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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($476 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying a water pump to boost my family's commercial vegetable farming business and now despite the drought my farm produce are not affected at all as I can water them with ease as opposed to before . I also hired a piece of land to plant rice for sell.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($484 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer on paying dowry at 25000 KES, mud for renovating my house at 12000 KES, iron sheets at 8000 KES, timber wood at 2000 KES and the rest of the transfer on food and upkeep.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now days feeling comfortable in my house which is looking better compared to my old grass thatched house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($96 USD)
access_time almost 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the token transfer on buying irrigation equipment which at the moment I'm using to increase food production to my local village.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy because have been planning to buy that tool hence I didn't have enough money.
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access_time 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
Our main plan is to buy water pump machine and pipes to help with irrigating our piece of land,lastly we intend to also build another house.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement we're proudest of is the ability to grow rice season after season and as a result we've been able to buy four cows from the proceeds.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship in our lives currently is on the bad condition of our house which hopefully we will replace after getting our transfer.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I'm attending to my vegetables farm.
