livestock of my own. I used part of these transfers to buy a sheep which I am keeping as an investment for me. I know it will reproduce and when the number has increased, I will be able to sell some to raise money to pay for my school fees.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My new goal in the next four months is to clear my fees arrears. I would want to have the maximum time to study at school. I know through that, I will be able to get good grades and go to a good secondary school.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving these transfers is that I have never been sent home for school fees again. I used to be sent home every month because my mother could not keep up with paying my fees. This is because of her little income from farming. Due to many family needs, she had to divide her income to cater for all our needs. Thank God for GD I have been using part of my transfer to pay my fees. Ever since I started receiving these transfers, I have never been sent home for the same.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months, I would want to start a small business for my mother. This is because I would not want her to keep on struggling to meet our needs as it has been the case. I would want her to have a stable source of income to help her provide for the family needs with ease.
 
8th Payment
Transfer Amount
2280 KES ($23 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
Last year, I had always been sent away from school due to delayed school fee payments. This was very discouraging and it affected my studies as it was always evident in my poor results. Things however, turned around because whenever I receive the money, I usually use it to pay part of my fees which has always ensured that am always in school. I am happy that I am at my best in school right now and I believe that I will be able to perform well in the final national exam.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
My only goal is to complete the payment of my school fee for the entire year so that I can have peace of mind and none interruptions of being sent away from school. This will give me more time to concentrate on my studies.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
These transfers have enabled my family to have an improved lifestyle. Even though I spend mine in school fee payment, my mother's shares have enabled my family to have better meals than we did before. We rarely go hungry as we did before because my mother is able to plan and budget with the money well.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In six months time, I hope I will have cleared my school fees so that I can use the rest of my transfers to improve my lifestyle by purchasing personal requirements such as clothes and shoes. At my age, it is quite embarrassing that I do not have any decent clothes even to wear to church. I hope I will be able to do all this once I am done paying my school fees.
 
4th Payment
Transfer Amount
4560 KES ($45 USD)
access_time over 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 since I started receiving the transfer is that I am able to pay school fees easily and I am proud that I did not stay at home due to lack of school fees unlike before where I could even stay for two weeks.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I expect my life to change in the next six months is that I will have started operating my business and from profits, I will easily be able to take care of my needs.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life currently different from how it would have been if I never receive the transfer in that, I am able to pay school fees easily unlike before. I was about to drop out of school thanks to GiveDirectly I managed to continue with my studies after paying school fees.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
My new goal is to start a business that I will be operating after school.
 
Enrolled
access_time almost 6 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I have is lack of money to pay my school fees that at times make me to be sent out of school thus making it difficult to catch up with other students in class work.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is during the day when in school with fellow students studying and discussing together.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on paying my school and save part of it to start a business after school.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is the hard work that have always put in school since my father died upto now.