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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($468 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on completing the construction of my house which I had began with my second transfer. I fitted all the windows and doors and plastered the whole house. I can attest today that I live in a palace considering the kind of a house I possessed before. Besides that, I purchased a dairy cow with hopes that it will reproduce one day and provide me with milk.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life has greatly been changed with the transfers from GiveDirectly as they have enabled me acquire some assets that I never had opportunities to acquire. An example is the dairy cow that I currently consider as the biggest asset I have ever owned.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly has practiced utmost fairness when it comes to selection of the illegible recipients to receive transfers. This has helped maintain peace as no one is left to bear the burden of curses from the ineligible recipients. One thing I can recommend the organisation to implement in its operations is the zero tolerance to corruption as we all understand that Kenyans are deeply into corruption.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($491 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
Most of my transfer was spent to buy iron sheets because I had to build for my family an iron roofed house so as not to keep on moving from our grass thatched house to my mother's iron roofed house whenever it was raining. I also bought building materials, 1 sack of maize for my family's consumption, bought armchairs for my new house, bought a mattress because I needed to sleep in a clean place, bought clothes for my family, and shoes for myself.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer worry about rainy days anymore because now I live in a bigger, iron sheet roofed house and my family, including myself are happy because we no longer have to seek for shelter whenever it rains, I used to live in a grass thatched house which was small, leaking, dusty and almost falling down.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent 3,500 KES of the first transfer to buy sheep and the remaining 7,500 KES spent on my baby's funeral expenses.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to use the second transfer in buying a cow and the remaining amount to use in starting to build a house for my family.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I'm planning to spend my transfer on iron sheets and round poles in order to build a better house with iron roof. My current house is grass thatched and leaks whenever it rains.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is setting up my own house, eve though its roof is made of grass.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is living in a state of want. I am currently unable to meet most of my needs due to lack of money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when I am relaxing and listening to the radio after a hard day's work.
